Famous birth charts · Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard’s chart in full
Born November 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
12°25′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
19°51′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
9°28′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
26°13′
Mars in Geminiretrograde
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
21°42′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
24°48′
Saturn in Geminiretrograde
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
25°59′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
7°48′
Neptune in Libra
3°14′
Pluto in Leo
8°45′
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.
11°18′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
12°59′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
18°21′
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 drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, 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 square Saturn almost exact at 0.2°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mercury square Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Uranus sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Sun square North Node close at 1.1°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Jupiter sextile Saturn close at 1.2°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 1.7°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
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Mercury square North Node close at 1.9°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
The Moon trine Mars close at 1.9°
His feelings turned straight into action: when something mattered, he did something about it.
Pluto conjunction North Node close at 2.6°
A path of transformation: his direction in life asked him to change himself completely, more than once.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 3.0°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 3.1°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Uranus sextile North Node wide at 3.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 3.7°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 4.3°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
Venus square Mars wide at 4.5°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 4.6°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 7.0°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
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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