Famous birth charts · Layne Staley
Layne Staley’s chart in full
Born August 22, 1967, Bellevue, Washington, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
28°59′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 12:48 p.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
29°36′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
27°04′
Venus in Virgoretrograde
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
10°01′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
18°28′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
18°36′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
11°47′
Uranus in Virgo
23°11′
Neptune in Scorpio
21°41′
Pluto in Virgo
19°39′
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 his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
29°34′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
28°47′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
26°37′
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 his chart, his identity, his mind and his optimism (the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his heart, his independence and his intensity (Venus, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his 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 square Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun trine North Node almost exact at 0.6°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.2°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Uranus sextile Neptune close at 1.5°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Venus quincunx Saturn close at 1.8°
He kept weighing pleasure against duty, and joy came once the work was done.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.9°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury trine North Node close at 2.5°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 3.1°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Mars conjunction Neptune wide at 3.2°
Action guided by imagination: he moved on instinct and feeling, and he gave his all to a vision.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 3.5°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wanted radical change, and wanted it at once.
Mars sextile Uranus wide at 4.7°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 5.4°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 6.8°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 7.3°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
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.
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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