Famous birth charts · Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali’s chart in full
Born January 17, 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, United States. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
27°01′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
8°31′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
13°06′
Venus in Aquariusretrograde
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
20°44′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
2°55′
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Jupiter in Geminiretrograde
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
11°58′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
21°40′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
26°28′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
29°48′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
4°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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
14°17′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
12°30′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
5°09′
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 mind and his heart (the Moon, Mercury and Venus) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew 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 drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew 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 identity, his independence and his imagination (the Sun in Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus and Neptune in Virgo) make the triangle, so these came 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 trine Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Venus square Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mercury trine Jupiter close at 1.1°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury quincunx North Node close at 1.2°
His habits of thought needed small, steady changes to fit the way forward.
Mars square Pluto close at 1.9°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Jupiter square North Node close at 2.3°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
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The Sun trine Neptune close at 2.8°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 3.3°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 4.8°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 5.3°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Venus square Uranus wide at 5.8°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
The Sun square Mars wide at 5.9°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 7.8°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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