Famous birth charts · Van Morrison
Van Morrison’s chart in full
Born August 31, 1945, Belfast, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
7°40′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 10:00 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
24°21′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
22°03′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
1°04′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
25°32′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
1°16′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
21°06′
Uranus in Gemini
17°14′
Neptune in Libra
5°07′
Pluto in Leo
10°41′
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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
7°24′
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.
4°45′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
2°31′
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 mind, his heart and his intensity (Mercury, Venus and Pluto) gather in Leo, 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.
Venus sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.2°
Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
The Sun sextile North Node almost exact at 0.3°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
The Moon conjunction Mars close at 1.2°
His feelings run hot and fast, and he protects the people he loves fiercely.
Neptune square North Node close at 2.3°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Mercury sextile Mars wide at 3.5°
A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune wide at 3.9°
A dreamer’s faith: he believes in something larger, and his compassion and his hopes go together.
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Venus sextile Neptune wide at 4.0°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he sees the beauty in people and makes it visible to others.
Mercury sextile Uranus wide at 4.8°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 5.7°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.1°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder 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.
Standing alone: Saturn. It makes no major aspect, so his discipline works alone: strict in one part of life, and missing from others.
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