Famous birth charts · Steve Reich
Steve Reich’s chart in full
Born October 3, 1936, New York City, New York, United States. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
10°18′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
20°25′
Mercury in Libraretrograde
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
4°44′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
6°04′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
4°25′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
18°39′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
17°32′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
8°39′
Neptune in Virgo
17°24′
Pluto in Cancer
28°37′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
27°34′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
23°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
0°04′
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 discipline (Saturn in Pisces) and his imagination (Neptune in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Sagittarius) takes the strain: the part of him 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.
Saturn opposition 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.
Pluto quincunx North Node close at 1.1°
He keeps giving up a little control to keep growing.
Jupiter square Saturn close at 1.1°
Growth and caution keep checking each other: he moves forward in bursts, then pauses to consolidate.
Jupiter square Neptune close at 1.2°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Sun quincunx Uranus close at 1.6°
His restlessness keeps testing his plans, so he changes course more than once to stay true to himself.
Venus sextile Mars close at 1.6°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
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Venus opposition Uranus close at 2.6°
Love comes in sudden starts and stops: he falls for people quickly and needs room just as quickly.
Mars trine Uranus wide at 4.2°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 5.5°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
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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