Famous birth charts · Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams’ chart in full
Born November 17, 1978, London, Ontario, Canada. 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
25°00′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 3:16 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
28°20′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
17°21′
Venus in Scorpioretrograde
The Devotee. All or nothing.
9°44′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
11°21′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
8°57′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
12°42′
Uranus in Scorpio
17°14′
Neptune in Sagittarius
17°11′
Pluto in Libra
18°02′
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 her life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
24°45′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
6°33′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
4°01′
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 her chart, her identity, her heart and her independence (the Sun, Venus and Uranus) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws her attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In her chart, her mind, her drive and her imagination (Mercury, Mars and Neptune) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life draws her attention first.
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 conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
A poet’s mind: she hears what goes unsaid, and her best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.
The Sun sextile North Node almost exact at 0.2°
The direction her life takes suits her: being herself and growing go hand in hand.
Mercury sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
A probing mind: she gets to the bottom of things, and her words have power when she chooses to use them.
Venus square Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
She loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars square Saturn close at 1.3°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
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Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.4°
Big drive and big confidence: she goes after large goals, and her enthusiasm carries others along.
Venus sextile Saturn close at 3.0°
Loyal in love: she chooses carefully, and what she builds with people lasts.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 4.5°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: her discipline and her imagination ask different things of her.
Saturn sextile Uranus wide at 4.5°
Old and new sit well together: she can change things without throwing out what works.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 4.7°
She doubts her own ideas before anyone else can, and so she checks every one twice.
Mars conjunction Neptune wide at 5.8°
Action guided by imagination: she moves on instinct and feeling, and she gives her all to a vision.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 6.0°
She thinks fast and speaks faster: her mind likes a contest, and her words have an edge.
Venus conjunction Uranus wide at 7.5°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new win her heart.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 7.8°
Born original: her identity and her need for freedom are the same thing, and she surprises people, herself 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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