Famous birth charts · Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou’s chart in full
Born April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, 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.
14°43′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
10°16′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
20°18′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
21°38′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
27°49′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
16°06′
Saturn in Sagittariusretrograde
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
19°05′
Uranus in Aries
4°01′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
26°40′
Pluto in Cancer
14°59′
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 Gemini
The direction her life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
11°00′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
4°21′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
14°15′
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 optimism and her independence (the Sun, Jupiter and Uranus) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew 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.
The Sun square Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
The Moon trine North Node almost exact at 0.7°
What comforted her also moved her forward: her instincts pointed the right way.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.1°
She wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped her life.
Mars opposition Neptune close at 1.1°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Mercury square Saturn close at 1.2°
She doubted her own ideas before anyone else could, and so she checked every one twice.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 1.3°
Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
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The Sun conjunction Jupiter close at 1.4°
Optimism at the centre of her: she expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Venus square Saturn close at 2.5°
Love felt like something to be earned, and she held back until she was sure of it.
Jupiter trine Saturn close at 3.0°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
The Sun sextile North Node wide at 3.7°
The direction her life took suited her: being herself and growing went hand in hand.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 4.4°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: she built slowly and got better with every year.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 5.3°
A probing mind: she got to the bottom of things, and her words had power when she chose to use them.
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 she had to find.
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