Famous birth charts · Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain’s chart in full

Born August 21, 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.

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Beyond the planetsNorth Node in Capricorn, Chiron and Lilith
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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 Capricorn

    The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.

    1°42′

  • Chiron in Gemini

    In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.

    22°22′

  • Black Moon Lilith in Libra

    In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.

    25°15′

The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.

PatternsStellium
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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 imagination (Mercury, Venus and Neptune) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his attention first.

Aspects by strength11 between the planets, the closest first
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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.

  • Jupiter square Neptune close at 1.1°

    His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.

  • Mercury opposition Saturn close at 1.2°

    He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.

  • Venus square Jupiter close at 1.7°

    He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.

  • Mars square Uranus close at 2.3°

    Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.

  • Venus conjunction Neptune close at 2.8°

    Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.

  • The Sun trine North Node wide at 3.3°

    The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.

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  • Venus trine Uranus wide at 3.5°

    He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.

  • Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 4.9°

    The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.

  • Jupiter square Saturn wide at 6.0°

    Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.

  • Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 6.0°

    A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.

  • Uranus trine Neptune wide at 6.2°

    Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.

Chart signatureMost in earth signs
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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

Fire · instinct and enthusiasm3
Earth · the practical and the solid4
Air · ideas and people1
Water · feeling and intuition2

Modes

Cardinal · starting things2
Fixed · holding steady3
Mutable · adapting5

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