Famous birth charts · Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye’s chart in full
Born April 2, 1939, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Pioneer. First in, first to try.
12°04′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
22°13′
Mercury in Ariesretrograde
The Spark. First to speak.
13°11′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
2°46′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
6°48′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
21°33′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
19°52′
Uranus in Taurus
15°48′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
21°25′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
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.
8°34′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
4°30′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
11°27′
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 discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Aries, 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 opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Moon opposition Jupiter almost exact at 0.7°
His feelings ran large: he wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Moon conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Feelings without edges: other people’s sorrow and joy reached him as if they were his own.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.1°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Saturn quincunx Neptune close at 1.6°
Duty and dreams kept trading places as the priority.
Mars sextile North Node close at 1.8°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
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The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 3.5°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.0°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
The Sun square Mars wide at 5.3°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Venus trine North Node wide at 5.8°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
Mercury conjunction Saturn wide at 6.7°
Serious thoughts: he said less than he knew, and what he said held up.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 7.2°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 7.8°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
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 air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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