Famous birth charts · Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore’s chart in full
Born April 14, 1945, Weston-super-Mare, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
24°05′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
21°02′
Mercury in Ariesretrograde
The Spark. First to speak.
22°41′
Venus in Ariesretrograde
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
26°09′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
15°45′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
18°54′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
5°14′
Uranus in Gemini
10°29′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
4°33′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
7°55′
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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
12°30′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
28°25′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
16°57′
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 Aries, and that part of life draws his attention first.
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.
Saturn square Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.4°
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 Venus close at 2.1°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 2.6°
He can help change things at the root, and upheaval suits him.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 3.1°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
Mars trine North Node wide at 3.2°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
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Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 3.5°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
Mars square Uranus wide at 5.3°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushes against limits, and sudden decisions come with the territory.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.9°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Saturn conjunction North Node wide at 7.3°
A serious path: growing asks for patience, and he gives it.
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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