Famous birth charts · Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan’s chart in full
Born May 7, 1944, Chiswick, 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
16°42′
Moon in Scorpio
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 12:18 a.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
6°09′
Mercury in Taurusretrograde
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
9°17′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
3°04′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
21°23′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
17°56′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
24°33′
Uranus in Gemini
7°36′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
1°48′
Pluto in Leo
6°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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
0°40′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
9°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
8°44′
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 heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his feelings (the Moon in Scorpio) and his mind and his heart (Mercury and Venus, together in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his intensity (Pluto in Leo) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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 Moon square Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 1.1°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 1.1°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
The Sun square Jupiter close at 1.2°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Venus quincunx Neptune close at 1.3°
What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
Venus square North Node close at 2.4°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
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Mercury square Pluto close at 2.8°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
The Moon opposition Venus wide at 3.1°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon opposition Mercury wide at 3.1°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Venus square Pluto wide at 3.4°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 4.7°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.7°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.8°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Pluto conjunction North Node wide at 5.8°
A path of transformation: his direction in life asked him to change himself completely, more than once.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 6.2°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.4°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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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