Famous birth charts · Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke’s chart in full
Born November 1, 1959, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
8°19′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
16°07′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
1°37′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
22°07′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
7°33′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
5°19′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
3°01′
Uranus in Leo
20°46′
Neptune in Scorpio
6°45′
Pluto in Virgo
5°49′
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 Libra
The direction her life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
3°38′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
22°41′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
8°52′
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 feelings, her drive and her imagination (the Sun, the Moon, Mars and Neptune) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws 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.
Jupiter square Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
She wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes her life.
Saturn square North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Duty and growth compete: what she owes others and where she needs to go call for hard choices.
The Sun conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.8°
Purpose and drive in one place: she is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
Mars conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Action guided by imagination: she moves on instinct and feeling, and she gives her all to a vision.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun conjunction Neptune close at 1.6°
She takes in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gives them back as something new.
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Jupiter sextile North Node close at 1.7°
Hope helps her grow: faith in what is possible keeps her moving forward.
Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.7°
Stamina and willpower: she keeps going long after others stop, and she does her best work under pressure.
Mercury sextile North Node close at 2.0°
Her way with words helps her find her direction, and the right ideas come at the right time.
The Sun sextile Pluto close at 2.5°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grows more focused, and she knows how to start over.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 2.8°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.7°
She loves ideas, the bigger the better, and she can talk anyone into hoping.
Saturn sextile Neptune wide at 3.8°
Practical dreams: she gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 4.2°
Her words have force: she speaks to persuade, and she keeps her own counsel until the right moment.
Mars sextile Saturn wide at 4.5°
Her drive and her discipline work together easily: she can push hard and keep going.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 5.3°
Purpose and patience work as a team: she builds slowly and gets better with every year.
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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