Famous birth charts · Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy’s chart in full
Born August 26, 1970, Plainfield, Illinois, United States. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
3°02′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
6°09′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
27°25′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
19°04′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
25°14′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
1°37′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
22°33′
Uranus in Libra
6°57′
Neptune in Scorpio
28°12′
Pluto in Virgo
26°19′
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 Pisces
The direction her life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
2°49′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
9°35′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
29°09′
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 mind and her intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws her attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her discipline (Saturn in Taurus) and her imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and her drive (Mars in Leo) takes the strain: the part of her that works hardest.
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 opposition North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Being herself and growing ask for different things, and her biggest steps forward come when she stretches past her habits.
Mercury sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
She thinks in pictures and music: her words carry a mood, and her imagination gives her ideas colour.
The Moon square Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
Her moods change without warning, and she wants closeness and room to breathe at the same time.
Mercury conjunction Pluto close at 1.1°
She thinks like a detective: nothing is taken at face value, and she remembers everything.
Jupiter trine North Node close at 1.2°
Hope helps her grow: faith in what is possible keeps her moving forward.
The Sun sextile Jupiter close at 1.4°
Her confidence comes easily and spreads: she thinks big, and other people want to come along.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars square Saturn close at 2.7°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
Mars square Neptune close at 3.0°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 3.8°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
Neptune square North Node wide at 4.6°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 4.8°
The self she knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and she works to keep hold of the real one.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 4.9°
A patient, exact mind: she chooses every word, and her thinking gets sharper with practice.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 5.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: her discipline and her imagination ask different things of her.
Mars opposition North Node wide at 7.6°
Old fights and the way forward disagree, and she grows by choosing which battles matter.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 7.8°
Purpose and drive in one place: she is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
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
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