Famous birth charts · Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog’s chart in full
Born September 5, 1942, Munich, Germany. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
12°12′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
12°23′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
6°56′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
23°36′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
22°16′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
18°34′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
12°10′
Uranus in Gemini
4°35′
Neptune in Virgo
28°57′
Pluto in Leo
6°24′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
4°14′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
21°50′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
0°59′
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 drive and his imagination (the Sun, Mars and Neptune) 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.
The Sun square Saturn exact at 0.0°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
The Sun sextile the Moon almost exact at 0.2°
His purpose and his feelings are on the same side: the life he chooses and the comfort he needs go together.
Uranus square North Node almost exact at 0.3°
The way forward asks for steadiness, and the urge for change keeps breaking in.
Mercury sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
He can help change things at the root, and upheaval suits him.
Mercury trine Uranus close at 2.4°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
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Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 3.7°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 5.2°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun sextile Jupiter wide at 6.4°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
Mars conjunction Neptune wide at 6.7°
Action guided by imagination: he moves on instinct and feeling, and he gives his all to a vision.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 7.6°
Disciplined originality: he builds new things on solid foundations.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 7.6°
He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 8.0°
His identity and his direction in life line up: the more fully he becomes himself, the further he goes.
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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