Famous birth charts · Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson’s chart in full
Born August 26, 1918, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
2°35′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 4:35 a.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
4°29′
Mercury in Virgoretrograde
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
14°20′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
9°41′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
6°00′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
9°01′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
20°00′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
25°27′
Neptune in Leo
7°48′
Pluto in Cancer
6°19′
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 Sagittarius
The direction her life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
19°11′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
2°27′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
13°20′
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 discipline and her imagination (Venus, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Leo, 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.
Mars trine Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
Stamina and willpower: she kept going long after others stopped, and she did her best work under pressure.
Saturn trine North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Discipline helped her grow: patience and hard work kept her on course.
The Moon opposition Mars close at 1.5°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: she reacted first, and her courage came from the same place as her flashes of anger.
Mars square Neptune close at 1.8°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Venus conjunction Neptune close at 1.9°
Romance without limits: she fell for ideals as much as people, and her taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
The Sun trine the Moon close at 1.9°
Her purpose and her feelings were on the same side: the life she chose and the comfort she needed went together.
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Jupiter conjunction Pluto close at 2.7°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: she worked on a grand scale.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 3.0°
Big drive and big confidence: she went after large goals, and her enthusiasm carried others along.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 3.4°
Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
Venus square Mars wide at 3.7°
In love she wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and her relationships were rarely calm.
The Sun sextile Pluto wide at 3.7°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
Mercury square North Node wide at 4.8°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and she learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Saturn opposition Uranus wide at 5.5°
Tradition and rebellion fought in her: she wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
The Sun sextile Jupiter wide at 6.4°
Her confidence came easily and spread: she thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun opposition Uranus wide at 7.1°
She needed room to be herself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
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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