Famous birth charts · Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde’s chart in full

Born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland. 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.

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Beyond the planetsNorth Node in Taurus, Chiron and Lilith
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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.

    22°37′

  • 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.

    16°11′

  • Black Moon Lilith in Cancer

    In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.

    24°43′

The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.

Aspects by strength13 between the planets, the closest first
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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 quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.2°

    The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.

  • Mercury trine Neptune almost exact at 0.3°

    He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.

  • Mars quincunx Pluto close at 1.2°

    Force and restraint kept trading places, and he learned when to let go.

  • Mercury opposition Uranus close at 1.7°

    His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.

  • Mercury quincunx Saturn close at 1.7°

    Speaking freely and speaking carefully took constant balancing, and he weighed words before letting them go.

  • Uranus sextile Neptune close at 2.0°

    Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.

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  • Saturn square Neptune close at 2.0°

    The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.

  • Jupiter trine North Node wide at 3.3°

    Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.

  • The Sun square Jupiter wide at 3.5°

    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 Uranus wide at 3.8°

    Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.

  • Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.3°

    Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.

  • Uranus conjunction North Node wide at 7.1°

    An unusual path: his direction in life came through sudden turns and fresh starts.

  • The Sun trine Saturn wide at 7.2°

    Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.

Chart signatureMost in earth signs
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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

Fire · instinct and enthusiasm2
Earth · the practical and the solid3
Air · ideas and people3
Water · feeling and intuition2

Modes

Cardinal · starting things3
Fixed · holding steady4
Mutable · adapting3

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