Shu Qi’s chart in full
Born April 16, 1976, Xindian District, Taiwan. 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
26°18′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
19°58′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
11°16′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
9°36′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
13°43′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
4°52′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
26°22′
Uranus in Scorpioretrograde
5°30′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
13°43′
Pluto in Libraretrograde
9°54′
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 Scorpio
The direction her life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
12°32′
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.
27°34′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
18°39′
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 her chart, her heart (Venus in Aries) and her intensity (Pluto in Libra) face each other across the wheel, and her drive (Mars in Cancer) takes the strain: the part of her that works 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.
Mars quincunx Neptune exact at 0.0°
Her drive and her imagination speak different languages: she goes after something before she can say what it is.
The Sun square Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
Venus opposition Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where she stands.
Jupiter opposition Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Restless hope: she wants more freedom than any situation gives, and big changes come suddenly.
Mars trine North Node close at 1.2°
Courage moves her forward, and each bold step takes her further along her path.
Mercury opposition North Node close at 1.3°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and she learns new ways of thinking to move on.
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Mercury quincunx Pluto close at 1.4°
What she knows and what she says need careful managing, and secrets sit uneasily with her.
Mercury sextile Mars close at 2.5°
A quick, direct mind: she makes decisions fast and says what she means.
Mars square Pluto wide at 3.8°
A fierce will: she meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out her full strength.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus square Mars wide at 4.1°
In love she wants tenderness and a chase at once, and her relationships are rarely calm.
Venus trine Neptune wide at 4.1°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: she sees the beauty in people and makes it visible to others.
Mercury opposition Uranus wide at 5.8°
Her mind runs ahead of the conversation: she says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 6.4°
She loves ideas, the bigger the better, and she can talk anyone into hoping.
Uranus conjunction North Node wide at 7.0°
An unusual path: her direction in life comes through sudden turns and fresh starts.
Jupiter opposition North Node wide at 7.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 8.6°
Optimism at the centre of her: she expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
The Sun opposition Uranus wide at 9.2°
She needs room to be herself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
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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