Famous birth charts · William Faulkner
William Faulkner’s chart in full
Born September 25, 1897, New Albany, Mississippi, 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.
2°55′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
21°56′
Mercury in Virgoretrograde
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
26°25′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
28°55′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
20°18′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
23°23′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
26°49′
Uranus in Scorpio
26°11′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
22°33′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
14°42′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
4°29′
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.
12°53′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
2°20′
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 feelings, his mind and his optimism (the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Virgo, 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.
Mercury sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.4°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
The Moon square Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
Saturn conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
Jupiter square Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Moon conjunction Jupiter close at 1.5°
Big feelings and a big heart: his good moods lifted everyone near, and he gave comfort freely.
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The Sun trine North Node close at 1.6°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Venus square Saturn close at 2.1°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mars trine Neptune close at 2.2°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Venus square Uranus close at 2.7°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 2.8°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter close at 3.0°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Jupiter sextile Saturn wide at 3.4°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 3.9°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 5.6°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 6.1°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 6.5°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 7.8°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 9.5°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
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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