Famous birth charts · Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking’s chart in full
Born January 8, 1942, Oxford, United Kingdom. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
17°33′
Moon in Virgo
The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 8:49 p.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
25°07′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
28°03′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
20°46′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
28°19′
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Jupiter in Geminiretrograde
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
12°41′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
21°50′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
26°39′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
29°52′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
5°01′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
14°58′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
13°08′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
4°06′
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.
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 feelings, his mind and his independence (the Moon in Virgo, Mercury in Capricorn and Uranus in Taurus) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
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 mind (Mercury in Capricorn) and his intensity (Pluto in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his drive (Mars in Aries) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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 mind, his independence and his imagination (Mercury in Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus and Neptune in Virgo) make the triangle, so these came 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.
Mercury square Mars almost exact at 0.3°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Venus square Saturn close at 1.1°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mercury trine Uranus close at 1.4°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
The Moon trine Uranus close at 1.5°
His feelings liked freedom: he needed space in close ties and gave it back just as easily.
Mars quincunx Neptune close at 1.6°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 1.8°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
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Jupiter square North Node close at 2.3°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
The Sun trine North Node close at 2.6°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
The Moon trine Mercury close at 2.9°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 3.2°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 4.3°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 4.8°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
Venus square Uranus wide at 5.9°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Mars square Pluto wide at 6.7°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 6.9°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
Mercury opposition Pluto wide at 7.0°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
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.
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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