Famous birth charts · Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins’ chart in full
Born March 26, 1941, Nairobi, Kenya. 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
5°20′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
19°15′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
7°34′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
29°11′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
25°05′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
16°04′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
12°39′
Uranus in Taurus
23°25′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
26°05′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
2°07′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
1°51′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
25°15′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
1°58′
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 feelings, his mind and his heart (the Moon, Mercury and Venus) gather in Pisces, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his optimism, his discipline and his independence (Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Taurus, 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 drive, his independence and his imagination (Mars 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.
Pluto sextile North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
Mars trine Neptune close at 1.0°
He works for ideals: his drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Mars trine Uranus close at 1.7°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Venus opposition North Node close at 2.7°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
Uranus trine Neptune close at 2.7°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Venus trine Pluto close at 2.9°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
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Venus opposition Neptune wide at 3.1°
He loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 3.2°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grows more focused, and he knows how to start over.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn wide at 3.4°
Optimism with a plan: his hopes are practical, and he builds them slowly into something real.
The Sun opposition North Node wide at 3.5°
Being himself and growing ask for different things, and his biggest steps forward come when he stretches past his habits.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.1°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 5.8°
A path lit by imagination: he follows a vision more than a plan.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 6.1°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
Mars opposition Pluto wide at 7.0°
A fierce will: he meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out his full strength.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus wide at 7.4°
An inventive optimism: he believes in the new, and he takes leaps others would not.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 9.2°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
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 takes deliberate effort.
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