Famous birth charts · Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler’s chart in full
Born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
19°23′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 11:20 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
0°20′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
5°25′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
20°18′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
13°26′
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Jupiter in Capricornretrograde
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
24°27′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
6°57′
Uranus in Cancer
3°33′
Neptune in Libra
13°02′
Pluto in Leo
16°17′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
18°10′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
2°55′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
13°06′
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 mind, his heart and his discipline (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws 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.
Mars square Neptune almost exact at 0.4°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
The Sun trine North Node close at 1.2°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
Mercury conjunction Saturn close at 1.5°
Serious thoughts: he says less than he knows, and what he says holds up.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.9°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Pluto trine North Node close at 1.9°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
Venus quincunx North Node close at 2.1°
He keeps adjusting what he wants from people to fit the life he is growing into.
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The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 3.1°
Intensity at the centre: he wants the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remakes himself more than once to reach it.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn sextile Uranus wide at 3.4°
Old and new sit well together: he can change things without throwing out what works.
Venus trine Jupiter wide at 4.2°
Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Mars square North Node wide at 4.7°
Old fights and the way forward disagree, and he grows by choosing which battles matter.
Neptune opposition North Node wide at 5.1°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.3°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 6.3°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
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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