Famous birth charts · Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl’s chart in full
Born September 13, 1916, Llandaff, 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.
20°18′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
11°37′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
16°42′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
4°20′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
3°09′
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Jupiter in Taurusretrograde
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
4°48′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
27°31′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
16°29′
Neptune in Leo
4°05′
Pluto in Cancer
4°20′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
27°40′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
24°13′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
23°54′
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.
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 drive (Mars in Scorpio) and his optimism (Jupiter in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Leo) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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 drive (Mars in Scorpio) and his optimism (Jupiter in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune 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.
Saturn opposition North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Mercury trine Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Venus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus square Jupiter almost exact at 0.5°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Jupiter sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Jupiter square Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
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Mars square Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars trine Pluto close at 1.2°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Venus square Mars close at 1.2°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Mars opposition Jupiter close at 1.7°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun quincunx Uranus wide at 3.8°
His restlessness kept testing his plans, so he changed course more than once to stay true to himself.
Mars square North Node wide at 5.5°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Mars square Saturn wide at 5.6°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
Neptune opposition North Node wide at 6.4°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 6.6°
He took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and his ideals had to prove themselves.
Venus opposition North Node wide at 6.7°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Venus conjunction Saturn wide at 6.8°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Sun trine North Node wide at 7.4°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
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
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