Famous birth charts · Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant’s chart in full
Born October 26, 1963, Jamestown, New York, 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
2°31′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
13°39′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
26°22′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
17°40′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
0°40′
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Jupiter in Ariesretrograde
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
12°05′
Saturn in Aquarius
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
16°28′
Uranus in Virgo
8°55′
Neptune in Scorpio
14°55′
Pluto in Virgo
13°32′
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 Cancer
The direction her life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
14°08′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
10°33′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
21°10′
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 heart and her imagination (the Sun, Venus and Neptune) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws her attention first.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In her chart, her imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) and her intensity (Pluto in Virgo) both point at her optimism (Jupiter in Aries), the part of her that keeps needing adjustment and gives her life its focus.
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.
Pluto sextile North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Deep change helps her forward: each time she starts over, she goes further.
Neptune trine North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Imagination helps her forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Venus square Saturn close at 1.2°
Love feels like something to be earned, and she holds back until she is sure of it.
The Moon square Neptune close at 1.3°
Her feelings and her imagination pull in different directions: she lives between what is real and what she longs for.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter quincunx Pluto close at 1.4°
The bigger the stakes grow, the more she has to rethink her aims.
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Saturn square Neptune close at 1.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: her discipline and her imagination ask different things of her.
Jupiter square North Node close at 2.0°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
Saturn quincunx North Node close at 2.3°
Responsibility and growth need steady balancing, and she learns which duties to keep.
Venus conjunction Neptune close at 2.8°
Romance without limits: she falls for ideals as much as people, and her taste runs to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune close at 2.8°
Her ideals and her beliefs need constant matching up, and she keeps asking what she really believes.
The Moon conjunction Saturn close at 2.8°
Self-contained: she keeps her feelings in order, and she gives comfort in practical ways rather than in words.
Saturn quincunx Pluto close at 2.9°
She keeps adjusting between control and acceptance, and learns where each belongs.
Venus trine North Node wide at 3.5°
Love and friendship move her forward: the people she cares for help her find her way.
Venus sextile Pluto wide at 4.1°
She loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds she forms change both people.
Jupiter sextile Saturn wide at 4.4°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreams big and plans carefully, and both help.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 4.6°
Born into a time of upheaval: she wants radical change, and wants it at once.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 6.2°
Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 6.4°
Independence comes easily: she does things her 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
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