Famous birth charts · Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein’s chart in full
Born August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 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.
1°37′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
19°53′
Mercury in Virgoretrograde
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
14°59′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
8°28′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
5°21′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
8°50′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
19°52′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
25°30′
Neptune in Leo
7°46′
Pluto in Cancer
6°18′
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 his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
19°16′
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°29′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
13°13′
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 heart, his discipline and his imagination (Venus, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Leo, 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.
The Moon trine Saturn exact at 0.0°
Steady feelings: he kept calm under strain, and he loved in ways that lasted.
Saturn trine North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
The Moon trine North Node almost exact at 0.6°
What comforted him also moved him forward: his instincts pointed the right way.
Venus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Mars trine Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars square Neptune close at 2.4°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
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Jupiter conjunction Pluto close at 2.5°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: he worked on a grand scale.
Venus square Mars wide at 3.1°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 3.5°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 3.7°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Mercury square North Node wide at 4.3°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
The Sun sextile Pluto wide at 4.7°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
Saturn opposition Uranus wide at 5.6°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
The Sun opposition Uranus wide at 6.1°
He needed room to be himself, 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
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