Famous birth charts · Nick Drake
Nick Drake’s chart in full
Born June 19, 1948, Yangon, Myanmar. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
27°50′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 10:59 a.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
0°33′
Mercury in Cancerretrograde
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
5°13′
Venus in Cancerretrograde
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
6°10′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
14°37′
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Jupiter in Sagittariusretrograde
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
23°34′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
19°01′
Uranus in Gemini
26°24′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
10°13′
Pluto in Leo
13°13′
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 Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
13°25′
Chiron in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Chiron is a wariness about trust that runs deep, and the strength to stay close when others are at their lowest.
19°07′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
26°26′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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 square North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 1.0°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mars trine North Node close at 1.2°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
The Sun conjunction Uranus close at 1.4°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom were the same thing, and he surprised people, himself included.
Jupiter opposition Uranus close at 2.8°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 3.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
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Venus square Neptune wide at 4.0°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
The Sun opposition Jupiter wide at 4.3°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 4.5°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 5.0°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Saturn square North Node wide at 5.6°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Saturn conjunction Pluto wide at 5.8°
Iron will and great patience: he built slowly and for keeps.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.4°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 8.3°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
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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