Famous birth charts · Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson’s chart in full
Born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
20°48′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
7°25′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
12°08′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
29°10′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
25°30′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
13°24′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
15°09′
Uranus in Ariesretrograde
27°26′
Neptune in Piscesretrograde
4°15′
Pluto in Ariesretrograde
28°27′
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.
9°11′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
11°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
15°09′
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 drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his discipline, his independence and his intensity (Saturn, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew 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.
Venus trine Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Uranus conjunction Pluto close at 1.0°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wanted radical change, and wanted it at once.
Venus trine Uranus close at 1.7°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Jupiter opposition Saturn close at 1.8°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mars quincunx Uranus close at 1.9°
Effort and restlessness kept catching each other off guard, and his plans changed at short notice.
Mercury square North Node close at 3.0°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
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The Moon conjunction Neptune wide at 3.2°
Feelings without edges: other people’s sorrow and joy reached him as if they were his own.
Jupiter sextile North Node wide at 4.2°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 4.7°
Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 6.0°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.7°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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