Famous birth charts · Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard’s chart in full
Born April 6, 1937, Bakersfield, California, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
16°36′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
18°08′
Mercury in Aries
Mercury moved from Aries into Taurus at 5:10 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
29°35′
Venus in Taurusretrograde
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
3°47′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
5°10′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
25°03′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
27°53′
Uranus in Taurus
8°15′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
16°50′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
26°30′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
17°09′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
18°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
20°40′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his optimism (Jupiter in Capricorn) and his intensity (Pluto in Cancer) face each other across the wheel, and his mind (Mercury in Aries) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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 quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Neptune square North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
The Sun trine North Node almost exact at 0.6°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 1.4°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Venus quincunx Mars close at 1.4°
What he found beautiful and what he desired kept parting ways, and love took some working out.
Jupiter opposition Pluto close at 1.4°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
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Jupiter sextile Saturn close at 2.8°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 3.1°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 4.2°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Venus conjunction Uranus wide at 4.5°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 4.5°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 8.4°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
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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