Famous birth charts · Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.’s chart in full
Born December 8, 1925, Harlem, New York, 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
16°06′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
18°20′
Mercury in Sagittariusretrograde
The Philosopher. The big picture.
23°02′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
2°54′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
16°51′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
23°42′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
20°23′
Uranus in Pisces
21°35′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
24°46′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
14°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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
26°18′
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.
24°06′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
9°38′
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 feelings (the Moon in Virgo) and his independence (Uranus in Pisces) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Sagittarius) 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.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune close at 1.1°
His ideals and his beliefs needed constant matching up, and he kept asking what he really believed.
Saturn trine Uranus close at 1.2°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mercury square Uranus close at 1.5°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 1.7°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
The Sun quincunx Pluto close at 1.9°
He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 2.1°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
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The Sun square the Moon close at 2.2°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Jupiter opposition North Node close at 2.6°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Mars trine Pluto close at 2.6°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
The Moon opposition Uranus wide at 3.2°
His moods changed without warning, and he wanted closeness and room to breathe at the same time.
Jupiter sextile Saturn wide at 3.3°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 3.5°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
Saturn square 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.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 4.7°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Mars trine Uranus wide at 4.7°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 5.5°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 5.9°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 6.2°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Venus opposition North Node wide at 6.6°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 6.9°
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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