Famous birth charts · Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross’ chart in full
Born April 20, 1951, New York City, 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 Aries
The Sun moved from Aries into Taurus at 4:49 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
29°48′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
13°52′
Mercury in Taurusretrograde
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
6°54′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
6°20′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
7°38′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
29°48′
Saturn in Virgoretrograde
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
26°44′
Uranus in Cancer
6°00′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
17°51′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
17°26′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
18°26′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
2°44′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
21°45′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Neptune quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.6°
He grew by testing his ideals against real life, again and again.
Mercury conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.7°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mercury sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.9°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Pluto quincunx North Node close at 1.0°
He kept giving up a little control to keep growing.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 1.6°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
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Jupiter opposition Saturn close at 3.0°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun quincunx Saturn wide at 3.1°
The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 6.2°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 6.2°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.1°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 7.8°
Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
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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