Famous birth charts · Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang’s chart in full
Born October 20, 1967, Port Jefferson, New York, United States. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
26°34′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
20°48′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
17°19′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
11°42′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
28°14′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
0°12′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
7°40′
Uranus in Virgo
26°47′
Neptune in Scorpio
23°05′
Pluto in Virgo
21°43′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
27°55′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
26°16′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
3°08′
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 heart, his optimism, his independence and his intensity (Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws his 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.
Mars trine North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
The Moon trine Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
His feelings run deep and hold steady: he comes through hard times with more strength than he goes in with.
Uranus quincunx North Node close at 1.1°
Sudden changes keep shifting the way forward, and he adapts each time.
The Sun opposition North Node close at 1.3°
Being himself and growing ask for different things, and his biggest steps forward come when he stretches past his habits.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars square Uranus close at 1.4°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushes against limits, and sudden decisions come with the territory.
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The Sun sextile Mars close at 1.6°
His purpose and his drive work together: once he decides on something, he moves on it fast.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.0°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
The Moon opposition Neptune close at 2.3°
His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.
Jupiter trine North Node close at 2.3°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
The Moon opposition Mercury wide at 3.5°
His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
The Sun sextile Jupiter wide at 3.6°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
Uranus sextile Neptune wide at 3.7°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury sextile Pluto wide at 4.4°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 5.1°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wants radical change, and wants it at once.
Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 5.8°
A poet’s mind: he hears what goes unsaid, and his best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.
Mars square Pluto wide at 6.5°
A fierce will: he meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out his full strength.
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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