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Famous birth charts · Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka’s chart in full

Born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 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 Aquarius, 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 Aquarius

    The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.

    10°14′

  • Chiron in Gemini

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

    7°43′

  • Black Moon Lilith in Cancer

    In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.

    29°24′

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 identity, his mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first.

Aspects by strength12 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.

  • Neptune quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.1°

    He grows by testing his ideals against real life, again and again.

  • The Moon opposition North Node close at 1.0°

    Home comforts and the way forward ask for different things, and growing means leaving some familiar things behind.

  • Mars trine Saturn close at 1.1°

    His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.

  • Mercury square Jupiter close at 2.4°

    Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.

  • Mars sextile Uranus close at 2.9°

    Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.

  • Venus trine Jupiter close at 2.9°

    Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.

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  • The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.1°

    His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.

  • The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 3.8°

    Intensity at the centre: he wants the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remakes himself more than once to reach it.

  • Saturn sextile Uranus wide at 4.0°

    Old and new sit well together: he can change things without throwing out what works.

  • Jupiter trine North Node wide at 4.6°

    Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.

  • The Sun square Jupiter wide at 5.5°

    He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.

  • Mercury conjunction Pluto wide at 6.9°

    He thinks like a detective: nothing is taken at face value, and he remembers everything.

Chart signatureMost in air 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 enthusiasm1
Earth · the practical and the solid2
Air · ideas and people4
Water · feeling and intuition3

Modes

Cardinal · starting things4
Fixed · holding steady3
Mutable · adapting3

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