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

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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

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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.