Famous birth charts · Norman Foster
Norman Foster’s chart in full
Born June 1, 1935, Stockport, 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
10°01′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
11°38′
Mercury in Cancer
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
1°48′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
23°07′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
7°20′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
15°44′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
9°53′
Uranus in Taurus
3°36′
Neptune in Virgo
11°49′
Pluto in Cancer
24°26′
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 his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
22°37′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
10°17′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
5°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 his chart, his mind, his heart and his intensity (Mercury, Venus and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his discipline (Saturn in Pisces) and his imagination (Neptune in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Gemini) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his discipline (Saturn in Pisces) and his imagination (Neptune in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his feelings (the Moon in Gemini) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
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 square Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
The Moon square Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.
Venus opposition North Node almost exact at 0.5°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
Venus conjunction Pluto close at 1.3°
A deep, private heart: he draws people in and keeps some feelings locked away.
The Sun conjunction the Moon close at 1.6°
Born near a new Moon, so what he wants and what he needs move as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
The Moon square Saturn close at 1.8°
Feelings come second to duty: he holds himself to a high standard, even in private.
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The Sun square Neptune close at 1.8°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.8°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Pluto opposition North Node close at 1.8°
Old attachments hold him back from the way forward, and he grows by letting some things go.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 1.9°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
Mars quincunx Saturn close at 2.6°
When to push and when to wait takes constant judging, and he learns timing the hard way.
The Sun trine Mars close at 2.7°
His purpose and his drive work together: once he decides on something, he moves on it fast.
Jupiter sextile Neptune wide at 3.9°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Mercury square Mars wide at 5.5°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 5.8°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreams big and plans carefully, and both help.
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 fire at all, so the bold first move comes by choice rather than by instinct.
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