Famous birth charts · Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir’s chart in full
Born January 9, 1908, 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
17°50′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 4:34 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
4°17′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
14°46′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
16°18′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
28°48′
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Jupiter in Leoretrograde
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
11°11′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
22°27′
Uranus in Capricorn
13°07′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
13°22′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
23°20′
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 her life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
14°16′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
16°05′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
0°40′
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 her chart, her identity, her mind and her independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew her 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.
Uranus opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and she lived with both.
Mercury opposition North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and she learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Saturn square Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Heavy demands and hard limits: she faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Neptune conjunction North Node almost exact at 0.9°
A path lit by imagination: she followed a vision more than a plan.
Uranus opposition North Node close at 1.2°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 1.4°
Facts and dreams blurred together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
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Mercury conjunction Uranus close at 1.7°
She thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Jupiter quincunx Uranus close at 1.9°
Her hopes and her restlessness kept changing places, and she redrew her plans more than once.
Venus quincunx North Node close at 2.0°
She kept adjusting what she wanted from people to fit the life she was growing into.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.1°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
The Sun opposition North Node wide at 3.6°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 4.5°
The self she knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and she worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 4.6°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: she built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 4.7°
Born original: her identity and her need for freedom were the same thing, and she surprised people, herself included.
Venus opposition Jupiter wide at 5.1°
She loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Mars square Pluto wide at 5.5°
A fierce will: she met opposition head on, and a fight brought out her full strength.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 6.3°
Controlled force: she worked with patience and grit, and she finished what she started.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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