Famous birth charts · Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Dempsey’s chart in full
Born January 13, 1966, Lewiston, Maine, United States. 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.
23°04′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
21°30′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
8°49′
Venus in Aquariusretrograde
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
12°29′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
16°54′
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Jupiter in Geminiretrograde
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
22°59′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
13°31′
Uranus in Virgoretrograde
19°28′
Neptune in Scorpio
21°44′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
18°19′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
3°28′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
18°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
21°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.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his identity (the Sun in Capricorn) and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) both point at his optimism (Jupiter in Gemini), the part of him that keeps needing adjustment and gives his life its focus.
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 quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
He keeps fitting his ambitions to his purpose, and some big plans have to wait.
Uranus conjunction Pluto close at 1.1°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wants radical change, and wants it at once.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune close at 1.2°
His ideals and his beliefs need constant matching up, and he keeps asking what he really believes.
The Sun sextile Neptune close at 1.3°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Mars quincunx Pluto close at 1.4°
Force and restraint keep trading places, and he learns when to let go.
The Moon trine Jupiter close at 1.5°
Good-hearted and generous: he feels looked after by life, and he passes that on.
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The Sun square the Moon close at 1.6°
The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.
Uranus sextile Neptune close at 2.3°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mars quincunx Uranus close at 2.6°
Effort and restlessness keep catching each other off guard, and his plans change at short notice.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 3.5°
Restless hope: he wants more freedom than any situation gives, and big changes come suddenly.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 3.6°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Venus conjunction Mars wide at 4.4°
Magnetic: affection and desire come together in him, and people notice.
Jupiter square Pluto wide at 4.7°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 4.8°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grows more focused, and he knows how to start over.
Saturn opposition Pluto wide at 4.8°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
Mars square Neptune wide at 4.8°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Saturn opposition Uranus wide at 6.0°
Tradition and rebellion fight in him: he wants security and freedom, and can rarely have both at once.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 6.1°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
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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