Famous birth charts · Michael Clarke Duncan
Michael Clarke Duncan’s chart in full
Born December 10, 1957, Chicago, 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
18°26′
Moon in Leo
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 7:24 a.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
2°42′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
9°02′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
3°20′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
21°32′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
25°26′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
16°58′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
11°25′
Neptune in Scorpio
3°55′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
2°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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
9°54′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
13°36′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
22°07′
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 feelings (the Moon in Leo) and his heart (Venus in Aquarius) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) 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.
Venus square Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
The Moon opposition Venus almost exact at 0.6°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
Mercury sextile North Node almost exact at 0.9°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Venus quincunx Pluto close at 1.0°
Affection and the need for control kept getting in each other’s way, and trust took him time.
The Moon square Neptune close at 1.2°
His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
The Sun conjunction Saturn close at 1.5°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
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Uranus square North Node close at 1.5°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 2.4°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 5.5°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 6.0°
A path lit by imagination: he followed a vision more than a plan.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 7.0°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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