Famous birth charts · Karen Black
Karen Black’s chart in full
Born July 1, 1939, Park Ridge, Illinois, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
8°57′
Moon in Capricorn
The Steady Hand. Steady feeling, kept in check.
9°18′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
2°09′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
20°59′
Mars in Aquariusretrograde
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
4°13′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
7°32′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
29°42′
Uranus in Taurus
20°39′
Neptune in Virgo
20°47′
Pluto in Leo
0°26′
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.
6°31′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
11°35′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
21°32′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her identity (the Sun in Cancer) and her feelings (the Moon in Capricorn) face each other across the wheel, and her optimism (Jupiter in Aries) took the strain: the part of her that worked hardest.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her mind and her intensity (Mercury and Pluto, together in Leo) and her drive (Mars in Aquarius) face each other across the wheel, and her discipline (Saturn in Aries) took the strain: the part of her that worked hardest.
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.
Uranus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Venus square Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
She loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
The Sun opposition the Moon almost exact at 0.3°
The self she showed the world and the self she came home to wanted different things, and she made room for both.
Saturn square Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
Heavy demands and hard limits: she faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Jupiter quincunx North Node close at 1.0°
Some hopes had to be let go to fit the way forward, and she chose which ones.
The Sun square Jupiter close at 1.4°
She reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
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Mercury conjunction Pluto close at 1.7°
She thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and she remembered everything.
The Moon square Jupiter close at 1.8°
Her feelings ran large: she wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
Mercury opposition Mars close at 2.1°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: she argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to her.
Mars square North Node close at 2.3°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and she grew by choosing which battles mattered.
The Sun trine North Node close at 2.4°
The direction her life took suited her: being herself and growing went hand in hand.
Mercury square Saturn close at 2.5°
She doubted her own ideas before anyone else could, and so she checked every one twice.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 3.3°
Big drive and big confidence: she went after large goals, and her enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars opposition Pluto wide at 3.8°
A fierce will: she met opposition head on, and a fight brought out her full strength.
Mercury square North Node wide at 4.4°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and she learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Mars square Saturn wide at 4.5°
Drive with the brakes on: she wanted to move, something held her back, and the friction made her tough.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 5.4°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: she learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Pluto square North Node wide at 6.1°
Old attachments held her back from the way forward, and she grew by letting some things go.
Saturn opposition North Node wide at 6.8°
Duty and growth competed: what she owed others and where she needed to go called for hard choices.
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
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