Famous birth charts · Lena Horne
Lena Horne’s chart in full
Born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
8°18′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
13°41′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
24°34′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
25°48′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
11°11′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
0°09′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
0°45′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
23°19′
Neptune in Leo
3°37′
Pluto in Cancer
4°02′
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 Capricorn
The direction her life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
10°45′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
29°56′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
26°07′
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 heart and her intensity (the Sun, Venus and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life drew her attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In her chart, her mind, her drive and her optimism (Mercury, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Gemini, 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 quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.4°
She kept adjusting how hard she pushed to fit where her life was going.
Jupiter sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.6°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury trine Uranus close at 1.3°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
The Sun opposition North Node close at 2.5°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
Saturn conjunction Neptune close at 2.9°
She took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and her ideals had to prove themselves.
Jupiter sextile Neptune wide at 3.5°
Faith and imagination together: she believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
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The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 4.3°
Intensity at the centre: she wanted the whole truth about everything, herself first, and she remade herself more than once to reach it.
Venus sextile Jupiter wide at 4.3°
Affection came to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism helped each other.
Venus conjunction Saturn wide at 4.9°
Serious about love: she gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
Pluto opposition North Node wide at 6.7°
Old attachments held her back from the way forward, and she grew by letting some things go.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 6.8°
Restless hope: she wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
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
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one she had to find.
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