Science fiction writer; The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Scanner Darkly
Sun
Sagittarius
Moon
Aquarius
Rising
Aries
Birth details
Portrait
Born
December 16, 1928
Time
12:15 PM
Place
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Timezone
UTC −6:00
Time credit
Steinbrecher
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 Sagittarius24° 35′
Moon in Aquarius14° 37′
Mercury in Sagittarius23° 35′
Venus in Aquarius5° 37′
Mars in Cancer1° 22′℞
Jupiter in Taurus0° 34′℞
Saturn in Sagittarius21° 55′
Uranus in Aries3° 29′
Neptune in Virgo1° 20′℞
Pluto in Cancer17° 46′℞
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 Aries2° 12′
MC in Capricorn1° 08′
North Node in Taurus29° 04′℞
Chiron in Taurus5° 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 Mercury
1° 00′
Sun conjunction Saturn
2° 40′
Mars opposition MC
0° 14′
Mercury conjunction Saturn
1° 40′
Mars sextile Neptune
0° 02′
Neptune trine MC
0° 12′
Mars square Ascendant
0° 50′
Uranus conjunction Ascendant
1° 16′
Jupiter trine MC
0° 34′
Venus square Chiron
0° 13′
Mars sextile Jupiter
0° 48′
Neptune quincunx Ascendant
0° 52′
Jupiter trine Neptune
0° 46′
Mars square Uranus
2° 07′
Venus sextile Uranus
2° 09′
Sun conjunction MC
6° 33′
Sun opposition Mars
6° 47′
Venus sextile Ascendant
3° 25′
Sun trine Jupiter
6° 00′
Mercury conjunction MC
7° 33′
Uranus square MC
2° 21′
Venus square Jupiter
5° 03′
Jupiter conjunction Chiron
5° 16′
Mars sextile Chiron
4° 29′
Neptune square North Node
2° 16′
Neptune trine Chiron
4° 30′
Chiron trine MC
4° 43′
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 · 2° 12′ Aries
Your 1st house contains:
Jupiter0° 34′ Taurus
Uranus3° 29′ Aries
Chiron5° 51′ Taurus
Ascendant2° 12′ Aries
II
Possessions & values
Cusp · 13° 34′ Taurus
Your 2nd house contains:
North Node29° 04′ Taurus
III
Mind & siblings
Cusp · 9° 56′ Gemini
Empty
Your 3rd house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Gemini) still shapes its texture.
IV
Home & roots
IC · 1° 08′ Cancer
Your 4th house contains:
Mars1° 22′ Cancer
Pluto17° 46′ Cancer
V
Expression & play
Cusp · 22° 31′ Cancer
Empty
Your 5th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Cancer) still shapes its texture.
VI
Work & service
Cusp · 19° 36′ Leo
Your 6th house contains:
Neptune1° 20′ Virgo
VII
Partnership
Descendant · 2° 12′ Libra
Empty
Your 7th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Libra) still shapes its texture.
VIII
Depth & Shared resources
Cusp · 13° 34′ Scorpio
Empty
Your 8th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Scorpio) still shapes its texture.
IX
Belief & travel
Cusp · 9° 56′ Sagittarius
Your 9th house contains:
Sun24° 35′ Sagittarius
Mercury23° 35′ Sagittarius
Saturn21° 55′ Sagittarius
X
Vocation & reputation
Midheaven · 1° 08′ Capricorn
Your 10th house contains:
MC1° 08′ Capricorn
XI
Friendship & future
Cusp · 22° 31′ Capricorn
Your 11th house contains:
Moon14° 37′ Aquarius
Venus5° 37′ Aquarius
XII
Spirit & unseen
Cusp · 19° 36′ Aquarius
Empty
Your 12th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Aquarius) 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.
01
Stellium
Sagittarius → Capricorn
MC · Mercury · Saturn · Sun — four bodies clustered in one sign; a chord of the chart sounds.
Planets in this pattern
MC1° 08′ Capricorn
Mercury23° 35′ Sagittarius
Saturn21° 55′ Sagittarius
Sun24° 35′ Sagittarius
02
Kite
Earth & Water
Chiron · Jupiter · MC · Mars · Neptune — a Grand Trine with an outlet; the talent finds a direction.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 51′ Taurus
Jupiter0° 34′ Taurus
MC1° 08′ Capricorn
Mars1° 22′ Cancer
Neptune1° 20′ Virgo
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · MC · Mars · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant2° 12′ Aries
MC1° 08′ Capricorn
Mars1° 22′ Cancer
Uranus3° 29′ Aries
01
Wedge
Focus: Jupiter
Jupiter · MC · Mars · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter0° 34′ Taurus
MC1° 08′ Capricorn
Mars1° 22′ Cancer
Sun24° 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
3
Earth
2
Air
2
Water
1
By modality
Cardinal
3
Fixed
3
Mutable
2
The chart forms a Locomotive shape
Planets fill two-thirds of the wheel with one empty third — momentum drives the chart.
Moon is unaspected
Moon stands alone — its themes operate without checks from other bodies.
Pluto is unaspected
Pluto stands alone — its themes operate without checks from other bodies.
Six planets are retrograde
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, North Node, and Chiron — an inward-turned chart.
Mars sits at the centre of the aspect web
Seven aspects involve Mars — it ties the rest of the chart together.