Famous birth charts · Michael Gove
Michael Gove’s chart in full
Born August 26, 1967, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
2°31′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
13°05′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
4°19′
Venus in Virgoretrograde
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
7°57′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
20°42′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
19°24′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
11°36′
Uranus in Virgo
23°24′
Neptune in Scorpio
21°43′
Pluto in Virgo
19°47′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
29°29′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
28°39′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
27°01′
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, his heart, his independence and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws his 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.
Mars sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
Mars conjunction Neptune close at 1.0°
Action guided by imagination: he moves on instinct and feeling, and he gives his all to a vision.
Mars square Jupiter close at 1.3°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
Uranus sextile Neptune close at 1.7°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.8°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
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Jupiter square Neptune close at 2.3°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 2.7°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
The Sun trine North Node close at 3.0°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 3.6°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wants radical change, and wants it at once.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 3.6°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 4.8°
His way with words helps him find his direction, and the right ideas come at the right time.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 5.4°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
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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