Famous birth charts · Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett’s chart in full
Born April 28, 1948, Beaconsfield, 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
8°03′
Moon in Capricorn
The Steady Hand. Steady feeling, kept in check.
7°35′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
7°09′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
22°57′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
22°50′
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Jupiter in Sagittariusretrograde
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
28°40′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
15°52′
Uranus in Gemini
23°33′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
10°55′
Pluto in Leo
12°33′
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 Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
14°04′
Chiron in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Chiron is a wariness about trust that runs deep, and the strength to stay close when others are at their lowest.
22°36′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
20°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 drive, his discipline and his intensity (Mars, Saturn and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew 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.
Venus sextile Mars almost exact at 0.1°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
The Moon trine Mercury almost exact at 0.4°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
The Sun trine the Moon almost exact at 0.5°
His purpose and his feelings were on the same side: the life he chose and the comfort he needed went together.
Venus conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Mars sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.9°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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Pluto square North Node close at 1.5°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn square North Node close at 1.8°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
The Sun quincunx Neptune close at 2.9°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Saturn conjunction Pluto wide at 3.3°
Iron will and great patience: he built slowly and for keeps.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 4.5°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Saturn sextile Neptune wide at 5.0°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Jupiter opposition Uranus wide at 5.1°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 5.4°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Venus opposition Jupiter wide at 5.7°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 5.8°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 6.0°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
Mercury conjunction North Node wide at 6.9°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 7.0°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 7.8°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
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
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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