Famous birth charts · Yao Ming
Yao Ming’s chart in full
Born September 12, 1980, Shanghai, China. 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.
19°33′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
19°36′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
3°28′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
4°40′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
9°11′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
20°29′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
28°51′
Uranus in Scorpio
22°19′
Neptune in Sagittarius
19°56′
Pluto in Libra
20°26′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
19°55′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
18°04′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
17°49′
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 optimism and his discipline (the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws his attention first.
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 intensity (the Moon, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Libra, 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.
Neptune trine North Node exact at 0.0°
Imagination helps him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
The Moon sextile North Node almost exact at 0.3°
What comforts him also moves him forward: his instincts point the right way.
The Moon sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
He picks up what others feel before a word is said, and his compassion reaches far.
The Sun square Neptune almost exact at 0.4°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Pluto sextile North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
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Jupiter square Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Moon conjunction Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
Intense, private feelings: he keeps an inner life few people see, and he guards it well.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 1.2°
A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 1.8°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Uranus square North Node close at 2.4°
The way forward asks for steadiness, and the urge for change keeps breaking in.
The Sun sextile Uranus close at 2.8°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Venus square Mars wide at 4.5°
In love he wants tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships are rarely calm.
Mercury conjunction Saturn wide at 4.6°
Serious thoughts: he says less than he knows, and what he says holds up.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 9.3°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty are one thing to him, and he treats his own life as work to be done well.
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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