Famous birth charts · Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert’s chart in full
Born June 18, 1942, Urbana, Illinois, 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
26°48′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
19°59′
Mercury in Geminiretrograde
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
18°17′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
19°14′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
2°49′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
1°53′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
5°14′
Uranus in Gemini
1°59′
Neptune in Virgo
27°07′
Pluto in Leo
4°17′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
6°38′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
12°10′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
22°10′
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, his discipline and his independence (the Sun, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, 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 feelings, his drive and his intensity (the Moon, Mars and Pluto) gather in Leo, 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.
The Sun square Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Moon square Venus almost exact at 0.7°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
Mars sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 1.0°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Saturn square North Node close at 1.4°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Mars conjunction Pluto close at 1.5°
Concentrated force: when he wanted something, he went after it with everything.
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Uranus sextile Pluto close at 2.3°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Mars sextile Saturn close at 2.4°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 3.2°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
Uranus square North Node wide at 4.7°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 4.8°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Jupiter sextile North Node wide at 4.8°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 4.9°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 5.1°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.5°
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
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