Famous birth charts · Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins’ chart in full
Born April 18, 1941, Limerick, Ireland. 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.
28°01′
Moon in Capricorn
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 5:31 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
26°58′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
10°12′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
27°47′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
11°02′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
21°06′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
15°24′
Uranus in Taurus
24°32′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
25°30′
Pluto in Leo
2°02′
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.
1°33′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
25°37′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
4°31′
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 his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Aries, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his optimism, his discipline and his independence (Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life draws his attention first.
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 feelings, his independence and his imagination (the Moon in Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus and Neptune 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.
The Sun conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.2°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
Pluto sextile North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
The Moon square Venus almost exact at 0.8°
What comforts him and what he loves are different things, so his heart and his moods keep negotiating.
Mercury sextile Mars almost exact at 0.8°
A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Uranus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun square the Moon close at 1.0°
The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.
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The Moon trine Neptune close at 1.5°
He picks up what others feel before a word is said, and his compassion reaches far.
Venus quincunx Neptune close at 2.3°
What he wants from love and what love gives him keep needing adjustment, and he learns to see people as they are.
The Moon trine Uranus close at 2.4°
His feelings like freedom: he needs space in close ties and gives it back just as easily.
The Sun quincunx Neptune close at 2.5°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus wide at 3.4°
An inventive optimism: he believes in the new, and he takes leaps others would not.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 3.5°
The way forward asks him to bend habits that feel like part of who he is.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 4.0°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
Venus square Pluto wide at 4.2°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.
Mars square Saturn wide at 4.4°
Drive with the brakes on: he wants to move, something holds him back, and the friction makes him tough.
Jupiter trine Neptune wide at 4.4°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn wide at 5.7°
Optimism with a plan: his hopes are practical, and he builds them slowly into something real.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 6.1°
A path lit by imagination: he follows a vision more than a plan.
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.
No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
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