Famous birth charts · Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins’ chart in full
Born September 12, 1968, Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, 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.
19°56′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 7:55 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
26°05′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
15°06′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
12°46′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
24°16′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
17°11′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
24°27′
Uranus in Virgo
28°59′
Neptune in Scorpio
24°09′
Pluto in Virgo
22°34′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
9°45′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
1°36′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
9°36′
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 identity, his optimism, his independence and his intensity (the Sun, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, 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 feelings (the Moon in Taurus) and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his drive (Mars in Leo) 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.
Mars square Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars trine Saturn almost exact at 0.2°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Saturn quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Duty and dreams keep trading places as the priority.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Moon square Mars close at 1.8°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacts first, and his courage comes from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Saturn quincunx Pluto close at 1.9°
He keeps adjusting between control and acceptance, and learns where each belongs.
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The Moon opposition Neptune close at 1.9°
His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 2.3°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
The Sun conjunction Pluto close at 2.6°
Intensity at the centre: he wants the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remakes himself more than once to reach it.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter close at 2.8°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
The Moon trine Uranus close at 2.9°
His feelings like freedom: he needs space in close ties and gives it back just as easily.
Venus opposition North Node close at 3.0°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 4.2°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Uranus sextile Neptune wide at 4.8°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury opposition North Node wide at 5.4°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and he learns new ways of thinking to move on.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto wide at 5.4°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: he works on a grand scale.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 6.4°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wants radical change, and wants it at once.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 9.1°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom are the same thing, and he surprises people, himself included.
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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