Famous birth charts · Paul Allen
Paul Allen’s chart in full
Born January 21, 1953, Seattle, Washington, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
1°31′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 6:21 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
26°22′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
23°33′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
18°08′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
16°52′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
11°27′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
27°07′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
15°52′
Neptune in Libra
23°53′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
22°32′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
12°26′
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.
15°38′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
3°12′
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.
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 feelings (the Moon in Aries) and his discipline and his imagination (Saturn and Neptune, together in Libra) face each other across the wheel, and his mind (Mercury in Capricorn) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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.
Mercury square Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
The Moon opposition Saturn almost exact at 0.8°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
Jupiter square North Node close at 1.0°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Mercury quincunx Pluto close at 1.0°
What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.
Mars trine Uranus close at 1.0°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Venus conjunction Mars close at 1.3°
Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus trine Uranus close at 2.3°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
The Moon opposition Neptune close at 2.5°
His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
The Moon square Mercury close at 2.8°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 3.2°
He took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and his ideals had to prove themselves.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 3.6°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 4.4°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 4.4°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Saturn sextile Pluto wide at 4.6°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 7.6°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.0°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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.
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