Famous birth charts · T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence’s chart in full
Born August 16, 1888, Tremadog, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
23°59′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
17°49′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
16°07′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
3°51′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
14°01′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
27°21′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
11°57′
Uranus in Libra
14°30′
Neptune in Gemini
2°14′
Pluto in Gemini
5°55′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
0°19′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
8°42′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
21°38′
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 his chart, his identity, his mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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 optimism (Jupiter in Scorpio) and his imagination (Neptune in Gemini) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Leo) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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.
Venus square Neptune close at 1.6°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.6°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
The Moon trine Mercury close at 1.7°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 1.9°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Venus square Pluto close at 2.1°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
Mars square Saturn close at 2.1°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
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Mercury square Mars close at 2.1°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Saturn sextile Uranus close at 2.5°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Jupiter trine North Node close at 3.0°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 3.4°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 3.7°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Mercury conjunction Saturn wide at 4.2°
Serious thoughts: he said less than he knew, and what he said held up.
Jupiter opposition Neptune wide at 4.9°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.9°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 8.2°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 9.9°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
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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