Famous birth charts · Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates’ chart in full
Born June 16, 1938, Lockport, New York, 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.
24°50′
Moon in Aquarius
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 2:08 a.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
4°54′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
17°13′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
27°36′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
6°21′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
2°13′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
16°26′
Uranus in Taurus
16°01′
Neptune in Virgo
18°26′
Pluto in Cancer
28°43′
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 Scorpio
The direction her life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
26°36′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
1°47′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
9°01′
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 heart, her drive and her intensity (Venus, Mars and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws 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.
Mercury sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.8°
A patient, exact mind: she chooses every word, and her thinking gets sharper with practice.
Venus trine North Node close at 1.0°
Love and friendship move her forward: the people she cares for help her find her way.
Venus conjunction Pluto close at 1.1°
A deep, private heart: she draws people in and keeps some feelings locked away.
Mercury square Neptune close at 1.2°
Facts and dreams blur together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
The Sun quincunx North Node close at 1.8°
The way forward asks her to bend habits that feel like part of who she is.
Saturn quincunx Neptune close at 2.0°
Duty and dreams keep trading places as the priority.
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Pluto trine North Node close at 2.1°
Deep change helps her forward: each time she starts over, she goes further.
Uranus trine Neptune close at 2.4°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 4.1°
Big drive and big confidence: she goes after large goals, and her enthusiasm carries others along.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 5.6°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 6.4°
The self she knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and she works to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.4°
Her confidence comes easily and spreads: she thinks big, and other people want to come along.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.6°
Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
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.
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