Poet and novelist; North Carolina Poet Laureate, Conference of the Birds, 'The Life of the Mind'
Sun
Cancer
Moon
Scorpio
Birth details
Portrait
Born
July 20, 1953
Time
Unknown
Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Timezone
UTC −4:00
Planets
Sun in Cancer27° 08′
Moon in Scorpio8° 00′
Mercury in Leo5° 41′℞
Venus in Gemini13° 32′
Mars in Cancer23° 45′
Jupiter in Gemini16° 10′
Saturn in Libra21° 07′
Uranus in Cancer19° 18′
Neptune in Libra21° 11′
Pluto in Leo22° 06′
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 Aquarius3° 29′℞
Chiron in Capricorn17° 35′℞
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.
Venus sextile Ascendant
0° 24′
Moon sextile MC
0° 59′
Venus conjunction Jupiter
2° 39′
Sun conjunction Mars
3° 24′
Saturn conjunction Neptune
0° 04′
Moon square Mercury
2° 20′
Neptune sextile Pluto
0° 54′
Saturn sextile Pluto
0° 58′
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
3° 02′
Uranus opposition Chiron
1° 43′
Mars square Neptune
2° 33′
Mars square Saturn
2° 37′
Mars conjunction Uranus
4° 27′
Mercury quincunx MC
1° 21′
Sun square Neptune
5° 57′
Sun conjunction Uranus
7° 50′
Mercury opposition North Node
2° 12′
Saturn square Uranus
1° 49′
Jupiter quincunx Chiron
1° 24′
Uranus square Neptune
1° 53′
Saturn square Chiron
3° 33′
Neptune square Chiron
3° 37′
Chiron square Ascendant
4° 26′
Jupiter trine Saturn
4° 57′
Jupiter trine Neptune
5° 01′
Mars opposition Chiron
6° 10′
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
T-Square
Cardinal
Chiron · Mars · Neptune · Saturn · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron17° 35′ Capricorn
Mars23° 45′ Cancer
Neptune21° 11′ Libra
Saturn21° 07′ Libra
Uranus19° 18′ Cancer
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
2
Earth
1
Air
2
Water
3
By modality
Cardinal
4
Fixed
2
Mutable
2
The chart forms a Bowl shape
Every planet sits in one half of the wheel — a contained, focused chart.
Upper-left quadrant is empty
The houses of vocation and community carry no planetary weight.
Neptune sits at the centre of the aspect web
Seven aspects involve Neptune — it ties the rest of the chart together.
Earth is a singleton element
MC is the only earth placement — it carries the whole element on its own, disproportionately weighted.
Sun in Cancer27° 08′
Moon in Scorpio8° 00′
Mercury in Leo5° 41′℞
Venus in Gemini13° 32′
Mars in Cancer23° 45′
Jupiter in Gemini16° 10′
Saturn in Libra21° 07′
Uranus in Cancer19° 18′
Neptune in Libra21° 11′
Pluto in Leo22° 06′
North Node in Aquarius3° 29′℞
Chiron in Capricorn17° 35′℞
