Famous birth charts · Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie’s chart in full
Born July 14, 1912, Okemah, Oklahoma, United States. 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
21°53′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 8:16 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
24°44′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
16°25′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
24°16′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
28°33′
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Jupiter in Sagittariusretrograde
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
6°05′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
0°45′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
1°53′
Neptune in Cancer
23°27′
Pluto in Gemini
29°04′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
16°26′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
10°44′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
4°26′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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 trine North Node exact at 0.0°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
The Moon conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.5°
Tenderness through and through: he needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
Mars sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Venus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Saturn trine Uranus close at 1.1°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
The Moon conjunction Neptune close at 1.3°
Feelings without edges: other people’s sorrow and joy reached him as if they were his own.
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The Sun conjunction Neptune close at 1.6°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
Mars square Saturn close at 2.2°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
The Sun conjunction Venus close at 2.4°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
Uranus quincunx Pluto close at 2.8°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 4.2°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Jupiter opposition Saturn wide at 5.3°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun square North Node wide at 5.4°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
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.
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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