Famous birth charts · Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb’s chart in full
Born August 30, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
6°24′
Moon in Virgo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 2:47 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
4°35′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
3°32′
Venus in Virgoretrograde
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
16°17′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
3°40′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
13°16′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
25°12′
Uranus in Gemini
8°45′
Neptune in Libra
0°51′
Pluto in Leo
7°42′
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.
15°56′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
4°40′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
10°55′
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 drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, 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.
Mercury trine Mars almost exact at 0.1°
A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
The Moon square Mars almost exact at 0.9°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacts first, and his courage comes from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 1.1°
He can help change things at the root, and upheaval suits him.
The Sun conjunction the Moon close at 1.8°
Born near a new Moon, so what he wants and what he needs move as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
The Sun square Uranus close at 2.4°
He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
Mercury conjunction Neptune close at 2.7°
A poet’s mind: he hears what goes unsaid, and his best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.
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Jupiter conjunction North Node close at 2.7°
Generosity is part of his path: teaching, travel and big ideas move him forward.
The Sun square Mars close at 2.7°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
Mars trine Neptune close at 2.8°
He works for ideals: his drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Mars sextile Pluto wide at 4.0°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
Mercury sextile Pluto wide at 4.2°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 4.5°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 5.1°
Electric: he acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 5.2°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto wide at 5.6°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: he works on a grand scale.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 5.7°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
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.
No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
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