Famous birth charts · Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury’s chart in full
Born August 22, 1920, Waukegan, Illinois, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
29°16′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
13°03′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
13°18′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
12°59′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
21°52′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
29°01′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
12°59′
Uranus in Piscesretrograde
3°53′
Neptune in Leo
11°57′
Pluto in Cancer
8°29′
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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
9°25′
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.
9°49′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
4°07′
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 mind, his optimism and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his 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.
Venus conjunction Saturn exact at 0.0°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Moon square Venus almost exact at 0.1°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter almost exact at 0.2°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
The Moon trine Mercury almost exact at 0.3°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
Pluto trine North Node almost exact at 0.9°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
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The Moon trine Neptune close at 1.1°
He picked up what others felt before a word was said, and his compassion reached far.
Mercury conjunction Neptune close at 1.4°
A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
Neptune square North Node close at 2.5°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Venus sextile North Node wide at 3.6°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
Saturn sextile North Node wide at 3.6°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
Mercury square North Node wide at 3.9°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Saturn sextile Pluto wide at 4.5°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
The Sun opposition Uranus wide at 4.6°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 4.6°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Jupiter opposition Uranus wide at 4.9°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 5.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
The Sun square Mars wide at 7.4°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
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 air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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