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Ritchie Blackmore’s birth chart

GuitaristBorn April 14, 1945, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

Direct, brave and impatient with waiting.

  • SunAriesThe Pioneer
  • MoonTaurusThe Hearth
  • VenusAriesThe Chaser

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Aries, the Pioneer

    Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At his best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 1.4°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Taurus, the Hearth

    Calm, warm and steady. Feels safest with good food, soft things and a familiar routine, and makes everyone around him feel the same.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested. Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.

    The Sun conjunction Venus (close at 2.1°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Aries, the Spark

    Quick to answer and quick to decide. Says what is on his mind, and gets to the idea first. Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 3.5°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior

    Moves by intuition and feeling. Finds strength in service and in standing up for someone else. He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.

    Mars opposition Jupiter (wide at 3.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Aries, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Ritchie Blackmore was born two days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 5% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, twenty-four days after the March equinox.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Ritchie Blackmore was born, as it was on 67 days of 1945. How often the famous were

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Ritchie Blackmore was born, as it was on 43 days of 1945. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Ritchie Blackmore, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2003, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1974. The third begins in 2032. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Aries

You and Ritchie Blackmore

Would you be friends? Is there a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.

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The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Ritchie Blackmore’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Ritchie Blackmore’s zodiac sign?

Aries. Ritchie Blackmore was born on April 14, 1945, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At his best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet.

What is Ritchie Blackmore’s Moon sign?

Taurus, the Hearth. Calm, warm and steady. Feels safest with good food, soft things and a familiar routine, and makes everyone around him feel the same.

What is Ritchie Blackmore’s rising sign?

The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on April 14, 1945. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Ritchie Blackmore’s Venus sign?

Aries, the Chaser. Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested.

How does your chart compare with Ritchie Blackmore’s?

Set your chart beside Ritchie Blackmore’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Ritchie Blackmore’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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