Famous birth charts · Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s chart in full
Born February 7, 1867, Pepin County, Wisconsin, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
18°33′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 10:56 p.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
23°59′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
15°33′
Venus in Capricorn
The Loyal Partner. Love built to last.
2°32′
Mars in Cancerretrograde
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
11°56′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
15°27′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
23°37′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
4°47′
Neptune in Aries
10°41′
Pluto in Taurus
13°13′
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 Virgo
The direction her life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
23°43′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
20°21′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
15°48′
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 identity, her mind and her optimism (the Sun, Mercury 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.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
She loved ideas, the bigger the better, and she could talk anyone into hoping.
Saturn sextile North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Discipline helped her grow: patience and hard work kept her on course.
The Moon opposition North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Home comforts and the way forward asked for different things, and growing meant leaving some familiar things behind.
The Moon trine Saturn almost exact at 0.4°
Steady feelings: she kept calm under strain, and she loved in ways that lasted.
Mars square Neptune close at 1.3°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.3°
Stamina and willpower: she kept going long after others stopped, and she did her best work under pressure.
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Jupiter square Pluto close at 2.2°
She wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped her life.
Venus opposition Uranus close at 2.2°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Mercury square Pluto close at 2.3°
Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 3.0°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.1°
Optimism at the centre of her: she expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Jupiter sextile Neptune wide at 4.8°
Faith and imagination together: she believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 5.1°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 5.3°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 5.9°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and she lived with both.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 7.2°
Electric: she acted on impulse, loved a risk and refused to be told what to do.
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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