Famous birth charts · Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay’s chart in full
Born October 15, 1974, Omaha, Nebraska, 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
21°58′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 9:24 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
24°29′
Mercury in Scorpioretrograde
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
10°24′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
16°22′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
21°35′
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Jupiter in Piscesretrograde
The Believer. Faith without limits.
8°35′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
18°40′
Uranus in Libra
27°45′
Neptune in Sagittarius
7°43′
Pluto in Libra
7°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 Sagittarius
The direction her life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
11°16′
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.
22°13′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
17°23′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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 conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.4°
Purpose and drive in one place: she is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter square Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Her hopes run ahead of what is real, and she learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Jupiter quincunx Pluto close at 1.3°
The bigger the stakes grow, the more she has to rethink her aims.
Mercury trine Jupiter close at 1.8°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: she learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Venus square Saturn close at 2.3°
Love feels like something to be earned, and she holds back until she is sure of it.
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The Sun conjunction the Moon close at 2.5°
Born near a new Moon, so what she wants and what she needs move as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
Jupiter square North Node close at 2.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
Mars square Saturn close at 2.9°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
The Moon conjunction Mars close at 2.9°
Her feelings run hot and fast, and she protects the people she loves fiercely.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 3.3°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 3.6°
A path lit by imagination: she follows a vision more than a plan.
Pluto sextile North Node wide at 4.0°
Deep change helps her forward: each time she starts over, she goes further.
Venus conjunction Mars wide at 5.2°
Magnetic: affection and desire come together in her, and people notice.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 5.6°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to her core.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 5.8°
Born original: her identity and her need for freedom are the same thing, and she surprises people, herself included.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 6.2°
Electric: she acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
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 earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one she has to find.
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