Musician and songwriter; Sonic Youth, 'Dirty Boots', 'Kissability'
Sun
Aquarius
Moon
Scorpio
Rising
Gemini
Birth details
Lee Ranaldo by Montclair Film Festival, is licensed under cc-by-2.0, resized from the original.
Born
February 3, 1956
Time
11:46 AM
Place
New York City, New York, United States
Timezone
UTC −5:00
Time credit
Taglilatelo
Rodden
A standard astrology rating for how accurate the recorded birth time is — AA is sourced from a birth certificate; X means time unknown.
A · excellent
Planets
Sun in Aquarius13° 50′
Moon in Scorpio14° 08′
Mercury in Capricorn29° 07′℞
Venus in Pisces20° 50′
Mars in Sagittarius13° 30′
Jupiter in Leo28° 10′℞
Saturn in Sagittarius1° 39′
Uranus in Cancer29° 43′℞
Neptune in Scorpio0° 25′℞
Pluto in Leo27° 42′℞
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 Gemini1° 08′
MC in Aquarius7° 56′
North Node in Sagittarius14° 19′℞
Chiron in Aquarius6° 34′
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 square Moon
0° 18′
Sun sextile Mars
0° 20′
Saturn opposition Ascendant
0° 31′
Mercury opposition Uranus
0° 36′
Jupiter conjunction Pluto
0° 27′
Neptune quincunx Ascendant
0° 43′
Mars conjunction North Node
0° 49′
Mercury quincunx Jupiter
0° 58′
Uranus square Neptune
0° 42′
Chiron conjunction MC
1° 21′
Uranus sextile Ascendant
1° 25′
Mercury trine Ascendant
2° 00′
Sun conjunction MC
5° 55′
Sun sextile North Node
0° 28′
Mercury square Neptune
1° 18′
Jupiter square Ascendant
2° 58′
Pluto square Ascendant
3° 26′
Mercury sextile Saturn
2° 31′
Mercury quincunx Pluto
1° 25′
Saturn trine Uranus
1° 56′
Sun conjunction Chiron
7° 16′
Jupiter sextile Neptune
2° 16′
Jupiter square Saturn
3° 29′
Chiron trine Ascendant
5° 26′
Mercury conjunction Chiron
7° 27′
Saturn sextile Chiron
4° 56′
Neptune sextile Pluto
2° 43′
Saturn square Pluto
3° 56′
Uranus opposition Chiron
6° 51′
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 · 1° 08′ Gemini
Your 1st house contains:
Ascendant1° 08′ Gemini
II
Possessions & values
Cusp · 25° 19′ Gemini
Empty
Your 2nd house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Gemini) still shapes its texture.
III
Mind & siblings
Cusp · 15° 57′ Cancer
Your 3rd house contains:
Uranus29° 43′ Cancer
IV
Home & roots
IC · 7° 56′ Leo
Your 4th house contains:
Jupiter28° 10′ Leo
Pluto27° 42′ Leo
V
Expression & play
Cusp · 5° 50′ Virgo
Empty
Your 5th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Virgo) still shapes its texture.
VI
Work & service
Cusp · 14° 55′ Libra
Your 6th house contains:
Moon14° 08′ Scorpio
Neptune0° 25′ Scorpio
VII
Partnership
Descendant · 1° 08′ Sagittarius
Your 7th house contains:
Mars13° 30′ Sagittarius
Saturn1° 39′ Sagittarius
North Node14° 19′ Sagittarius
VIII
Depth & Shared resources
Cusp · 25° 19′ Sagittarius
Empty
Your 8th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Sagittarius) still shapes its texture.
IX
Belief & travel
Cusp · 15° 57′ Capricorn
Your 9th house contains:
Mercury29° 07′ Capricorn
Chiron6° 34′ Aquarius
X
Vocation & reputation
Midheaven · 7° 56′ Aquarius
Your 10th house contains:
Sun13° 50′ Aquarius
MC7° 56′ Aquarius
XI
Friendship & future
Cusp · 5° 50′ Pisces
Your 11th house contains:
Venus20° 50′ Pisces
XII
Spirit & unseen
Cusp · 14° 55′ Aries
Empty
Your 12th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Aries) still shapes its texture.
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
Stellium
Capricorn → Aquarius
Chiron · MC · Mercury · Sun — four bodies clustered in one sign; a chord of the chart sounds.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron6° 34′ Aquarius
MC7° 56′ Aquarius
Mercury29° 07′ Capricorn
Sun13° 50′ Aquarius
02
Mystic Rectangle
Air
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury · Saturn · Uranus — two oppositions stitched by sextiles and trines; a quiet structural balance.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant1° 08′ Gemini
Chiron6° 34′ Aquarius
Mercury29° 07′ Capricorn
Saturn1° 39′ Sagittarius
Uranus29° 43′ Cancer
03
T-Square
Dynamic
Ascendant · Jupiter · Pluto · Saturn — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant1° 08′ Gemini
Jupiter28° 10′ Leo
Pluto27° 42′ Leo
Saturn1° 39′ Sagittarius
04
T-Square
Dynamic
Mercury · Neptune · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury29° 07′ Capricorn
Neptune0° 25′ Scorpio
Uranus29° 43′ 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
3
Water
2
By modality
Cardinal
1
Fixed
4
Mutable
3
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.
Six planets are retrograde
Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and North Node — an inward-turned chart.
Lower-left quadrant is empty
The houses of self and immediate environment carry no planetary weight.
Earth is a singleton element
Mercury is the only earth placement — it carries the whole element on its own, disproportionately weighted.