Famous birth charts · Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe’s chart in full
Born January 4, 1960, Decatur, Georgia, United States. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
13°21′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 10:22 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
0°53′
Mercury in Capricorn
Mercury moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 3:25 a.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
0°33′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
2°48′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
23°01′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
19°33′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
9°54′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
20°25′
Neptune in Scorpio
8°46′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
5°59′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
27°50′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
24°37′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
16°03′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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 Moon square Mercury almost exact at 0.3°
His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
Jupiter trine Uranus almost exact at 0.9°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Saturn sextile Neptune close at 1.1°
Practical dreams: he gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
The Moon trine Venus close at 1.9°
He puts people at ease without trying: kindness and charm come from the same place.
Mars trine Uranus close at 2.6°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Mercury square North Node close at 2.7°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and he learns new ways of thinking to move on.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Moon opposition North Node close at 3.0°
Home comforts and the way forward ask for different things, and growing means leaving some familiar things behind.
Venus square Pluto wide at 3.2°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 3.5°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty are one thing to him, and he treats his own life as work to be done well.
Mars conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.5°
Enthusiasm at full speed: he charges at life with confidence, and setbacks slow him only briefly.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 3.9°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 4.6°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Mars square North Node wide at 4.8°
Old fights and the way forward disagree, and he grows by choosing which battles matter.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 5.4°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 7.4°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grows more focused, and he knows how to start over.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 7.5°
He thinks fast and speaks faster: his mind likes a contest, and his words have an edge.
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 air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.
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