Famous birth charts · Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan’s chart in full
Born September 30, 1947, Stoke Newington, United Kingdom. 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.
6°26′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
8°35′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
28°24′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
13°39′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
29°37′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
25°24′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
19°05′
Uranus in Gemini
26°10′
Neptune in Libra
10°24′
Pluto in Leo
14°27′
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 Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
24°19′
Chiron in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Chiron is a wariness about trust that runs deep, and the strength to stay close when others are at their lowest.
8°49′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
27°00′
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, his heart and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune) gather in Libra, 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.
Jupiter quincunx Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
His hopes and his restlessness kept changing places, and he redrew his plans more than once.
Venus sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Jupiter opposition North Node close at 1.1°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Mercury square Mars close at 1.2°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
The Moon opposition Neptune close at 1.8°
His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
The Sun opposition the Moon close at 2.1°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
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Mercury trine Uranus close at 2.2°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 3.2°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 4.0°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.1°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 4.2°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Saturn conjunction Pluto wide at 4.6°
Iron will and great patience: he built slowly and for keeps.
Saturn square North Node wide at 5.2°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 6.3°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 7.2°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
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 he had to find.
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