Famous birth charts · Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter’s chart in full
Born March 2, 1950, New Haven, Connecticut, 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
11°33′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
18°35′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
21°46′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
4°57′
Mars in Libraretrograde
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
8°51′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
20°46′
Saturn in Virgoretrograde
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
16°25′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
0°58′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
16°52′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
16°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 Aries
The direction her life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
7°37′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
21°00′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
5°31′
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 mind, her heart and her optimism (Mercury, Venus and Jupiter) gather in Aquarius, 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.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter close at 1.0°
She loved ideas, the bigger the better, and she could talk anyone into hoping.
Mars opposition North Node close at 1.2°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and she grew by choosing which battles mattered.
The Moon conjunction Pluto close at 2.1°
Intense, private feelings: she kept an inner life few people saw, and she guarded it well.
The Moon opposition Jupiter close at 2.2°
Her feelings ran large: she wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
Venus sextile North Node close at 2.7°
Love and friendship moved her forward: the people she cared for helped her find her way.
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The Sun quincunx Mars close at 2.7°
Aim and action ran at different speeds, and she spent real effort keeping them in step.
The Moon opposition Mercury wide at 3.2°
Her head and her feelings argued: she knew what she thought before she knew what she felt, or the other way round.
Venus trine Mars wide at 3.9°
Charm and desire worked together: she knew what she wanted in love and how to win it.
Jupiter trine Neptune wide at 3.9°
Faith and imagination together: she believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Jupiter opposition Pluto wide at 4.3°
She wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped her life.
The Sun opposition Saturn wide at 4.9°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 4.9°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
Mercury opposition Pluto wide at 5.3°
Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
Uranus square North Node wide at 6.7°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
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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