Famous birth charts · Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison’s chart in full
Born October 17, 1956, Decatur, Alabama, 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
24°18′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 11:36 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
0°13′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
7°50′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
13°19′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
13°30′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
21°09′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
0°43′
Uranus in Leo
6°41′
Neptune in Libra
29°56′
Pluto in Leo
29°57′
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 her life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
29°27′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
6°26′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
5°14′
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 mind and her imagination (the Sun, Mercury and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws 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.
Neptune sextile Pluto exact at 0.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus opposition Mars almost exact at 0.2°
In love she wants tenderness and a chase at once, and her relationships are rarely calm.
The Moon trine Saturn almost exact at 0.5°
Steady feelings: she keeps calm under strain, and she loves in ways that last.
Pluto square North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Old attachments hold her back from the way forward, and she grows by letting some things go.
The Moon trine North Node almost exact at 0.8°
What comforts her also moves her forward: her instincts point the right way.
Saturn square Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
Heavy demands and hard limits: she faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
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Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.1°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and she sees answers others miss.
Saturn conjunction North Node close at 1.2°
A serious path: growing asks for patience, and she gives it.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 5.6°
She takes in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gives them back as something new.
The Sun sextile Pluto wide at 5.7°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grows more focused, and she knows how to start over.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 6.0°
Old and new sit well together: she can change things without throwing out what works.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 6.8°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and she lives with both.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 7.6°
She takes on more than any one person can, and her boldness runs ahead of her plans.
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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