Famous birth charts · Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett’s chart in full
Born January 6, 1946, Cambridge, 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.
15°35′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
20°45′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
25°42′
Venus in Capricorn
The Loyal Partner. Love built to last.
9°20′
Mars in Cancerretrograde
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
26°15′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
25°25′
Saturn in Cancerretrograde
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
21°54′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
14°15′
Neptune in Libra
8°37′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
11°11′
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 his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
29°55′
Chiron in Libra
In Libra, Chiron is a soft spot around being chosen and kept, and a gift for making others feel met as equals.
20°30′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
16°48′
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 his chart, his independence (Uranus in Gemini) and his intensity (Pluto in Leo) both point at his identity (the Sun in Capricorn), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his 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.
Mercury sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.3°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury quincunx Mars almost exact at 0.6°
Thinking and doing kept getting out of step: he acted on half a thought, or thought past the moment to act.
Venus square Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Mars square Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun quincunx Uranus close at 1.3°
His restlessness kept testing his plans, so he changed course more than once to stay true to himself.
Venus quincunx Pluto close at 1.9°
Affection and the need for control kept getting in each other’s way, and trust took him time.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Uranus sextile Pluto wide at 3.1°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 3.5°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mercury opposition North Node wide at 4.2°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 4.3°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
The Sun quincunx Pluto wide at 4.4°
He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
Jupiter trine North Node wide at 4.5°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 6.2°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun opposition Saturn wide at 6.3°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 7.0°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
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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