Famous birth charts · Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough’s chart in full
Born August 29, 1923, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 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.
5°04′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
9°29′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
1°46′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
1°48′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
28°21′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
12°59′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
17°26′
Uranus in Piscesretrograde
16°00′
Neptune in Leo
18°34′
Pluto in Cancer
11°59′
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 his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
11°28′
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.
20°32′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
6°51′
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.
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 intensity (Jupiter in Scorpio, Uranus in Pisces and Pluto in Cancer) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his discipline (Saturn in Libra) and his imagination (Neptune in Leo) both point at his independence (Uranus in Pisces), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his life its focus.
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.
Pluto sextile North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Jupiter trine Pluto close at 1.0°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Saturn sextile Neptune close at 1.1°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Saturn quincunx Uranus close at 1.4°
When to keep the rules and when to break them took constant deciding.
Jupiter sextile North Node close at 1.5°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
The Moon square Pluto close at 2.5°
He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.
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Uranus quincunx Neptune close at 2.6°
Sudden change and slow dreams kept adjusting to each other.
Jupiter trine Uranus close at 3.0°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 3.3°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
Venus conjunction Mars wide at 3.5°
Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 4.0°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 4.5°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Saturn square Pluto wide at 5.4°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 5.6°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 6.4°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 6.7°
Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
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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