Famous birth charts · Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld’s chart in full
Born September 10, 1933, Hamburg, Germany. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
17°16′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 9:01 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
1°30′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
15°52′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
23°52′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
9°58′
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Jupiter in Libra
Jupiter moved from Virgo into Libra at 6:11 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
0°03′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
10°39′
Uranus in Ariesretrograde
26°50′
Neptune in Virgo
10°12′
Pluto in Cancer
24°20′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
28°25′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
4°05′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
25°22′
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 his chart, his heart (Venus in Libra) and his independence (Uranus in Aries) face each other across the wheel, and his intensity (Pluto in Cancer) took the strain: the part of him 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.
Mars sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Saturn quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.5°
Duty and dreams kept trading places as the priority.
Venus square Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
Mars square Saturn almost exact at 0.7°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.4°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Moon trine Jupiter close at 1.4°
Good-hearted and generous: he felt looked after by life, and he passed that on.
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Uranus sextile North Node close at 1.6°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Jupiter quincunx North Node close at 1.6°
Some hopes had to be let go to fit the way forward, and he chose which ones.
Uranus square Pluto close at 2.5°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Venus opposition Uranus close at 3.0°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus trine North Node wide at 4.5°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 5.7°
A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 7.1°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
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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