Novelist; Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons
Sun
Scorpio
Moon
Capricorn
Rising
Leo
Birth details
Portrait
Born
October 25, 1941
Time
11:31 PM
Place
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Timezone
UTC −6:00
Time credit
Penfield
Rodden
A standard astrology rating for how accurate the recorded birth time is — AA is sourced from a birth certificate; X means time unknown.
AA · excellent
Planets
Sun in Scorpio2° 25′
Moon in Capricorn19° 59′
Mercury in Scorpio4° 26′℞
Venus in Sagittarius17° 35′
Mars in Aries12° 35′℞
Jupiter in Gemini21° 01′℞
Saturn in Taurus26° 49′℞
Uranus in Taurus29° 22′℞
Neptune in Virgo28° 41′
Pluto in Leo5° 45′
Beyond the planets
Beyond the ten classical planets, a chart is anchored by a few other points worth reading.
Ascendant (ASC) — the sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth. It shapes outward manner. On the wheel, the horizontal axis is the Ascendant / Descendant axis. If birth time is unknown, this won't appear.
Midheaven (MC) — the highest point in the sky at birth. It points to vocation and public self. On the wheel, the vertical axis is the MC / IC axis. If birth time is unknown, this won't appear.
Chiron — a small body that moves between Saturn and Uranus, read as a sign of where lessons live.
North Node — not a body but a mathematical point of the Moon's orbit. It marks the direction of growth.
Ascendant in Leo9° 55′
MC in Aries25° 33′
North Node in Virgo20° 23′℞
Chiron in Leo13° 40′
Your chart next
The sky at your birth.
Drawn freely, read at your own pace. And if you want a closer study, the report walks through every planet and pattern in your sky.
Aspects are the angles between two planets — the geometric relationships that shape how those planets talk to each other in a chart. A conjunction fuses them; an opposition sets them at odds; a trine lets them flow.
We sort them here by strength. Tight orbs come first — the closer the angle, the louder the aspect sings.
Sun conjunction Mercury
2° 02′
Mars trine Ascendant
2° 40′
Mercury square Pluto
1° 19′
Moon trine North Node
0° 24′
Sun square Pluto
3° 21′
Uranus trine Neptune
0° 41′
Moon quincunx Jupiter
1° 02′
Mars trine Chiron
1° 05′
Venus opposition Jupiter
3° 26′
Chiron conjunction Ascendant
3° 45′
Pluto conjunction Ascendant
4° 10′
Jupiter square North Node
0° 39′
Saturn conjunction Uranus
2° 33′
Saturn trine Neptune
1° 52′
Moon square MC
5° 35′
Venus trine Mars
5° 00′
Mercury square Ascendant
5° 29′
Sun opposition MC
6° 51′
Jupiter sextile MC
4° 32′
Venus trine Chiron
3° 55′
Venus square North Node
2° 48′
Pluto conjunction Chiron
7° 55′
Houses · Placidus
Houses are the twelve areas of life planets move through — relationships, work, home, identity, and so on. A planet in a house tells you where its energy plays out. The four angular houses — self, home, partnerships, vocation — are the load-bearing corners of the chart.
I
Self & body
Ascendant · 9° 55′ Leo
Your 1st house contains:
Chiron13° 40′ Leo
Ascendant9° 55′ Leo
II
Possessions & values
Cusp · 29° 30′ Leo
Your 2nd house contains:
North Node20° 23′ Virgo
III
Mind & siblings
Cusp · 23° 59′ Virgo
Your 3rd house contains:
Neptune28° 41′ Virgo
IV
Home & roots
IC · 25° 33′ Libra
Your 4th house contains:
Sun2° 25′ Scorpio
Mercury4° 26′ Scorpio
V
Expression & play
Cusp · 3° 10′ Sagittarius
Your 5th house contains:
Venus17° 35′ Sagittarius
VI
Work & service
Cusp · 9° 39′ Capricorn
Your 6th house contains:
Moon19° 59′ Capricorn
VII
Partnership
Descendant · 9° 55′ Aquarius
Empty
Your 7th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Aquarius) still shapes its texture.
VIII
Depth & Shared resources
Cusp · 29° 30′ Aquarius
Empty
Your 8th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Aquarius) still shapes its texture.
IX
Belief & travel
Cusp · 23° 59′ Pisces
Your 9th house contains:
Mars12° 35′ Aries
X
Vocation & reputation
Midheaven · 25° 33′ Aries
Your 10th house contains:
Saturn26° 49′ Taurus
Uranus29° 22′ Taurus
MC25° 33′ Aries
XI
Friendship & future
Cusp · 3° 10′ Gemini
Your 11th house contains:
Jupiter21° 01′ Gemini
XII
Spirit & unseen
Cusp · 9° 39′ Cancer
Your 12th house contains:
Pluto5° 45′ Leo
A chart pattern is a meaningful geometric shape formed by three or more planets connected by aspects. These configurations are read as unified dynamics rather than individual aspects.
Classic includes the shapes established in modern astrology — T-Squares, Grand Trines, and more. Extended adds geometric configurations that carry meaning beyond traditional astrology.
No extended patterns in this chart — the classic configurations capture its character.
01
Grand Trine
Fire
Chiron · Mars · Venus — a closed triangle of ease; talents flow without friction.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron13° 40′ Leo
Mars12° 35′ Aries
Venus17° 35′ Sagittarius
02
T-Square
Mutable
Jupiter · North Node · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter21° 01′ Gemini
North Node20° 23′ Virgo
Venus17° 35′ Sagittarius
Chart signature
The chart signature is the set of high-level patterns that shape the chart's overall character — elemental and modal balance, overall shape on the wheel, and a handful of structural observations.
By element
Fire
4
Earth
1
Air
1
Water
2
By modality
Cardinal
3
Fixed
3
Mutable
2
The chart forms a Splash shape
Planets are spread evenly around the wheel — a chart with breadth and many interests.
Six planets are retrograde
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and North Node — an inward-turned chart.
Lower-left quadrant is empty
The houses of self and immediate environment carry no planetary weight.
Air is a singleton element
Jupiter is the only air placement — it carries the whole element on its own, disproportionately weighted.
Sun and Pluto in mutual reception
Sun sits in Scorpio, Pluto sits in Leo — each planet in the sign the other rules, a quiet exchange of strength.