Famous birth charts · Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom’s chart in full
Born May 23, 1958, Passaic, New Jersey, 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
2°01′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 12:15 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
29°52′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
8°11′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
20°18′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
19°28′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
22°47′
Saturn in Sagittariusretrograde
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
23°56′
Uranus in Leo
8°11′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
2°39′
Pluto in Leo
29°49′
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.
0°52′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
22°43′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
10°20′
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 mind (Mercury in Taurus) and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his independence (Uranus in Leo) 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.
Mercury square Uranus exact at 0.0°
His mind runs ahead of the conversation: he says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
The Sun quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
The Moon square North Node close at 1.0°
Home comforts and the way forward ask for different things, and growing means leaving some familiar things behind.
Pluto sextile North Node close at 1.1°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
The Sun quincunx North Node close at 1.1°
The way forward asks him to bend habits that feel like part of who he is.
Jupiter sextile Saturn close at 1.1°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreams big and plans carefully, and both help.
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Neptune conjunction North Node close at 1.8°
A path lit by imagination: he follows a vision more than a plan.
The Sun square Pluto close at 2.2°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
Venus opposition Jupiter close at 2.5°
He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus trine Saturn wide at 3.6°
Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Mars square Saturn wide at 4.5°
Drive with the brakes on: he wants to move, something holds him back, and the friction makes him tough.
Mercury opposition Neptune wide at 5.5°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 5.5°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 5.9°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 6.2°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find 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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