Famous birth charts · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke’s chart in full
Born January 22, 1931, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
1°46′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
15°19′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
7°58′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
15°23′
Mars in Leoretrograde
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
8°55′
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Jupiter in Cancerretrograde
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
13°22′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
16°16′
Uranus in Aries
11°53′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
5°15′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
19°33′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
17°19′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
14°00′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
8°14′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his mind and his discipline (Mercury and Saturn, together in Capricorn) and his optimism (Jupiter in Cancer) face each other across the wheel, and his independence (Uranus in Aries) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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 Moon square Venus almost exact at 0.1°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Steady feelings: he kept calm under strain, and he loved in ways that lasted.
Mercury quincunx Mars almost exact at 0.9°
Thinking and doing kept getting out of step: he acted on half a thought, or thought past the moment to act.
Saturn square North Node close at 1.0°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Jupiter square Uranus close at 1.5°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Venus trine North Node close at 1.9°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
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The Moon trine Jupiter close at 1.9°
Good-hearted and generous: he felt looked after by life, and he passed that on.
Venus quincunx Jupiter close at 2.0°
His taste and his appetite for more needed adjusting: he kept learning what was enough.
Pluto square North Node close at 2.2°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 2.7°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Jupiter opposition Saturn close at 2.9°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mars trine Uranus close at 3.0°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Saturn opposition Pluto wide at 3.3°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
The Sun quincunx Neptune wide at 3.5°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Venus trine Uranus wide at 3.5°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Mercury square Uranus wide at 3.9°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 3.9°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 4.4°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Mercury opposition Jupiter wide at 5.4°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Uranus conjunction North Node wide at 5.4°
An unusual path: his direction in life came through sudden turns and fresh starts.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto wide at 6.2°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: he worked on a grand scale.
The Sun opposition Mars wide at 7.2°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
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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