Novelist and essayist; The Poisonwood Bible, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Demon Copperhead
Sun
Aries
Moon
Scorpio
Birth details
Portrait
Born
April 8, 1955
Time
Unknown
Place
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Timezone
UTC −5:00
Planets
Sun in Aries18° 05′
Moon in Scorpio4° 14′
Mercury in Aries3° 37′
Venus in Pisces10° 58′
Mars in Taurus28° 28′
Jupiter in Cancer20° 42′
Saturn in Scorpio20° 00′℞
Uranus in Cancer23° 37′
Neptune in Libra27° 07′℞
Pluto in Leo24° 29′℞
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.
North Node in Capricorn0° 15′℞
Chiron in Aquarius4° 51′
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 MC
2° 09′
Moon quincunx Mercury
0° 37′
Mars sextile Ascendant
1° 21′
Moon square Chiron
0° 37′
Jupiter trine Saturn
0° 43′
North Node quincunx Ascendant
0° 26′
Sun square Jupiter
2° 37′
Mercury trine Ascendant
3° 47′
Mercury sextile Chiron
1° 14′
Sun quincunx Saturn
1° 54′
Mars square Pluto
3° 59′
Mars quincunx Neptune
1° 21′
Neptune square Ascendant
2° 42′
Moon square Ascendant
4° 24′
Uranus conjunction Ascendant
6° 12′
Moon conjunction Neptune
7° 07′
Jupiter conjunction Uranus
2° 55′
Jupiter square MC
4° 46′
Sun square Uranus
5° 32′
Neptune sextile Pluto
2° 38′
Mars sextile Uranus
4° 51′
Uranus square Neptune
3° 30′
Chiron opposition Ascendant
5° 02′
Mars quincunx North Node
1° 47′
Saturn trine Uranus
3° 37′
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.
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
3
Earth
1
Air
0
Water
4
By modality
Cardinal
5
Fixed
2
Mutable
1
The chart forms a Locomotive shape
Planets fill two-thirds of the wheel with one empty third — momentum drives the chart.
Venus is unaspected
Venus stands alone — its themes operate without checks from other bodies.
Heavy concentration in Aries
Sun, Mercury, and MC share one sign — a chord of the chart sounds.
Lower-left quadrant is empty
The houses of self and immediate environment carry no planetary weight.
Ascendant sits at the centre of the aspect web
Seven aspects involve Ascendant — it ties the rest of the chart together.
Sun in Aries18° 05′
Moon in Scorpio4° 14′
Mercury in Aries3° 37′
Venus in Pisces10° 58′
Mars in Taurus28° 28′
Jupiter in Cancer20° 42′
Saturn in Scorpio20° 00′℞
Uranus in Cancer23° 37′
Neptune in Libra27° 07′℞
Pluto in Leo24° 29′℞
North Node in Capricorn0° 15′℞
Chiron in Aquarius4° 51′
