Famous birth charts · Philip Glass
Philip Glass’ chart in full
Born January 31, 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, 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.
11°26′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
10°52′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
17°06′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
28°12′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
13°22′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
13°42′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
20°06′
Uranus in Taurus
5°46′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
18°31′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
27°21′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
23°02′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
18°03′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
13°26′
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 drive (Mars in Scorpio) and his independence (Uranus in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Aquarius) 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 sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.3°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
The Sun trine the Moon almost exact at 0.6°
His purpose and his feelings are on the same side: the life he chooses and the comfort he needs go together.
Venus trine Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 1.4°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 1.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
The Sun square Mars close at 1.9°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
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The Moon square Jupiter close at 2.8°
His feelings run large: he wants more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gives.
Saturn square North Node close at 2.9°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
Mercury sextile Saturn close at 3.0°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.4°
He loves ideas, the bigger the better, and he can talk anyone into hoping.
Mercury sextile Mars wide at 3.7°
A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Neptune square North Node wide at 4.5°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Jupiter trine Neptune wide at 4.8°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Venus square North Node wide at 5.2°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 5.7°
He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 6.7°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mars opposition Uranus wide at 7.6°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushes against limits, and sudden decisions come with the territory.
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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