Famous birth charts · Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin’s chart in full
Born September 12, 1953, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, 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.
19°35′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
6°57′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
24°14′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
16°09′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
28°41′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
24°48′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
25°22′
Uranus in Cancer
22°09′
Neptune in Libra
22°23′
Pluto in Leo
23°46′
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 her life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
2°04′
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.
15°23′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
29°13′
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 heart, her drive and her intensity (Venus, Mars and Pluto) gather in Leo, 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.
Uranus square Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and she lives with both.
Mercury square Jupiter almost exact at 0.6°
Big ideas and loose details: she thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from her.
Jupiter trine Saturn almost exact at 0.6°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreams big and plans carefully, and both help.
Jupiter sextile Pluto close at 1.0°
Ambition with depth: she knows how to build influence, and she uses it to make big changes.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
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Mercury sextile Uranus close at 2.1°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and she sees answers others miss.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 2.4°
Faith and imagination together: she believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
The Sun sextile Uranus close at 2.6°
Independence comes easily: she does things her own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Saturn conjunction Neptune close at 3.0°
She takes dreams seriously and gives them structure, and her ideals have to prove themselves.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 3.2°
Tradition and rebellion fight in her: she wants security and freedom, and can rarely have both at once.
Mars sextile Saturn wide at 3.3°
Her drive and her discipline work together easily: she can push hard and keep going.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 3.9°
Big drive and big confidence: she goes after large goals, and her enthusiasm carries others along.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 4.7°
Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
Mars conjunction Pluto wide at 4.9°
Concentrated force: when she wants something, she goes after it with everything.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 5.2°
She reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Saturn square North Node wide at 6.7°
Duty and growth compete: what she owes others and where she needs to go call for hard choices.
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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