Famous birth charts · Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield’s chart in full
Born May 15, 1953, Reading, United Kingdom. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
24°18′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
23°12′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
13°43′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
17°08′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
9°51′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
1°22′
Saturn in Libraretrograde
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
21°46′
Uranus in Cancer
15°39′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
21°41′
Pluto in Leo
20°50′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
5°51′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
20°51′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
15°49′
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 feelings, his drive and his optimism (the Moon, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws his attention first.
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 heart (Venus in Aries) and his discipline and his imagination (Saturn and Neptune, together in Libra) face each other across the wheel, and his independence (Uranus in Cancer) takes the strain: the part of him that works 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.
Saturn conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
He takes dreams seriously and gives them structure, and his ideals have to prove themselves.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
The Moon trine Saturn close at 1.4°
Steady feelings: he keeps calm under strain, and he loves in ways that last.
Venus square Uranus close at 1.5°
Love comes in sudden starts and stops: he falls for people quickly and needs room just as quickly.
The Moon trine Neptune close at 1.5°
He picks up what others feel before a word is said, and his compassion reaches far.
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Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.9°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
The Sun quincunx Saturn close at 2.5°
The wish to shine and the wish to be careful need steady adjusting: he moves forward a step, then checks it.
The Sun quincunx Neptune close at 2.6°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 3.5°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
Venus trine Pluto wide at 3.7°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Mars trine North Node wide at 4.0°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
Jupiter trine North Node wide at 4.5°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
Venus opposition Neptune wide at 4.5°
He loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
Venus opposition Saturn wide at 4.6°
Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 6.0°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 6.1°
Tradition and rebellion fight in him: he wants security and freedom, and can rarely have both at once.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 7.0°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
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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