Author and television writer; 'Why You're Not Married', 'I Don't Want to Talk About It'
Sun
Virgo
Moon
Sagittarius
Rising
Capricorn
Birth details
Portrait
Born
September 12, 1964
Time
3:50 PM
Place
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Timezone
UTC −5:00
Time credit
Scholfield
Rodden
A standard astrology rating for how accurate the recorded birth time is — AA is sourced from a birth certificate; X means time unknown.
C · poor
Planets
Sun in Virgo20° 06′
Moon in Sagittarius8° 59′
Mercury in Virgo4° 23′
Venus in Leo4° 51′
Mars in Cancer28° 32′
Jupiter in Taurus26° 07′
Saturn in Pisces0° 16′℞
Uranus in Virgo11° 04′
Neptune in Scorpio15° 39′
Pluto in Virgo14° 12′
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 Capricorn5° 07′
MC in Scorpio3° 21′
North Node in Gemini27° 48′℞
Chiron in Pisces16° 16′℞
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.
Mercury trine Ascendant
0° 43′
Venus quincunx Ascendant
0° 16′
Mercury sextile MC
1° 03′
Venus square MC
1° 30′
Moon square Uranus
2° 05′
Mars sextile Jupiter
2° 25′
Neptune trine Chiron
0° 37′
Moon trine Venus
4° 08′
Pluto opposition Chiron
2° 04′
Mars quincunx Saturn
1° 44′
Mercury opposition Saturn
4° 07′
Sun sextile Neptune
4° 27′
Sun conjunction Pluto
5° 53′
Venus conjunction Mars
6° 18′
Neptune sextile Pluto
1° 27′
Saturn trine MC
3° 05′
Sun opposition Chiron
3° 50′
Moon square Mercury
4° 35′
Uranus trine Ascendant
5° 57′
Mercury conjunction Uranus
6° 41′
Saturn sextile Ascendant
4° 50′
Moon square Pluto
5° 14′
Saturn trine North Node
2° 28′
Uranus conjunction Pluto
3° 08′
Mars square MC
4° 48′
Jupiter square Saturn
4° 09′
Uranus opposition Chiron
5° 12′
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 · 5° 07′ Capricorn
Your 1st house contains:
Ascendant5° 07′ Capricorn
II
Possessions & values
Cusp · 18° 00′ Aquarius
Your 2nd house contains:
Saturn0° 16′ Pisces
Chiron16° 16′ Pisces
III
Mind & siblings
Cusp · 1° 25′ Aries
Empty
Your 3rd house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Aries) still shapes its texture.
IV
Home & roots
IC · 3° 21′ Taurus
Your 4th house contains:
Jupiter26° 07′ Taurus
V
Expression & play
Cusp · 26° 34′ Taurus
Empty
Your 5th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Taurus) still shapes its texture.
VI
Work & service
Cusp · 15° 52′ Gemini
Your 6th house contains:
North Node27° 48′ Gemini
VII
Partnership
Descendant · 5° 07′ Cancer
Your 7th house contains:
Venus4° 51′ Leo
Mars28° 32′ Cancer
VIII
Depth & Shared resources
Cusp · 18° 00′ Leo
Your 8th house contains:
Sun20° 06′ Virgo
Mercury4° 23′ Virgo
Uranus11° 04′ Virgo
Pluto14° 12′ Virgo
IX
Belief & travel
Cusp · 1° 25′ Libra
Empty
Your 9th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Libra) still shapes its texture.
X
Vocation & reputation
Midheaven · 3° 21′ Scorpio
Your 10th house contains:
Neptune15° 39′ Scorpio
MC3° 21′ Scorpio
XI
Friendship & future
Cusp · 26° 34′ Scorpio
Your 11th house contains:
Moon8° 59′ Sagittarius
XII
Spirit & unseen
Cusp · 15° 52′ Sagittarius
Empty
Your 12th house is empty — no planets live here. The sign on the cusp (Sagittarius) 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
Virgo
Mercury · Pluto · Sun · Uranus — four bodies clustered in one sign; a chord of the chart sounds.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury4° 23′ Virgo
Pluto14° 12′ Virgo
Sun20° 06′ Virgo
Uranus11° 04′ Virgo
02
Cradle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · MC · Mercury · Saturn — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 07′ Capricorn
MC3° 21′ Scorpio
Mercury4° 23′ Virgo
Saturn0° 16′ Pisces
01
Wedge
Focus: Neptune
Chiron · Neptune · Pluto · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron16° 16′ Pisces
Neptune15° 39′ Scorpio
Pluto14° 12′ Virgo
Sun20° 06′ Virgo
02
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Chiron · Pluto · Sun · Uranus — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron16° 16′ Pisces
Pluto14° 12′ Virgo
Sun20° 06′ Virgo
Uranus11° 04′ Virgo
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
4
Air
0
Water
2
By modality
Cardinal
2
Fixed
3
Mutable
3
The chart forms a Bucket shape
Most planets gather to one side, with a single "handle" body opposite — that handle becomes the spout.
Lower-left quadrant is empty
The houses of self and immediate environment carry no planetary weight.
Mercury is the sole dispositor
Sitting in Virgo, Mercury is the planet every other ruler-chain eventually traces back to — it anchors the whole chart.