Famous birth charts · Simone Weil
Simone Weil’s chart in full
Born February 3, 1909, Paris, France. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
14°02′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
23°23′
Mercury in Aquariusretrograde
The Inventor. The original thinker.
28°32′
Venus in Capricorn
The Loyal Partner. Love built to last.
23°06′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
16°12′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
12°39′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
6°17′
Uranus in Capricorn
18°32′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
14°58′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
24°00′
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 Gemini
The direction her life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
25°04′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
22°36′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
14°16′
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.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In her chart, her identity (the Sun in Aquarius) and her drive (Mars in Sagittarius) both point at her imagination (Neptune in Cancer), the part of her that kept needing adjustment and gave her life its focus.
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.
The Moon opposition Venus almost exact at 0.3°
What comforted her and what she loved were different things, so her heart and her moods kept negotiating.
Venus quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Affection and the need for control kept getting in each other’s way, and trust took her time.
The Sun quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
She kept redrawing the line between the life she had and the life she imagined.
Pluto conjunction North Node close at 1.1°
A path of transformation: her direction in life asked her to change herself completely, more than once.
Mars quincunx Neptune close at 1.2°
Her drive and her imagination spoke different languages: she went after something before she could say what it was.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter close at 1.4°
She kept fitting her ambitions to her purpose, and some big plans had to wait.
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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 sextile Mars close at 2.2°
Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
Jupiter sextile Neptune close at 2.3°
Faith and imagination together: she believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 3.5°
Her way with words helped her find her direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 3.6°
She took on more than any one person could, and her boldness ran ahead of her plans.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 3.6°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and she lived with both.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 4.5°
A probing mind: she got to the bottom of things, and her words had power when she chose to use them.
Venus conjunction Uranus wide at 4.6°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won her heart.
Jupiter trine Uranus wide at 5.9°
Sudden openings: she spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
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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