Famous birth charts · Lee Van Cleef
Lee Van Cleef’s chart in full
Born January 9, 1925, Somerville, New Jersey, 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
18°57′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
14°32′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
27°16′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
23°29′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
13°02′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
5°08′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
12°44′
Uranus in Pisces
18°23′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
22°03′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
12°21′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
13°47′
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.
20°08′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
2°42′
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 identity (the Sun in Capricorn) and his feelings and his intensity (the Moon and Pluto, together in Cancer) face each other across the wheel, and his drive (Mars in Aries) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his discipline, his independence and his intensity (Saturn in Scorpio, Uranus in Pisces and Pluto in Cancer) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
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 quincunx Saturn almost exact at 0.3°
When to push and when to wait took constant judging, and he learned timing the hard way.
Saturn trine Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
The Sun sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars square Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars trine North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Saturn square North Node close at 1.1°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
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Venus trine Neptune close at 1.4°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
The Moon square Mars close at 1.5°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
The Moon trine Saturn close at 1.8°
Steady feelings: he kept calm under strain, and he loved in ways that lasted.
The Moon conjunction Pluto close at 2.2°
Intense, private feelings: he kept an inner life few people saw, and he guarded it well.
The Sun quincunx Neptune wide at 3.1°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 3.8°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
The Sun opposition the Moon wide at 4.4°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Venus square Uranus wide at 5.1°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 5.2°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 5.7°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
The Sun square Mars wide at 5.9°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 6.0°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 6.2°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 6.6°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Jupiter opposition Pluto wide at 7.2°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 7.9°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
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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