Image: Wikimedia CommonsWriting & thought · April 4, 1928 · St. Louis
Maya Angelou's Birth Chart
Sun in Aries · Moon in Libra
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou's series of seven autobiographies focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. 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.
Maya Angelou's Sun, in Aries
Your identity ignites when you begin and open the way: you need causes, challenges and the freedom to go first in order to discover who you are through action.
Maya Angelou's Moon, in Libra
Your emotional peace depends on harmony around you: conflict weighs on you, beauty repairs you. You project your emotional stability onto your bonds, always seeking mutual understanding and empathy.
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.
Maya Angelou'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 | Aries | 14°28′ |
| Moon | Libra | 7°14′ |
| Mercury | Pisces | 19°56′ |
| Venus | Pisces | 21°19′ |
| Mars | Aquarius | 27°37′ |
| Jupiter | Aries | 16°02′ |
| Saturn | Sagittarius ℞ | 19°06′ |
| Uranus | Aries | 4°00′ |
| Neptune | Leo ℞ | 26°41′ |
| Pluto | Cancer | 14°59′ |
Maya Angelou'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.
Bucket
A group of planets with a single one opposite: that 'handle' planet becomes the channel of the whole chart.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Fire and the Cardinal modality.
Pluto is the most connected planet in their chart: 6 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Aries: 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.
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