Famous birth charts · Maurice Benguigui
Maurice Benguigui’s chart in full
Born May 14, 1959, Tlemcen, Algeria. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
22°55′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
6°28′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
2°41′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
4°19′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
19°34′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
27°41′
Saturn in Capricornretrograde
The Master Builder. Built to last.
6°27′
Uranus in Leo
12°29′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
5°07′
Pluto in Virgo
1°40′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
12°13′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
27°29′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
19°47′
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.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his mind, his discipline and his intensity (Mercury in Taurus, Saturn in Capricorn and Pluto in Virgo) make the triangle, so these come to him naturally.
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.
Uranus sextile North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
Venus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he sees the beauty in people and makes it visible to others.
Mercury trine Pluto close at 1.0°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Saturn sextile Neptune close at 1.3°
Practical dreams: he gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
The Moon square Neptune close at 1.4°
His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 1.6°
A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
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Venus opposition Saturn close at 2.1°
Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 2.4°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Venus sextile Pluto close at 2.6°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 3.3°
His purpose and his drive work together: once he decides on something, he moves on it fast.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.5°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 3.8°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
Jupiter square Pluto wide at 4.0°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
The Sun opposition Jupiter wide at 4.8°
He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 4.8°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
Saturn square North Node wide at 5.8°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
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 takes deliberate effort.
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