Famous birth charts · Tom MacDonald
Tom MacDonald’s chart in full
Born September 21, 1988, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
28°58′
Moon in Aquarius
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 7:43 a.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
2°33′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
24°34′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
15°30′
Mars in Ariesretrograde
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
7°06′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
6°07′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
26°20′
Uranus in Sagittarius
27°09′
Neptune in Capricorn
7°25′
Pluto in Scorpio
10°51′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
14°02′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
6°46′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
14°30′
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.
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 identity (the Sun in Virgo) and his drive (Mars in Aries) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune in Capricorn) takes the strain: the part of him that works 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.
Mars square Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Saturn conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
Disciplined originality: he builds new things on solid foundations.
Mars sextile Jupiter close at 1.0°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune close at 1.3°
His ideals and his beliefs need constant matching up, and he keeps asking what he really believes.
Venus quincunx North Node close at 1.4°
He keeps adjusting what he wants from people to fit the life he is growing into.
Mercury sextile Saturn close at 1.8°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
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The Sun square Uranus close at 1.8°
He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 2.6°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
The Sun square Saturn close at 2.6°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 3.2°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus square Pluto wide at 4.6°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.2°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
The Sun opposition Mars wide at 8.1°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 8.5°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works 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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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