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Andy Warhol.

6 August 1928 · 06:30 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Natal chart for Andy WarholASCDSCICMC14°LEI5°VIII2°LIIII4°SCIV10°SGV14°CPVI14°AQVII5°PIVIII2°ARIX4°TAX10°GEXI14°CNXII07°09'AR13°49'AR14°31'AR09°29'TA10°08'TA28°14'TA07°00'GE17°23'CN03°09'LE13°41'LE+23°34'LE28°19'LE27°57'SC07°00'SG12°35'SG01°30'CP
Plate inativity of Andy Warhol6 August 1928 · 06:30
the full read

Andy Warhol's chart, in plain language

A 10-part walk through the chart in five movements, from the core self out to the horizon. The essentials stay in view; anything marked with a small arrow folds open for the finer detail. Jump to any part below, or click a planet, house or aspect on the wheel above for the deep dive.

New to birth charts? The thirty-second primer
  • Planets are the what: ten drives every person carries. The Moon is how you feel, Mercury is how you think, Mars is how you act.
  • Signs are the how: the style each drive wears. A Moon in Taurus feels slowly and steadily; a Moon in Aries feels fast and hot.
  • Houses are the where: twelve areas of life, so the same drive plays out at work, at home, or in love depending on which room it sits in.
  • Aspects are the conversations: angles between two planets that make their drives cooperate, argue, or fuse into one force.

Every reading below follows that grammar: planet (what) in sign (how) in house (where). If you only read one section, read the Big Three; everything after it is that story told in finer and finer detail.

The Big Three

The Sun is who you are becoming, the Moon is what you need, the Rising is how you arrive. Read together, they are the working summary of the chart.

Your Sun in Leo is the core self, your Moon in Aries is the inner emotional life, and your Leo Rising is how you arrive. Your three pillars all share fire as their element, which gives you a single, unified nature rather than competing currents. The same fuel runs through all three pillars, intensified. These three together are the spine of the whole chart.

SunLeo · 12th house

Warmth and self-expression are how the self is known. The need to shine is structural, not vanity. Generous, dramatic, magnetic when comfortable and withdrawn when unseen. The Sun is at home here. Lesson: shine without needing to be watched. Much of the self does its work unseen. Identity is built behind the scenes, in the inner life, and the difficulty is being visible at all. The gift is a profound interiority and spiritual depth.

MoonAries · 9th house

Feeling arrives hot and fast. Reactions are immediate and blunt, sometimes regretted. The inner self needs autonomy, and comfort comes from action rather than from being held. Soothing means being given permission to move. Feeling needs room to breathe. Comfort comes from travel, study and a larger framework, and the emotions expand toward meaning.

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RisingLeo · the doorway

You arrive into the light. The temperature of a space changes when you cross the threshold, whether you intended it or not. People reorganise themselves around your presence. Your chart ruler is Sun, in Leo in the 12th house: the planet that steers the whole chart, and the first place to look for how your Leo rising actually moves through the world.

Your North Star

The lunar nodes are the chart's North Star: not a trait but a direction. The North Node names the unfamiliar growth you are here to move toward; the South Node is what you are leaving.

North NodeGemini · 10th house · air element · 1st decan

The pull is toward Gemini: curiosity, the local and specific, listening, the question rather than the verdict. The familiar groove is Sagittarius: the sweeping answer, the belief already held. Growth is staying genuinely interested in what you do not yet know.

South NodeSagittarius · 4th house

The South Node in Sagittarius (4th house) is the opposite shore: the gifts and habits you already over-rely on. It is the comfort zone the chart is asking you to move away from.

Finer detail: the decan and the degree

The decan. The North Node sits in the 1st decan: the purest expression of the sign; its drive at full, undiluted strength.

Chart Ruler

Because Leo rises, the Sun rules the whole chart. And your ruler is also one of the lights. The chart doubles down: the vehicle you travel in is the same force at your core.

The Sun · chart rulerLeo · 12th house

Much of the self does its work unseen. Identity is built behind the scenes, in the inner life, and the difficulty is being visible at all. The gift is a profound interiority and spiritual depth.

Public Face

The Midheaven is not only career; it is the aura you emit in your zone, what a room senses you are for. The IC, opposite it, is the private root that aura grows from.

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MidheavenTaurus · the 10th house

With Taurus on the Midheaven, a room senses steadiness: someone solid, unhurried, trustworthy with what matters. Planets in the 10th (Mars, Jupiter) amplify that signal.

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ICScorpio · the 4th house

With Scorpio on the IC, this is the private root the public aura grows from. The lowest point in the chart. Imum Coeli. The ground beneath the feet. The IC is the point directly opposite the Midheaven. The deepest, most interior, most hidden point in the chart. It marks the cusp of the fourth house. Where the Midheaven describes the public face, the IC describes the private foundation. The home life. The roots. The ground the person stands on when no one is watching. The sign on the IC describes the texture of the inner life. The atmosphere of the childhood home. The deep, unspoken emotional climate that the person carries inside themselves regardless of what is happening on the surface.

Planets & Patterns

The planets are the cast: ten drives, each in a sign that colours it and a house that gives it a stage. Read down the roster, then see the aspects (the lines where one planet is locked in conversation with another) and the larger patterns they form together.

Of the ten planets, the weight falls in fire and fixed signs: will. Passion. Spirit. The energy of action and inspiration.

Every planet, placed

Each planet below carries its one-line job. Tap a row to unfold the full reading, and the fine print where there is any.

The aspects that define you
The patterns they fall into

The Houses

If the planets are the actors, the houses are the twelve rooms they act in. Each room carries a sign on its door, a ruler that ties it to a planet elsewhere in the chart, and sometimes tenants living inside it. Tap any house to open the full reading: the sign, the ruler chain, and who lives there.

Your Generational Role

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto move so slowly that a whole generation shares each sign. The sign is the era you were born into; the house is your personal assignment within it. This is your generational role: the corner of life where the big shift becomes your job to carry, with a lesson to learn and a gift waiting on the other side of it.

UranusAries · 9th house

where you break from the past. Uranus carries the urge to break free, wake up, and overturn what has gone stale.Why it matters for youYour whole generation shares Uranus in Aries. But in your chart it lands in the 9th house, the house of belief, travel, meaning. That is your personal assignment: the one corner of life where this slow, generational force stops being abstract and becomes your job to carry. Your generation is here to break what has gone stale and wire up what comes next. Your personal share of that work is the 9th house: belief, travel and the search for meaning. That is the corner of life where the era's shift stops being your backdrop and becomes your job to carry.The lessonIn matters of belief, travel, meaning, your work is tolerating the instability that real freedom costs, and rebelling toward something rather than only away from it.The giftDo that work, and belief, travel, meaning becomes exactly where you offer the world originality, sudden insight, and the nerve to do it differently.

The era you were born into: Uranus in Aries

A generation that rebels in the first person, rewriting what selfhood means.

NeptuneLeo · 1st house

where you dream and dissolve. Neptune carries the pull toward the boundless: dream, faith, compassion, and the dissolving of every edge.Why it matters for youYour whole generation shares Neptune in Leo. But in your chart it lands in the 1st house, the house of self, body, first impression. That is your personal assignment: the one corner of life where this slow, generational force stops being abstract and becomes your job to carry. Your generation is here to dissolve the hard old boundaries and let something more imaginative and compassionate through. Your personal share of that work is the 1st house: your own self, your body and the way you show up. That is the corner of life where the era's shift stops being your backdrop and becomes your job to carry.The lessonIn matters of self, body, first impression, your work is telling the true vision from the seductive illusion, and staying awake instead of escaping.The giftDo that work, and self, body, first impression becomes exactly where you offer the world imagination, limitless empathy, and a channel to the transcendent.

The era you were born into: Neptune in Leo

An era that dreams of universal creativity, the spiritualising of celebrity and self-expression.

PlutoCancer · 12th house

where you are remade. Pluto carries the drive to destroy what is finished and regenerate it from the root.Why it matters for youYour whole generation shares Pluto in Cancer. But in your chart it lands in the 12th house, the house of rest, release, the unseen. That is your personal assignment: the one corner of life where this slow, generational force stops being abstract and becomes your job to carry. Your generation is here to take worn-out structures down to the root and rebuild them from the power that was buried. Your personal share of that work is the 12th house: the inner life, rest and the unseen. That is the corner of life where the era's shift stops being your backdrop and becomes your job to carry.The lessonIn matters of rest, release, the unseen, your work is meeting power and loss without grasping for control, and letting the necessary endings actually happen.The giftDo that work, and rest, release, the unseen becomes exactly where you offer the world regenerative depth, unbreakable will, and the power to transform yourself and the people around you.

The era you were born into: Pluto in Cancer

An era that remakes home, family and nation, putting belonging through death and rebirth.

Wound & Shadow

Chiron marks the wound: the place that aches, and the place you can eventually heal others from. Black Moon Lilith marks the exiled self: the raw, untamed part that was told to behave.

Chiron · the woundTaurus · 10th house

The wound is worth and security: a scarcity that fears change and quietly doubts you deserve comfort or abundance, often rooted in early instability. The body may brace against pleasure as if something will be taken back. Healing comes from valuing yourself plainly, enjoying the physical world without guilt, and building safety in small, steady steps. Lesson: enough is a practice, not a verdict handed down by others. The wound is public: reputation, achievement, the fear of never doing enough in the world's eyes. Authority figures and career pressure may replay the original story. Healing comes through redefining success and becoming the mentor you needed.

Black Moon Lilith · the shadowScorpio · 4th house

She has known things about people they hadn't admitted to themselves. She's watched the polite mask slip and the real face appear, and she's kept the secret anyway. Her wound is the long, isolating experience of being told her depth was inappropriate. Her medicine is the slow building of a life where her depth is the whole point. Lilith is rooted at home. Family may have wanted you quieter, smaller, easier. Reclaiming the private foundation as a place you can be uncalibrated is the revolution; the hearth belongs to you, not their comfort.

Shadow Work

This chart runs on fire. Every element has a low expression and a high one: the work is knowing which way you are tilting, and the mantra that walks you back.

At your worst

Burnout and scorched ground. Unchecked, the fire runs on ego and impatience: starting everything, finishing little, mistaking heat for progress and leaving people singed.

The middle ground

The everyday work is pacing. Channel the spark into one or two real things, let them burn slow, and check who is standing in the blast radius before you ignite.

At your best

A genuine source of warmth and momentum. At your best the fire is courage that moves a whole room: you start what others only talk about and you make the brave choice look obvious.

“My fire is a tool, not a verdict: I choose where it burns.”

Full Potential

Raw materials, not a verdict. Everything above was the chart describing itself. This is where it hands the pen to you.

This chart describes a capacity to ignite: to take a cold idea and give it enough heat that other people finally move. You are wired to sustain: your gift compounds when you commit and refuse to abandon the thing halfway. With the Leo Sun serving as both the chart's ruler and its core, the potential here is not a fixed fate; it is a set of raw materials. The chart names the tools. What gets built with them is the part astrology cannot tell you, and the part that is entirely yours.

Underneath everything, this is a chart learning to let a Leo core be fed by a Aries heart and carried out through a Leo face: three different instincts that only become one person when you stop making them compete.

the charge

Here is what the wheel cannot tell you. It hands you fire: drive, faith, and the will to begin, and you are built to hold and sustain things. It gives you Sun as your compass and a map of where the pressure and the ease already live. But none of it is a verdict; it is equipment. The chart is the raw material; the life is what you make of it. That part was never written in the sky. It has always been yours to write.

Asteria · the geometryThe tightest aspects between your planets.

The closest conversations in the chart: where two planets sit at an exact angle and never stop talking. Tightest orb first; these are the loudest.

Mars square Neptuneorb 0.10°

In you, Mars grinds against Neptune, bringing together your drive and how you assert yourself and your imagination, longing, and the dissolving impulse. They pull in directions that do not agree, an inner friction that becomes real growth when you work it rather than avoid it. This is one of the knots you are here to untangle.

Sun trine Moonorb 0.13°

In you, the Sun flows together with the Moon, bringing together your core identity and will and your emotional needs and instincts. They cooperate so naturally you may not even notice the gift, an inner ease that grants talent, with the only risk being that you coast on it instead of developing it.

Sun trine Saturnorb 1.10°

In you, the Sun flows together with Saturn, bringing together your core identity and will and your discipline, fear, and sense of limits. They cooperate so naturally you may not even notice the gift, an inner ease that grants talent, with the only risk being that you coast on it instead of developing it.

Moon trine Saturnorb 1.23°

In you, the Moon flows together with Saturn, bringing together your emotional needs and instincts and your discipline, fear, and sense of limits. They cooperate so naturally you may not even notice the gift, an inner ease that grants talent, with the only risk being that you coast on it instead of developing it.

Moon square Plutoorb 3.57°

In you, the Moon grinds against Pluto, bringing together your emotional needs and instincts and your relationship to power and deep change. They pull in directions that do not agree, an inner friction that becomes real growth when you work it rather than avoid it. This is one of the knots you are here to untangle.

Asteria · flow & frictionGifts & Challenges

Every chart runs on flow and friction. The gifts are where the energy already moves easily; the challenges are where it meets resistance: the places that ask for effort and pay it back as range and strength.

This chart runs on an even mix of flow and friction: real ease in some places, real effort in others, and range that comes from holding both.

Where it flows
Sun rules Leoat home

Sun sits in the sign it rules, so it works at full power here: one of the chart's natural, load-bearing strengths.

Grand Trinepattern

A built-in channel of ease: a whole-chart configuration working in your favour.

Grand Trinepattern

A built-in channel of ease: a whole-chart configuration working in your favour.

Sun trine Moonorb 0.1°

A natural, flowing ease: Sun and Moon feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Uranus sextile North Nodeorb 0.2°

An easy, available link: Uranus and North Node feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Sun trine Part of Fortuneorb 0.8°

A natural, flowing ease: Sun and Part of Fortune feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Where it works
Mars square Neptuneorb 0.1°

A productive friction: the pull between Mars and Neptune never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Mars opposition Black Moon Lilithorb 0.3°

A polarity asking to be balanced: the pull between Mars and Black Moon Lilith never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Neptune square Black Moon Lilithorb 0.4°

A productive friction: the pull between Neptune and Black Moon Lilith never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Mars in detriment in Taurusuphill

Mars runs uphill in Taurus, earning by effort what it does effortlessly elsewhere. That effort becomes real, tested range.

Pluto square Part of Fortuneorb 2.9°

A productive friction: the pull between Pluto and Part of Fortune never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Sun square Chironorb 3.5°

A productive friction: the pull between Sun and Chiron never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

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Chart data for Andy Warhol
PointPositionHouseNotes
Sun13°41' Leo12th houserulership, chart ruler
Moon13°49' Aries9th house·
Mercury3°09' Leo12th house·
Venus23°34' Leo1st house·
Mars28°14' Taurus10th housedetriment
Jupiter9°29' Taurus10th house·
Saturn12°35' Sagittarius5th houseretrograde
Uranus7°09' Aries9th houseretrograde
Neptune28°19' Leo1st house·
Pluto17°23' Cancer12th house·
Chiron10°08' Taurus10th house·
North Node7°00' Gemini10th houseretrograde
South Node7°00' Sagittarius4th houseretrograde
Black Moon Lilith27°57' Scorpio4th house·
Part of Fortune14°31' Aries9th house·
Vertex1°30' Capricorn5th house·
Aspects
FromAspectToOrbPhase
marssquareneptune0.10°applying
suntrinemoon0.13°separating
uranussextilenorth-node0.15°separating
marsoppositionlilith0.27°separating
neptunesquarelilith0.37°applying
jupiterconjunctionchiron0.66°applying
moonconjunctionpart-of-fortune0.71°applying
suntrinepart-of-fortune0.84°applying
suntrinesaturn1.10°separating
moontrinesaturn1.23°separating
saturntrinepart-of-fortune1.94°separating
plutosquarepart-of-fortune2.87°separating
neptunetrinevertex3.17°applying
sunsquarechiron3.54°separating
moonsquarepluto3.57°applying
mercurysextilenorth-node3.85°applying
mercurytrineuranus4.00°applying
sunsquarejupiter4.19°separating
venussquarelilith4.39°applying
venussquaremars4.66°applying
venusconjunctionneptune4.76°applying
mercurytrinelilith5.19°separating
saturntrineuranus5.43°separating
saturnoppositionnorth-node5.58°separating
uranussquarevertex5.66°applying
suntrineuranus6.53°separating
moonconjunctionuranus6.66°separating
moonsesquiquadrateneptune0.48°separating
moonsemisquaremars0.58°separating
moonsesquiquadratelilith0.85°separating
neptunesesquiquadratepart-of-fortune1.19°applying
saturnbiquintilepluto1.20°applying
marssemisquarepart-of-fortune1.29°applying
venussesquiquadrateuranus1.42°separating
lilithsesquiquadratepart-of-fortune1.56°applying
mercuryquincunxvertex1.65°separating
saturnquincunxchiron2.44°applying