Famous birth charts · Otis Redding
Otis Redding’s chart in full
Born September 9, 1941, Dawson, Georgia, United States. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
16°34′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 9:32 a.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
1°14′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
4°14′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
23°29′
Mars in Ariesretrograde
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
23°40′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
19°56′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
28°33′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
0°21′
Neptune in Virgo
27°01′
Pluto in Leo
5°05′
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 his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
22°44′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
9°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
20°35′
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.
Venus opposition Mars almost exact at 0.2°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Mercury sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
Mars quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.9°
He kept adjusting how hard he pushed to fit where his life was going.
Saturn trine Neptune close at 1.5°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Saturn conjunction Uranus close at 1.8°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
Jupiter square North Node close at 2.8°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
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Uranus trine Neptune wide at 3.3°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 3.4°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Venus trine Jupiter wide at 3.5°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 3.7°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 3.9°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 4.3°
A path lit by imagination: he followed a vision more than a plan.
Uranus sextile Pluto wide at 4.7°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 5.7°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 5.8°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 6.2°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 7.2°
A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
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.
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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