Thursday, November 6, 2008

David Lynch


January 20, 1946, 3:00 AM, Missoula, MT

"Secrets and mysteries provide a beautiful corridor where you can float out. The corridor expands and many, many wonderful things can happen... I love the process of going into mystery."

"I'm not comfortable with words. I love images, and I love sounds, and I love feelings. I like the idea of intuition. I think a lot of things in life are understood that way, but you internalize these things; they don't really pop out. Certain things are built inside, little areas of understanding. I feel that I live in darkness and confusion, and I'm trying, like we all are, to make some sort of sense of it."

"I feel between nine and seventeen most of the time, and sometimes around six. When you're six you can see down the street and you're aware there may be another block, but the world is pretty much two blocks big."

"Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd. But I don't just find humor in unhappiness; I find it extremely heroic the way people forge on despite the despair they often feel."

"Even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all."

"Question: 'So there is life after death?'
Lynch: 'Aaah, I think so. I think it's a continuum.'
Question: 'So what's it like?'
Lynch: *laughs*
Question: 'Not a room with red curtains and people talking backwards, then?'
Lynch: 'That would be kinda beautiful to me.'"

*

Sun in Capricorn, house 3
Moon in Virgo, house 10
Mercury in Capricorn, house 2
Venus in Capricorn, house 3
Mars in Cancer, house 8
Jupiter in Libra, house 12
Saturn in Cancer, house 8
Uranus in Gemini, house 7
Neptune in Libra, house 11
Pluto in Leo, house 9

Scorpio Ascendant
Virgo Midheaven
North Node in Gemini, house 8
Chiron in Libra, house 11
Lilith in Scorpio, house 1

*

Mars conjunct Saturn
Moon conjunct Midheaven
Sun conjunct Venus

Mercury opposite Mars
Mercury opposite Saturn
Venus opposite Mars
Venus opposite Saturn
Sun opposite Mars
Sun opposite Saturn

Venus square Jupiter
Sun square Jupiter
Jupiter square Saturn
Mars square Jupiter
Mercury square Neptune
Pluto square Ascendant

Mars trine Ascendant
Saturn trine Ascendant
Uranus trine Neptune

Mercury sextile Ascendant
Neptune sextile Pluto
Uranus sextile Pluto

Mercury quincunx Uranus

*

Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Virgo

This combination of earth signs is a good one, for the critical tendencies of Virgo are softened by the contemplative Capricorn nature. Your reasoning is analytical, orderly, and methodical, which results in an ability to judge well and to discriminate. Any involvement you do undertake is given the care and attention to detail that come so naturally to you. You approach love with caution, as you do most things in life. Yet once you commit yourself, you will act in a perfectly respectable, responsible manner, tending to all details and fulfilling every demand. The key to a more harmonious existence lies in expanding the scope of your imagination.

Ascendant in Scorpio, Mars in the Eighth House

At the time of your birth the zodiacal sign of Scorpio was ascending in the horizon. Its ruler Mars is located in the eighth house.

Your life will be marked by your shrewd, secretive, obstinate, clever, and reserved disposition. You remain an enigma: with these traits, your life events could be either very tragic or very fortunate. To which category of Scorpio do you belong? There are two types, the extremely emotional, attracted by those pathological aspects of biological relationship, or the highly mystical, concerned with spirituality.

You are a person of extremes, very sensitive and desirous of attachment. There is some attraction to the occult or to psychic phenomena. You are active in the sense that there is a psychological struggle going on inside you between the positive and negative poles-those of affirming and satisfying or rejecting and repressing. You are very intense in your feelings and remain passionately attached to the person you love. Similarly, when you dislike someone you are very fixed in that feeling. However, there is room for optimism in that: whatever type of Scorpio you may happen to be, there exists a desire deep in your inner self for psychic regeneration.

At some point in your life, after the occurrence of a major dramatic event that will affect you deeply, the goal and entire expression of your ego may alter entirely. The intensity and profundity of your passion, however, will always be constant. You have a tendency to go into the shadows and secretly plan the course of action you will take, reluctant to let others know the exact nature of your mood or feelings. In your sexual affairs you are full of passion and strong attachment.

Exert more control over your passions; don't be so resentful of others. Use your strong will and character for favorable and beneficial things.

You have a strong inclination to be involved in medicine, perhaps even surgery. You are attracted by research and investigation in general.

This position of your ruler makes death a very crucial aspect in your life. The termination of biological functions is something that preoccupies and worries you.

You have a keen, perceptive mind that is always dwelling on the ultimate nature of things. Your intellect is brought forward by considerations concerning the deepter issues of life. You may have a tendency to suffer from violence.

You must also attempt to detach yourself somewhat from dwelling on the termination of life as this preoccupation could affect your mental functions.

Sun in the Third House

The Sun appears in the third house at the time of your birth.

Your individuality as ruled by the Sun must pass several karmic tests of a mental character in order to return to its spiritual abode with a richer knowledge in this state of consciousness. Your mind strives for glory, social success, honors, power and magnanimous elevation by means of intellectual understanding.

The path for the realization of fame, honor, nobility and advancement lies through study, communication and self-expression. Your views about life are optimistic, self-assured, kind and generous.

The liabilities of your mind are a lack of interest in detail or occupations and matters that you regard as being below your dignity.

Venus in the Third House

Venus was in the third house of your horoscope at the time of birth. You are keenly interested in the creative arts, and your thoughts and words are surrounded by a halo of beauty, taste, and proportion. Your mind actually feels the emotions connected with nature and the higher aspects of things human. Venus here augurs pleasant and kind relations with members of your family; the disposition of your intellect is congenial, youthful, and attractive.

The keys to a better integration of both your mental and emotional functions consist of deepening your personal relationships and of turning the mind inward so that you may be able to know the world better by means of true self-knowledge.

Saturn in the Eighth House

Saturn was found in the eighth house at the time of birth. Because of the restraining influence of this planet, matters concerning legacies, inheritance, and the financial dealings of your partner or associates could be severely limited and may be frustrated by what seems to be harsh fate.

Psychologically you are rather serious in connection with sexual affairs. You approach sex with caution, rationality and planning. Excess reason and thought in this direction may create some frustration in sexual matters.

Moon in the Tenth House

The Moon was found in the tenth house at the time of birth. Among other things, this is an indication of your ability to adjust to varying conditions. Whatever your temperamental qualities may be, destiny will place you in situations where you will have dealings with the public.

Some public note could eventually come your way. Yet you should remember that the Moon successes are rather ethereal and do not maintain a permanent state.

Imagination, a tenacious disposition and ability to relate to the public are among your attributes. Outwardly, you will appear as one who reacts to emotions rather than to reason, yet you attempt a logical rationalization of your impulsive notions. You will better develop your potentialities in any professional circle where your natural inclinations can be reasonably manifested.

(astro.com)

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Barack Obama


August 4, 1961, 7:24 PM, Honolulu, HI

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

"No one is pro-abortion."

"The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife."

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times, and then just expect that other countries are going to say, "Okay". That's not leadership. That's not going to happen."

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

Sun in Leo, house 6
Moon in Gemini, house 4
Mercury in Leo, house 6
Venus in Cancer, house 5
Mars in Virgo, house 7
Jupiter in Aquarius, house 12
Saturn in Capricorn, house 12
Uranus in Leo, house 7
Neptune in Scorpio, house 9
Pluto in Virgo, house 7

Aquarius Ascendant
Scorpio Midheaven
North Node in Leo, house 7
Chiron in Pisces, house 1

*

Jupiter conjunct Saturn
Sun conjunct Mercury

Mercury opposite Jupiter
Moon opposite Midheaven
Sun opposite Ascendant
Mercury opposite Saturn
Uranus opposite Ascendant

Moon square Pluto
Uranus square Midheaven
Sun square Neptune
Mercury square Neptune
Jupiter square Neptune
Moon square Uranus

Moon trine Jupiter
Mars trine Saturn
Mercury trine Midheaven
Venus trine Neptune
Moon trine Saturn
Mars trine Jupiter

Moon sextile Mercury
Neptune sextile Pluto
Jupiter sextile Midheaven
Saturn sextile Midheaven
Venus sextile Pluto

Saturn quincunx Uranus
Venus quincunx Jupiter

*

Sun in Leo, Moon in Gemini

You were born with the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Gemini. The position of the Sun in Leo makes your individuality lie deep within yourself. It also makes you a dignified, commanding, powerful, strong-willed, and reliable, individual. You are trusting, faithful, and magnanimous.

Internally, you possess a constant cheerfulness and are fond of amusement; vitality and extreme pride are two key words of your individuality. You are quick and determined both at work and in play. You are totally self-assured, and you believe that somehow you were born with a special mission and spiritual privilege. In sex and other activities you are sincere and wholehearted and wish to transmit to others your natural happiness. You can also become somewhat patronizing toward others, as well as impatient and reckless.

Your personality comes under the rule of the Moon in Gemini. Externally, therefore, you will appear as an intelligent, clever, lively, and very versatile person. You are given to anticipation. In love, you do not express yourself completely according to your real nature. The barriers of life make you appear coolly affectionate and very expressive, but not profound.

The key word to your personality is intelligence. A positive integration of your being, depends upon your understanding of yourself.

Ascendant in Aquarius, Uranus in the Seventh House

At the time of your birth the zodiacal sign of Aquarius was ascending in the horizon. Its ruler Uranus is located in the seventh house.

You were born with a natural disposition to be humane, sympathetic, original and refined in your dealings with others. Among your features is the ability to understand human nature in a sympathetic manner. Unfortunately, you do not always act upon your intuitions and may become rationalistic at times when swift and prompt determination is required.

The common Aquarian is good and kindly, but usually led astray by eccentric and bizarre companions.

Your tastes are refined and your discrimination keen. You have a natural inclination toward the esoteric and mystical side of life and you could develop some clairvoyant abilities. Basically you are a lover of freedom; in the realization of this desire you may go to extremes.

Although changeable in appearance, your life is guided by very definite and fixed principles, one of which is a constant demand for personal freedom. In love you are a strange character. You can easily be emotionally attracted to one person and yet unpredictably terminate relationships.

As an inventor you have no rival; your problem is that sometimes you lack the practical ability to implement your creations. Professionally you will be successful in any of the following fields of activity: modern science, electrical work, photography, archaeology, astrology, radio etc.

This position indicates that you are extroverted in your behavior. You thrust yourself forward to meet people. You will have many unpredictable romantic liaisons in which you will behave impulsively and irrationally. Your partner may be an uncommon person with a flash of genius.

It is not going to be easy to maintain happiness in your relationship. If you can exert some effort to better comprehend your partner and obtain the same co-operation, then your relationship will last throughout your life. Otherwise there is danger of separation.

Moon in the Fourth House

The Moon was found in the fourth house at the time of your birth. Moon here will definitely influence events concerning your mother, places of residence and family matters.

Both your childhood and even your older age will be characterized by a love of romance, various journeys, and interesting adventures.

The liability of this astrological combination is that it gives you an uncertain position in life and a perpetual striving for material security that seems to be hard to come by. This may be relieved temporarily by your receiving a small inheritance and will be almost overcome by the final years of your life by excellent family care and assistance.

Venus in the Fifth House

Venus was found in the fifth house at the time of your birth. At first glance this denotes rich, intense, and pleasant emotional events that will enhance your psychic nature. You are a person who could be regarded as fortunate in love and very successful. Whereas Venus grants the basic capability to reach full enjoyment from love and emotional involvements, it also indicates a tendency to be somewhat inconsistent, volatile, and changeable in romance. Although you are capable of loving intensely and with devotion, the tendencies are to lose interest after a certain time. You would be in a better position if you could exert some control over your span of interest.

Sun in the Sixth House

The Sun was found in your sixth house at the time of birth. This position indicates that in all your activities you will be subjected to the impositions of the environment. The overall orientation of your existence is that of accomplishment through fulfillment of professional responsibilities. In matters of health, this astrological combination is not ideal, as the vital energies of the Sun here have less power, causing you to feel an occasional lack of physical strength. You are, however, inclined to be careful with your health. In your dealings with work associates and subordinates you will show dignified, strong, but open- handed attitudes.

You work with a well-developed sense of pride in everything you do.

Sun Opposition Ascendant

The Sun opposition the Ascendant shows that you are easily impressed by people you meet and hope that they will be similarly impressed with you. You attract powerful individuals with strong egos who always try to gain dominance over you. Without realizing it, you are showing that you doubt your own significance, in the hope that others will reassure you.

Before asserting your own opinion you always try to put yourself in the other person's place. This can be a definite asset if you decide to go into business or a profession, because you would give your clients the impression that they are the most important people in the world.


Saturn in the Twelfth House


Saturn was in the twelfth house at the time of birth. This planet may place many unpleasant and annoying obstacles in your life, and intensify the feelings you have about the limitations of your environment.

Your professional honor affects your feelings very much and you are well satisfied when things go well. Destiny may have to teach you to tell the difference between fact and fantasy more clearly.

Certain complexes nest in your subconscious and show up in your mind as hypersensitivity, wanting to be alone and to do things by yourself so no one will know how you feel. You need a bit of humor and self-confidence.

(astro.com)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Trent Reznor


May 17, 1965, at 11:53 PM, New Castle Junction, PA

"I think there's something strangely musical about noise."

"I think, fundamentally, music is something people love and need and can relate to. A lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick-fix. You kind of have a stomach ache afterwards."

"I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say."

"It's like beating your head open and unzipping your chest cavity saying 'here are my guts, everything I've felt, including a lot of stuff I'm not proud of'. It's hard. It uses you up. I walk off stage sometimes and feel like I've just slept with everybody in the audience."

Sun in Taurus, house 4
Moon in Sagittarius, house 12
Mercury in Taurus, house 4
Venus in Gemini, house 5
Mars in Virgo, house 8
Jupiter in Gemini, house 5
Saturn in Pisces, house 2
Uranus in Virgo, house 8
Neptune in Scorpio, house 10
Pluto in Virgo, house 8

Capricorn Ascendant
Scorpio Midheaven
North Node in Gemini, house 5
Chiron in Pisces, house 2

*

Venus conjunct Jupiter
Mars conjunct Pluto
Mars conjunct Uranus
Uranus conjunct Pluto
Sun conjunct Jupiter
Sun conjunct Venus

Mercury opposite Midheaven
Saturn opposite Pluto
Mars opposite Saturn
Saturn opposite Uranus
Sun opposite Neptune

Venus square Uranus
Jupiter square Uranus
Venus square Mars
Mars square Jupiter
Venus square Pluto

Uranus trine Ascendant
Mars trine Ascendant
Saturn trine Neptune
Pluto trine Ascendant
Moon trine Mercury
Mercury trine Uranus
Mercury trine Ascendant

Neptune sextile Pluto
Uranus sextile Midheaven
Saturn sextile Ascendant
Mars sextile Neptune

Jupiter quincunx Midheaven
Sun quincunx Moon
Venus quincunx Midheaven

*

Sun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius

You were born with the Sun in Taurus and the Moon in Sagittarius. Your essential self seeks tranquility, natural living, and accumulation of just enough possessions for subsistence and a satisfactory livelihood. At the core you are determined, immutable, and firm.

What others see is quite a different image. Your personality casts you as restless, unsettled, and quick-mannered. You are religious by nature, and even if you profess to be a complete atheist, you assert your beliefs with the vehemence of a religious zealot.

Conflicting aims are the source of your inner friction. On the one hand you seek rootedness, fixity, and self-security, but on the other hand, you respond to stimuli from the outside. In search of the universal, you set out on intellectual voyages, with no concern for your material possessions.

Ascendant in Capricorn, Saturn in the Second House

At the time of your birth the zodiacal sign of Capricorn was ascending in the horizon. Its ruler Saturn is located in the second house.

The sign of Capricorn denotes an existence in which temperament is very important. You will give an image of ambition, persistence, will power, consistency and perseverance. You were born with the tendencies to seek material, social, and, perhaps, even political power.

Capricorn tends to a challenging life which forces you to exert all your resources in order to triumph. Because of your tact and prudence, you will be favored with the good will of important people.

Your mind is egocentric, rational and you have a natural tendency toward scepticism. Able to work hard, you will bear obstacles and frustrations with patience.

You will proceed with prudence in your love life and in all other activities. You will seriously consider all of the ramifications of a relationship, especially the aspects of your independence, and you will not commit yourself to a partner until you are sure of your choice. After that however there is a tendency to conduct a peaceful and quiet life.

You are very economical in your daily activities, and if you do not exert some control over this trait, it could appear as rather mean.

You are best placed in governmental, municipal, political, or large business organizations where hierarchy is very exactly defined. The key word for your professional orientation is responsibility.

You have a tendency to give your life to the acquisition of wealth. At first glance, Saturn here denotes that the life is geared to hard work, lack of opportunities, and gains through method, responsibility, labor, and heavy trading. Nothing comes easy to you, especially money. You have to work hard, but the possibilities are that very slowly you will rise in life to an undreamed position of financial success.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Joan Baez


January 9, 1941, 10:45 AM, Staten Island, NY

"The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one."

"I was right 40 years ago, and I'm right now."

"Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men: bring them softness, teach them how to cry."

"I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?"

"If we don't sit down and shut up once in a while we'll lose our minds even earlier than we had expected. Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times."

Sun in Capricorn, house 10
Moon in Gemini, house 2
Mercury in Capricorn, house 10
Venus in Sagittarius, house 9
Mars in Sagittarius, house 8
Jupiter in Taurus, house 1
Saturn in Taurus, house 1
Uranus in Taurus, house 2
Neptune in Virgo, house 6
Pluto in Leo, house 5

Aries Ascendant
Capricorn Midheaven
North Node in Libra, house 7
Chiron in Cancer, house 5

*

Sun conjunct Mercury
Jupiter conjunct Saturn
Venus conjunct Midheaven

Moon opposite Mars
Neptune opposite Ascendant

Jupiter square Pluto
Venus square Neptune
Neptune square Midheaven
Saturn square Pluto
Venus square Ascendant

Mars trine Pluto
Mars trine Ascendant
Pluto trine Ascendant
Sun trine Uranus
Mercury trine Uranus
Jupiter trine Midheaven
Uranus trine Neptune
Moon trine Neptune
Saturn trine Midheaven

Moon sextile Pluto
Moon sextile Ascendant
Mars sextile Neptune
Neptune sextile Pluto

Venus quincunx Uranus
Mars quincunx Jupiter
Pluto quincunx Midheaven
Moon quincunx Midheaven

*

Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Gemini

This combination results in a rather well-integrated individual. You are studious and prone to introspection. However, you usually discuss your thoughts with others. The most suitable occupations for you would be in travel or some sort of intellectual work. Your thinking processes are logical and well organized, but your mind, though methodical, is not necessarily profound. In love you are expressive, but not intense in feeling. You remain loyal, for it is in your nature to please and serve. The key to a more harmonious existence lies in allowing your individuality to fulfill its function of conserving, concentrating, and using energy forcefully.

Ascendant in Aries, Mars in the Eighth House

At the time of your birth the zodiacal sign of Aries was ascending in the horizon. Its ruler Mars is located in the eighth house.

Aries is the first sign of the zodiacal belt and its natives seem also desirous of being "first" in all activities with which they happen to be involved. The cardinality of the sign makes you extremely active and capable of displaying ambition, impulsiveness, courage, and boldness in order to satisfy your desire for prominence in the world.

The general course of your life will be filled with many 'ups' and 'downs' and changes conforming very much with the psychological nature of your temperament. Whether you triumph or not in life depends on your ability to develop your most positive inborn qualities and, simultaneously, exert some control over your less favorable characteristics, such as a lack of prudence, and a certain disregard for the feelings and opinions of others.

Aries gives a tendency for its natives to be inclined to politics and public work. You should be successful (or at least attempt to be so) in any work or activity that necessitates pioneering ideas and/or a militant disposition. You also appear to have an ardent attitude in any project that somehow or another involves new concepts or original work and in which you are given a position of leadership. One of your problems is that in your love for achievement in novel projects you tend to destroy old concepts and former contributions which would, perhaps, have been useful for your endeavors. Impulsive, critical, despising mean or dubious acts, you will create many excellent friendships but also important enemies. Your life is rich in passion and ardent love. In sexual matters you are quick, aggressive, and to the point. You also are a lover of pleasures, which you feel with a bright, open, and sparkling character.

Mars, the ruler of your life events, is found located in the eighth house. Mars in the eighth house gives, among other things, a valiant and positive attitude towards death. The native is concerned about the termination of life but is not afraid of it. On more material grounds, Mars in this house denotes the possibility of the partner spending much hard earned wealth of the native in a slightly eccentric fashion.

Monday, October 27, 2008

"G.G." Allin, birth name: Jesus Christ Allin


August 29, 1956, Lancaster, NH; I don't typically post charts with an unknown birth time, but I find this human and his chart interesting/frightening enough to post it anyway.

"If I wasn't a musician, I'd be a serial killer."

"Your soul should be as strong as possible when it leaves here for whatever comes next."

"What I do is real. It's war out there."

"Why me? Because it's my revenge on this robotic society; because someone has to do it."

"I believe I am the highest power, absolutely."

Sun in Virgo
Moon in Gemini
Mercury in Libra
Venus in Cancer
Mars in Pisces
Jupiter in Virgo
Saturn in Scorpio
Uranus in Leo
Neptune in Libra
Pluto in Leo

North Node in Sagittarius
Chiron in Aquarius

*

Sun conjunct Jupiter
Sun conjunct Pluto

Saturn square Pluto
Moon square Jupiter
Sun square Moon
Uranus square Neptune

Venus trine Mars
Mars trine Saturn
Venus trine Saturn
Saturn trine Uranus

Neptune sextile Pluto
Mercury sextile Uranus

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Rainer Maria Rilke


December 4, 1875, 11:50 PM, Prague

"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."

"I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several."

"I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone."

"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches. For the creator, there is no poverty."

"The only journey is the one within."

Sun in Sagittarius, house 4
Moon in Aquarius, house 6
Mercury in Sagittarius, house 3
Venus in Capricorn, house 4
Mars in Aquarius, house 6
Jupiter in Scorpio, house 3
Saturn in Aquarius, house 6
Uranus in Leo, house 12
Neptune in Taurus, house 8
Pluto in Taurus, house 9

Virgo Ascendant
Gemini Midheaven
North Node in Aries, house 7
Chiron in Aries, house 8

*

Moon conjunct Mars
Mars conjunct Saturn
Moon conjunct Saturn

Sun opposite Midheaven
Saturn opposite Uranus
Jupiter opposite Pluto
Mercury opposite Pluto
Mars opposite Uranus
Moon opposite Uranus

Jupiter square Uranus
Saturn square Pluto
Moon square Mercury
Mercury square Mars
Jupiter square Saturn
Uranus square Pluto
Sun square Ascendant
Mars square Pluto
Moon square Pluto

Venus trine Neptune
Pluto trine Ascendant
Sun trine Uranus

Moon sextile Neptune
Moon sextile Venus
Mars sextile Neptune
Venus sextile Mars
Jupiter sextile Ascendant

Mercury quincunx Neptune

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Allen Ginsberg


June 3, 1926, 2:00 AM, Newark, New Jersey

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."

"Poets are damned, but see with the eyes of angels."

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public; that's what the poet does."

"The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction, the weight, the weight we carry is love."

Sun in Gemini, house 3
Moon in Pisces, house 12
Mercury in Gemini, house 3
Venus in Taurus, house 1
Mars in Pisces, house 1
Jupiter in Aquarius, house 12
Saturn in Scorpio, house 8
Uranus in Pisces, house 1
Neptune in Leo, house 6
Pluto in Cancer, house 4

Pisces Ascendant
Sagittarius Midheaven
North Node in Cancer, house 5
Chiron in Taurus, house 1

*

Sun conjunct Mercury
Mars conjunct Ascendant
Uranus conjunct Ascendant
Mars conjunct Uranus

Jupiter opposite Neptune

Moon square Mercury
Saturn square Neptune
Sun square Moon
Uranus square Midheaven
Mars square Midheaven
Jupiter square Saturn

Mars trine Saturn
Moon trine Pluto
Saturn trine Ascendant
Venus trine Midheaven
Neptune trine Midheaven
Saturn trine Uranus
Saturn trine Pluto
Venus trine Neptune

Jupiter sextile Midheaven
Venus sextile Jupiter

Mars quincunx Neptune
Neptune quincunx Ascendant

Monday, October 20, 2008

Sid Vicious


May 10, 1957, 7:09 PM, London, England

"I'll die before I'm 25, and when I do I'll have lived the way I wanted to."

"American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring."

"I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror."

Sun in Taurus, house 7
Moon in Libra, house 11
Mercury in Taurus, house 7
Venus in Taurus, house 7
Mars in Cancer, house 8
Jupiter in Virgo, house 11
Saturn in Sagittarius, house 2
Uranus in Leo, house 9
Neptune in Scorpio, house 12
Pluto in Leo, house 10

Scorpio Ascendant
Leo Midheaven
North Node in Scorpio, house 1
Chiron in Aquarius, house 4

*

Neptune conjunct Ascendant
Sun conjunct Venus
Sun conjunct Mercury
Pluto conjunct Midheaven

Mercury opposite Ascendant

Venus square Pluto
Sun square Midheaven
Uranus square Ascendant
Uranus square Neptune
Moon square Mars
Mercury square Midheaven

Mars trine Ascendant
Sun trine Jupiter
Mars trine Neptune
Venus trine Jupiter
Saturn trine Midheaven

Neptune sextile Pluto
Moon sextile Saturn
Moon sextile Uranus
Mars sextile Pluto
Mercury quincunx Saturn

Friday, October 17, 2008

Mae West


August 17, 1892, 10:30 PM, Brooklyn Heights, NY

"I never loved another person the way I loved myself."

"A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald, but if he has fire, women will like him."

"It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it."

"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing."

Sun in Leo, house 4
Moon in Cancer, house 2
Mercury in Virgo, house 5
Venus in Cancer, house 3
Mars in Aquarius, house 10
Jupiter in Aries, house 12
Saturn in Virgo, house 5
Uranus in Scorpio, house 6
Neptune in Gemini, house 1
Pluto in Gemini, house 1

Taurus Ascendant
Aquarius Midheaven
North Node in Taurus, house 12
Chiron in Leo, house 4

*

Neptune conjunct Pluto
Mars conjunct Midheaven

Jupiter opposite Uranus

Mercury square Pluto
Sun square Ascendant
Uranus square Midheaven
Mercury square Neptune
Moon square Saturn
Mars square Uranus

Moon trine Uranus
Sun trine Jupiter
Mars trine Pluto
Mars trine Neptune
Saturn trine Ascendant
Saturn trine Midheaven
Pluto trine Midheaven
Neptune trine Midheaven

Mercury sextile Venus

Moon quincunx Midheaven
Mercury quincunx Mars

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Annie Lennox


December 25, 1954, 11:10 PM, Aberdeen, Scotland

"I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own."

"Although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere. Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me."

"There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't."

"Dying is easy. It's living that scares me to death."

Sun in Capricorn, house 4
Moon in Capricorn, house 4
Mercury in Capricorn, house 4
Venus in Scorpio, house 3
Mars in Pisces, house 6
Jupiter in Cancer, house 11
Saturn in Scorpio, house 3
Uranus in Cancer, house 11
Neptune in Libra, house 2
Pluto in Leo, house 12

Virgo Ascendant
Gemini Midheaven
North Node in Capricorn, house 4
Chiron in Capricorn, house 5

*

Sun conjunct Mercury
Jupiter conjunct Uranus
Venus conjunct Saturn
Moon conjunct Mercury
Sun conjunct Moon

Mars opposite Ascendant

Jupiter square Neptune
Uranus square Neptune
Mars square Midheaven
Venus square Pluto

Mars trine Saturn
Venus trine Uranus
Venus trine Jupiter
Venus trine Mars
Sun trine Pluto
Mercury trine Pluto
Neptune trine Midheaven

Neptune sextile Pluto
Venus sextile Ascendant
Uranus sextile Ascendant
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
Moon sextile Mars
Saturn sextile Ascendant
Sun sextile Neptune
Mercury sextile Neptune

Venus quincunx Midheaven
Saturn quincunx Midheaven

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Peter Gabriel


February 13, 1950, 4:30 PM, Woking, England

"One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product."

"I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off."

"From the pain, comes the dream,
From the dream, comes the vision,
From the vision, comes the people,
From the people, comes the power,
From this power, comes the change."

Sun in Aquarius, house 7
Moon in Capricorn, house 5
Mercury in Capricorn, house 6
Venus in Aquarius, house 6
Mars in Libra, house 3
Jupiter in Aquarius, house 7
Saturn in Virgo, house 2
Uranus in Cancer, house 11
Neptune in Libra, house 3
Pluto in Leo, house 1

Leo Ascendant
Taurus Midheaven
North Node in Aries, house 9
Chiron in Sagittarius, house 5

*

Pluto conjunction Ascendant
Mercury conjunction Venus
Mars conjunction Neptune
Sun conjunction Jupiter

Jupiter opposite Pluto
Jupiter opposite Ascendant
Sun opposite Ascendant
Sun opposite Pluto

Venus square Midheaven
Moon square Neptune
Mercury square Midheaven
Moon square Mars

Jupiter trine Neptune
Moon trine Saturn
Mars trine Jupiter
Sun trine Uranus
Venus trine Mars
Sun trine Neptune

Neptune sextile Pluto
Neptune sextile Ascendant
Uranus sextile Midheaven
Mars sextile Pluto

Jupiter quincunx Saturn
Moon quincunx Pluto
Mercury quincunx Uranus

Friday, October 10, 2008

John Lennon and Yoko Ono


John: October 9, 1940, 6:30 PM, Liverpool, England; Yoko: February 18, 1933, 8:30 PM, Tokyo, Japan

John

"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all."

"The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?"

"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."

Sun in Libra, house 6
Moon in Aquarius, house 11
Mercury in Scorpio, house 7
Venus in Virgo, house 6
Mars in Libra, house 6
Jupiter in Taurus, house 1
Saturn in Taurus, house 1
Uranus in Taurus, house 1
Neptune in Virgo, house 6
Pluto in Leo, house 5

Aries Ascendant
Capricorn Midheaven
North Node in Libra, house 6
Chiron in Leo, house 5

*

Yoko

"All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!"

"I wonder why men get serious at all. They have this delicate, long thing hanging outside their bodies which goes up and down by its own will. If I were a man I would always be laughing at myself."

"I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a necessity -- a function. We don't need history."

Sun in Aquarius, house 5
Moon in Sagittarius, house 3
Mercury in Pisces, house 5
Venus in Aquarius, house 5
Mars in Virgo, house 12
Jupiter in Virgo, house 12
Saturn in Aquarius, house 5
Uranus in Aries, house 7
Neptune in Virgo, house 12
Pluto in Cancer, house 10

Libra Ascendant
Cancer Midheaven
North Node in Pisces, house 5
Chiron in Taurus, house 8

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Fred Rogers


March 20, 1928, 8:20 AM, Latrobe, PA
(special thanks to Cait for the recommendation!)

"At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job.

Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service."

"It's the people we love who can make us feel the gladdest... and the maddest! Love and anger are such a puzzle!"

"If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."

Sun in Pisces, house 12
Moon in Pisces, house 11
Mercury in Pisces, house 11
Venus in Pisces, house 11
Mars in Aquarius, house 10
Jupiter in Aries, house 12
Saturn in Sagittarius, house 8
Uranus in Aries, house 12
Neptune in Leo, house 5
Pluto in Cancer, house 3

Taurus Ascendant
Capricorn Midheaven
North Node in Gemini, house 2
Chiron in Taurus, house 12

*

Mercury conjunct Venus
Sun conjunct Uranus
Moon Conjunction Venus
Jupiter Conjunction Uranus
Moon Conjunction Mercury

Mercury Opposite Neptune
Venus Opposite Neptune

Mars Square Ascendant
Jupiter Square Pluto
Moon Square Saturn

Moon Trine Pluto
Jupiter Trine Saturn
Saturn Trine Neptune

Pluto Sextile Ascendant
Mars Sextile Saturn
Sun Sextile Midheaven
Moon Sextile Ascendant
Mars Sextile Jupiter

Neptune quincunx Midheaven
Mars quincunx Pluto
Sun quincunx Neptune

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Virginia Woolf


January 25, 1882, 12:15 PM, London, England

"Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart, and his friends can only read the title."

"I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing: have no time to waste any more on prose."

"Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say."

"No fact is too little to let it slip through one's fingers, and besides the interest of facts themselves there is the strange power we have of changing facts by the force of the imagination. Observe how the soul is always casting her own lights and shadows; makes the substantial hollow and the frail substantial; fills broad daylight with dreams; is as much excited by phantoms as by reality..."

Sun in Aquarius, house 10
Moon in Aries, house 12
Mercury in Aquarius, house 10
Venus in Capricorn, house 9
Mars in Gemini, house 2
Jupiter in Taurus, house 12
Saturn in Taurus, house 12
Uranus in Virgo, house 5
Neptune in Taurus, house 12
Pluto in Taurus, house 12

Gemini Ascendant
Aquarius Midheaven
North Node in Sagittarius, house 6
Chiron in Taurus, house 12

*

Sun conjunct Midheaven
Jupiter conjunct Neptune
Sun conjunct Venus
Venus conjunct Midheaven
Saturn conjunct Neptune
Moon conjunct Saturn

Saturn square Midheaven
Sun square Saturn
Mercury square Jupiter
Moon square Venus
Mercury square Neptune
Venus square Saturn
Uranus square Ascendant

Jupiter trine Uranus
Venus trine Pluto
Uranus trine Neptune
Sun trine Ascendant
Mercury trine Ascendant
Sun trine Pluto

Moon sextile Mars

Mercury quincunx Uranus
Venus quincunx Mars

Friday, October 3, 2008

Ram Dass


Richard Alpert, a.k.a. Ram Dass, April 6, 1931, 10:40 AM, Boston, MA

"I'm not interested in being a 'lover.' I'm interested in only being love."

"The most exquisite paradox: as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible."

"It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed."

"The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me."

Sun in Aries, house 10
Moon in Sagittarius, house 5
Mercury in Taurus, house 11
Venus in Pisces, house 9
Mars in Leo, house 1
Jupiter in Cancer, house 12
Saturn in Capricorn, house 7
Uranus in Aries, house 10
Neptune in Virgo, house 3
Pluto in Cancer, house 1

Cancer Ascendant
Pisces Midheaven
North Node in Aries, house 10
Chiron in Taurus, house 11

*

Pluto conjunct Ascendant
Sun conjunct Uranus
Jupiter conjunct Ascendant
Jupiter conjunct Pluto

Venus opposition Neptune
Saturn opposition Pluto
Saturn opposition Ascendant
Mars opposition Saturn

Moon square Venus
Saturn square Ascendant
Mercury square Mars
Sun square Pluto
Uranus square Ascendant
Uranus square Pluto
Jupiter square Uranus
Sun square Jupiter
Moon square Neptune
Sun square Saturn
Saturn square Uranus

Mercury trine Neptune
Mars trine Midheaven
Venus trine Jupiter
Moon trine Mars
Moon trine Uranus
Sun trine Moon
Mercury sextile Venus
Saturn sextile Midheaven

Moon quincunx Mercury

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Nina Simone


February 21, 1933, 6:00 AM, Tryon, North Carolina

"Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was."

"Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking."

"This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet."

"My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second."

Sun in Pisces, house 1
Moon in Capricorn, house 12
Mercury in Pisces, house 1
Venus in Aquarius, house 1
Mars in Virgo, house 7
Jupiter in Virgo, house 8
Saturn in Aquarius, house 1
Uranus in Aries, house 2
Neptune in Virgo, house 7
Pluto in Cancer, house 6

Aquarius Ascendant
Scorpio Midheaven
North Node in Pisces, house 1
Chiron in Taurus, house 4

*

Saturn conjunct Ascendant
Mars conjunct Neptune
Mars conjunct Jupiter
Venus conjunct Saturn
Venus conjunct Ascendant

Mercury opposition Mars
Moon opposition Pluto
Mercury opposition Neptune
Sun opposition Neptune
Mercury opposition Jupiter

Uranus square Pluto
Moon square Uranus
Sun square Midheaven

Moon trine Jupiter
Pluto trine Midheaven
Mercury trine Pluto

Jupiter sextile Pluto
Moon sextile Midheaven
Venus sextile Uranus
Jupiter sextile Midheaven

Jupiter quincunx Uranus
Saturn quincunx Neptune
Neptune quincunx Ascendant

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Friedrich Nietzsche


October 15, 1844, 10:00 AM, Röcken bei Lützen, Prussia

"If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

"Glance into the world just as though time were gone, and everything crooked will become straight to you."

"He who has a 'why' to live for can bear almost any 'how'."

"I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance."

Sun in Libra, house 11
Moon in Sagittarius, house 1
Mercury in Libra, house 10
Venus in Virgo, house 9
Mars in Virgo, house 10
Jupiter in Pisces, house 4
Saturn in Aquarius, house 2
Uranus in Aries, house 4
Neptune in Aquarius, house 3
Pluto in Aries, house 5

Scorpio Ascendant
Virgo Midheaven
North Node in Sagittarius, house 1
Chiron in Libra, house 10

*

Mars conjunct Midheaven
Mercury conjunct Mars
Jupiter conjunct Uranus
Moon conjunct Ascendant

Mercury opposition Uranus
Sun opposition Pluto
Mars opposition Jupiter
Jupiter opposition Midheaven
Mars opposition Uranus
Mercury opposition Jupiter

Moon square Venus
Venus square Ascendant

Sun trine Neptune
Mars trine Saturn
Jupiter trine Ascendant
Mercury trine Saturn
Uranus trine Ascendant
Moon trine Uranus
Saturn trine Midheaven

Mars sextile Ascendant
Saturn sextile Ascendant
Saturn sextile Uranus
Jupiter sextile Saturn
Moon sextile Mercury
Mercury sextile Ascendant

Pluto quincunx Midheaven
Neptune quincunx Midheaven

Monday, September 29, 2008

Grace Slick


October 30, 1939, 7:37 AM, Evanston, IL

"Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood."

"Loss either teaches you to persist in the face of suffering, or hardens you into a bitter cynic. Sometimes, it does a little of both."

"The first words I ever heard the alcohol rehab counselor say were 'Good morning, assholes!' With that, I liked him right away."

Sun in Scorpio, house 12
Moon in Gemini, house 7
Mercury in Scorpio, house 1
Venus in Scorpio, house 1
Mars in Aquarius, house 3
Jupiter in Pisces, house 4
Saturn in Aries, house 6
Uranus in Taurus, house 7
Neptune in Virgo, house 10
Pluto in Leo, house 9

Scorpio Ascendant
Virgo Midheaven
North Node in Libra, house 12
Chiron in Cancer, house 8

*

Venus conjunct Ascendant
Mercury conjunct Venus
Mercury conjunct Ascendant

Venus opposition Uranus
Uranus opposition Ascendant
Jupiter opposition Neptune
Moon opposition Mercury
Mercury opposition Uranus
Sun opposition Saturn

Moon square Midheaven
Mars square Ascendant
Mars square Uranus
Venus square Mars
Sun square Pluto
Mercury square Midheaven
Saturn square Pluto

Mercury trine Jupiter
Jupiter trine Pluto
Uranus trine Neptune
Mercury trine Pluto
Saturn trine Midheaven

Moon sextile Pluto
Mercury sextile Neptune
Moon sextile Jupiter
Sun sextile Midheaven
Venus sextile Neptune
Neptune sextile Ascendant

Mercury quincinx Saturn
Saturn quincunx Neptune
Jupiter quincunx Midheaven
Sun quincunx Moon

Harry Houdini


April 5, 1874, 4:00 AM, Budapest

"My brain is the key that sets my mind free."

"Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements."

Sun in Aries, house 1
Moon in Scorpio, house 8
Mercury in Pisces, house 12
Venus in Aries, house 1
Mars in Taurus, house 1
Jupiter in Virgo, house 6
Saturn in Aquarius, house 11
Uranus in Leo, house 5
Neptune in Aries, house 1
Pluto in Taurus, house 2

Aries Ascendant
Capricorn Midheaven
North Node in Taurus, house 1
Chiron in Aries, house 1

*

Venus conjunct Neptune
Mars conjunct Pluto
Sun conjunct Venus
Sun conjunct Ascendant

Moon opposition Pluto
Mercury opposition Jupiter
Saturn opposition Uranus
Moon opposition Mars

Mars square Saturn
Mars square Uranus
Jupiter square Midheaven
Moon square Saturn

Moon trine Mercury
Uranus trine Ascendant
Jupiter trine Pluto
Neptune trine Midheaven
Venus trine Midheaven

Mercury sextile Pluto
Sun sextile Saturn
Moon sextile Jupiter

Venus quincunx Jupiter

Sunday, September 28, 2008

River Phoenix


August 23, 1970, 12:03 PM, Madras Station, OR

"I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall."

"I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed."

"It still strikes me as strange that anyone can have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house."

Sun in Virgo, house 10
Moon in Taurus, house 7
Mercury in Virgo, house 11
Venus in Libra, house 12
Mars in Leo, house 10
Jupiter in Scorpio, house 1
Saturn in Taurus, house 7
Uranus in Libra, house 11
Neptune in Scorpio, house 1
Pluto in Virgo, house 11

Ascendant in Scorpio
Midheaven in Leo
North Node in Pisces, house 4
Chiron in Aries, house house 5

Mercury conjunct Pluto
Jupiter conjunct Ascendant
Sun conjunct Mars
Moon conjunct Saturn
Venus conjunct Uranus
Mars conjunct Midheaven

Moon opposition Neptune
Saturn opposition Neptune

Sun square Moon
Mars square Saturn
Sun square Neptune
Mars square Neptune
Moon square Mars
Sun square Saturn

Moon trine Pluto
Moon trine Mercury
Mercury trine Saturn
Saturn trine Pluto
Moon trine Uranus

Sun sextile Jupiter
Neptune sextile Pluto
Mercury sextile Pluto
Venus sextile Midheaven
Sun sextile Ascendant

Saturday, September 27, 2008

One chart a day!

Here I'll be posting one person's astrological chart daily. First up:

ME!





April 27, 1983, 12:51 AM, Tarrytown, NY

Sun in Taurus, house 4
Moon in Scorpio, house 10
Mercury in Taurus, house 4
Venus in Gemini, house 5
Mars in Taurus, house 4
Jupiter in Sagittarius, house 11
Saturn in Scorpio, house 9
Uranus in Sagittarius, house 11
Neptune in Sagittarius, house 12
Pluto in Libra, house 9

Capricorn Ascendant
Scorpio Midheaven
North Node in Gemini, house 6
Chiron in Taurus, house 4

Jupiter conjunct Uranus
Moon conjunct Midheaven
Saturn conjunct Pluto
Moon conjunct Saturn
Saturn conjunct Midheaven
Moon conjunct Pluto
Mercury conjunct Mars
Pluto conjunct Midheaven
Sun conjunct Mars

Sun opposition Moon
Sun opposition Midheaven
Sun opposition Saturn
Venus opposition Jupiter
Venus opposition Uranus
Sun opposition Pluto
Mars opposition Midheaven

Mars trine Ascendant
Sun trine Ascendant
Sun trine Neptune

Neptune sextile Pluto
Saturn sextile Neptune
Moon sextile Ascendant
Moon sextile Neptune

Sun quincunx Uranus