Famous birth charts · Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano’s chart in full
Born September 14, 1937, Genoa, Italy. 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.
21°12′
Moon in Capricorn
The Steady Hand. Steady feeling, kept in check.
8°34′
Mercury in Virgoretrograde
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
21°10′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
17°07′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
19°45′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
17°29′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
2°32′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
13°25′
Neptune in Virgo
18°48′
Pluto in Cancer
29°40′
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.
9°40′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
0°47′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
8°29′
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 and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury and Neptune) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his identity, his optimism and his independence (the Sun in Virgo, Jupiter in Capricorn and Uranus in Taurus) make the triangle, so these come to him naturally.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his optimism, his independence and his imagination (Jupiter in Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus and Neptune in Virgo) make the triangle, so these come to him naturally.
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.
The Sun conjunction Mercury exact at 0.0°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Venus quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.4°
His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.
Mars square Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 1.3°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Mercury square Mars close at 1.4°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
The Sun square Mars close at 1.5°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
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Mercury conjunction Neptune close at 2.4°
A poet’s mind: he hears what goes unsaid, and his best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.
The Sun conjunction Neptune close at 2.4°
He takes in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gives them back as something new.
Venus trine Mars close at 2.6°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 2.9°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 3.7°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Venus square Uranus wide at 3.7°
Love comes in sudden starts and stops: he falls for people quickly and needs room just as quickly.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 3.7°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
Jupiter trine Uranus wide at 4.1°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.4°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 7.8°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
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
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