Image: Wikimedia CommonsWriting & thought · February 2, 1882 · Rathgar
James Joyce's Birth Chart
Sun in Aquarius · Moon in Leo ≈
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness. His other well-known works include the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include two books of poetry, a play, correspondence, and occasional journalism. Wikipedia
Section I · The core
The two luminaries
Two lights set the tone of the whole chart: the Sun, the identity; the Moon, the emotional world.
James Joyce's Sun, in Aquarius
Your identity is vision: thinking differently, belonging to the future and to the tribe of the awake. It asserts itself through singularity, free thought and a vision of the future. You need to contribute your genuine perspective, break outdated patterns and connect with the collective consciousness.
James Joyce's Moon, in Leo
Your heart needs to be seen, needs warmth and room to show itself as it is: loyalty and sincere recognition are your emotional nourishment. You feel magnanimously and need your affections to affirm your true self.
Without an exact birth time, the Moon could fall in the neighbouring sign: it changed sign that day.
Section II · The map
Their natal wheel
The sky on the day they were born. The outer ring is the twelve signs; the lines across the centre, the aspects between planets. Without a birth time, houses and the Ascendant aren't drawn.
Section III · The detail
Planets and aspects
The exact numbers behind the drawing. Each table expands one layer of the wheel.
James Joyce's placements
We compute the placements for the day of birth. Without the exact time the Ascendant and houses can't be fixed, but each planet's sign is reliable.
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 13°36′ |
| Moon | Leo | 5°26′ |
| Mercury | Pisces | 0°50′ |
| Venus | Aquarius | 9°06′ |
| Mars | Gemini ℞ | 26°58′ |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 17°07′ |
| Saturn | Taurus | 6°12′ |
| Uranus | Virgo ℞ | 17°51′ |
| Neptune | Taurus | 13°48′ |
| Pluto | Taurus ℞ | 27°22′ |
James Joyce's aspects
Each aspect is an angle between two planets; it defines how they speak to each other. Aspects to the Moon are approximate: they depend on the exact birth time.
Elements and modalities
How their energy is split across the four elements and the three modalities.
Section IV · The signature
The signature of their sky
The whole at a glance: how the planets are spread, and the accents that set the overall tone of the chart.
Seesaw
Your planets gather in two opposite groups: you live in the push and pull between them.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Earth and the Fixed modality.
Sun is the most connected planet in their chart: 7 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Taurus: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
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