Famous birth charts · Robert Altman
Robert Altman’s chart in full
Born February 20, 1925, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
1°36′
Moon in Capricorn
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 12:21 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
29°47′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
21°24′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
15°57′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
9°51′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
14°03′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
14°19′
Uranus in Pisces
20°20′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
20°55′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
11°37′
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.
13°43′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
21°16′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
7°23′
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 Taurus) and his discipline (Saturn in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Aquarius) 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.
Jupiter sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.3°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Jupiter quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Some hopes had to be let go to fit the way forward, and he chose which ones.
Mercury opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.5°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Uranus quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
Sudden change and slow dreams kept adjusting to each other.
Saturn square North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Venus square Saturn close at 1.6°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
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Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Venus opposition North Node close at 2.2°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Jupiter opposition Pluto close at 2.4°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 2.7°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Mars square North Node wide at 3.9°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 4.2°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars opposition Saturn wide at 4.5°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
Venus opposition Neptune wide at 5.0°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 5.5°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 6.0°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Venus square Mars wide at 6.1°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 6.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 7.2°
A path lit by imagination: he followed a vision more than a plan.
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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