Famous birth charts · Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch’s chart in full
Born May 31, 1962, Karlsruhe, Germany. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
9°31′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
11°49′
Mercury in Geminiretrograde
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
19°28′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
10°01′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
1°51′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
11°06′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
11°19′
Uranus in Leo
26°43′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
11°23′
Pluto in Virgo
7°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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
10°55′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
10°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
23°46′
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 optimism (Jupiter in Pisces) and his intensity (Pluto in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Gemini) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
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 Taurus) and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Aquarius) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his heart, his optimism and his imagination (Venus in Cancer, Jupiter in Pisces and Neptune in Scorpio) make the triangle, so these come to him naturally.
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.
Saturn square Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
Jupiter quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Some hopes have to be let go to fit the way forward, and he chooses which ones.
Jupiter trine Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Saturn opposition North Node almost exact at 0.4°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
The Moon opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.4°
His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.
Neptune square North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
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The Moon square Saturn almost exact at 0.5°
Feelings come second to duty: he holds himself to a high standard, even in private.
The Moon square North Node almost exact at 0.9°
Home comforts and the way forward ask for different things, and growing means leaving some familiar things behind.
Venus trine Jupiter close at 1.1°
Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Venus quincunx Saturn close at 1.3°
He keeps weighing pleasure against duty, and joy comes once the work is done.
Venus trine Neptune close at 1.4°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he sees the beauty in people and makes it visible to others.
The Sun sextile North Node close at 1.4°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
The Sun square Jupiter close at 1.6°
He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun trine Saturn close at 1.8°
Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.
The Sun quincunx Neptune close at 1.9°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
The Sun square Pluto close at 1.9°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
Venus sextile Pluto close at 2.5°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Jupiter opposition Pluto wide at 3.5°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars trine Uranus wide at 5.1°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 5.7°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
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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