Famous birth charts · Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson’s chart in full
Born January 6, 1960, London, United Kingdom. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
15°11′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
23°14′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
3°17′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
4°57′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
24°20′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
19°56′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
10°06′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
20°22′
Neptune in Scorpio
8°48′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
5°58′
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 her life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
27°50′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
24°43′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
16°15′
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 discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life draws her attention first.
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 optimism (Venus, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life draws her 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 her chart, her feelings, her drive and her independence (the Moon in Aries, Mars in Sagittarius and Uranus in Leo) make the triangle, so these come to her 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.
Jupiter trine Uranus almost exact at 0.4°
Sudden openings: she spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Venus square Pluto close at 1.0°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where she stands.
The Moon trine Mars close at 1.1°
Her feelings turn straight into action: when something matters, she does something about it.
Saturn sextile Neptune close at 1.3°
Practical dreams: she gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
Mercury trine Pluto close at 2.7°
A probing mind: she gets to the bottom of things, and her words have power when she chooses to use them.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
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The Moon trine Uranus close at 2.9°
Her feelings like freedom: she needs space in close ties and gives it back just as easily.
Mars square North Node wide at 3.5°
Old fights and the way forward disagree, and she grows by choosing which battles matter.
Mars trine Uranus wide at 4.0°
Quick and inventive in action: she moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 4.2°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
Mars conjunction Jupiter wide at 4.4°
Enthusiasm at full speed: she charges at life with confidence, and setbacks slow her only briefly.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 5.1°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty are one thing to her, and she treats her own life as work to be done well.
Mercury square North Node wide at 5.5°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and she learns new ways of thinking to move on.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 6.4°
Imagination and identity work together: she can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Mercury conjunction Saturn wide at 6.8°
Serious thoughts: she says less than she knows, and what she says holds up.
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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