Famous birth charts · LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton’s chart in full
Born February 16, 1957, Landstuhl, Germany. 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.
27°31′
Moon in Virgo
The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 11:50 p.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
22°39′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
5°15′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
13°16′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
11°36′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
0°18′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
13°16′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
4°00′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
2°33′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
29°15′
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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
23°50′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
13°08′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
18°52′
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 heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life draws his attention first.
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 mind (Mercury in Aquarius) and his independence (Uranus in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
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.
Venus sextile Saturn exact at 0.0°
Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Mercury opposition Uranus close at 1.2°
His mind runs ahead of the conversation: he says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
Uranus square Neptune close at 1.5°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
Venus square Mars close at 1.7°
In love he wants tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships are rarely calm.
Mars quincunx Saturn close at 1.7°
When to push and when to wait takes constant judging, and he learns timing the hard way.
The Sun opposition Pluto close at 1.7°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
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Mercury square Neptune close at 2.7°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter close at 2.8°
He keeps fitting his ambitions to his purpose, and some big plans have to wait.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.3°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun square North Node wide at 3.7°
Being himself and growing ask for different things, and his biggest steps forward come when he stretches past his habits.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 3.7°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 5.0°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 5.0°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Pluto square North Node wide at 5.4°
Old attachments hold him back from the way forward, and he grows by letting some things go.
Mercury square Mars wide at 6.3°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
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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