Famous birth charts · Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison’s chart in full
Born April 23, 1936, Vernon, Texas, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
3°21′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 5:38 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
3°53′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
17°34′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
15°35′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
15°57′
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Jupiter in Sagittariusretrograde
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
24°10′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
18°41′
Uranus in Taurus
5°22′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
14°15′
Pluto in Cancer
25°13′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
5°22′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
13°21′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
11°49′
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.
Uranus trine North Node exact at 0.0°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Jupiter quincunx Pluto close at 1.0°
The bigger the stakes grew, the more he had to rethink his aims.
Mercury sextile Saturn close at 1.1°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Venus quincunx Neptune close at 1.3°
What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
Mercury conjunction Mars close at 1.6°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mars trine Neptune close at 1.7°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
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The Sun conjunction Uranus close at 2.0°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom were the same thing, and he surprised people, himself included.
The Sun trine North Node close at 2.0°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Mars sextile Saturn close at 2.7°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 3.3°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 4.4°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 5.5°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 6.5°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 8.1°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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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