Famous birth charts · N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin’s chart in full
Born September 19, 1972, Iowa City, Iowa, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
26°50′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
11°54′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
26°44′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
12°30′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
22°45′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
29°29′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
20°27′
Uranus in Libra
17°19′
Neptune in Sagittarius
2°51′
Pluto in Libra
1°42′
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 Capricorn
The direction her life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
24°07′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
15°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
23°21′
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 her chart, her identity, her mind and her drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws her 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.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.1°
Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
The Moon opposition Venus almost exact at 0.6°
What comforts her and what she loves are different things, so her heart and her moods keep negotiating.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.1°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars trine North Node close at 1.4°
Courage moves her forward, and each bold step takes her further along her path.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 2.2°
She wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes her life.
Mars square Saturn close at 2.3°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
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Mercury trine North Node close at 2.6°
Her way with words helps her find her direction, and the right ideas come at the right time.
The Sun square Jupiter close at 2.6°
She reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun trine North Node close at 2.7°
The direction her life takes suits her: being herself and growing go hand in hand.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 2.8°
Big ideas and loose details: she thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from her.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 3.1°
Old and new sit well together: she can change things without throwing out what works.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 4.0°
She thinks fast and speaks faster: her mind likes a contest, and her words have an edge.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 4.1°
Purpose and drive in one place: she is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 4.9°
Intensity at the centre: she wants the whole truth about everything, herself first, and she remakes herself more than once to reach it.
Mercury conjunction Pluto wide at 5.0°
She thinks like a detective: nothing is taken at face value, and she remembers everything.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 6.0°
Imagination and identity work together: she can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 6.4°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
Uranus square North Node wide at 6.8°
The way forward asks for steadiness, and the urge for change keeps breaking in.
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 come out in actions more than in words.
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