Famous birth charts · Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker’s chart in full
Born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
12°13′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 3:35 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
27°47′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
5°54′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
9°40′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
24°36′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
17°13′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
14°36′
Uranus in Capricornretrograde
7°29′
Neptune in Cancer
9°04′
Pluto in Gemini
21°59′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Leo
The direction her life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
13°47′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
12°35′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
25°38′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In her chart, her identity, her mind, her drive, her optimism and her intensity (the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Pluto) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew her attention first.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Venus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
Romance without limits: she fell for ideals as much as people, and her taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Saturn quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Responsibility and growth needed steady balancing, and she learned which duties to keep.
The Sun sextile North Node close at 1.6°
The direction her life took suited her: being herself and growing went hand in hand.
Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 1.6°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and she spent time explaining how she got there.
Uranus opposition Neptune close at 1.6°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and she lived with both.
Venus opposition Uranus close at 2.2°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
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The Sun square Saturn close at 2.4°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
Jupiter square Saturn close at 2.6°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: she moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mars conjunction Pluto close at 2.6°
Concentrated force: when she wanted something, she went after it with everything.
Jupiter sextile North Node wide at 3.4°
Hope helped her grow: faith in what was possible kept her moving forward.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto wide at 4.8°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: she worked on a grand scale.
Venus trine Saturn wide at 4.9°
Loyal in love: she chose carefully, and what she built with people lasted.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 5.0°
Optimism at the centre of her: she expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 5.5°
Practical dreams: she gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 6.3°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
Mars conjunction Jupiter wide at 7.4°
Enthusiasm at full speed: she charged at life with confidence, and setbacks slowed her only briefly.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No fire at all, so the bold first move came by choice rather than by instinct.
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