Nels Cline birth chart is shown with zodiac signs and aspects. Because the birth time is unknown, Arcadia does not use houses, Rising sign, or angular dominants as the main basis of interpretation.
Nels Cline's chart rests first on the stable factors: Sun in Capricorn and Moon in Libra. Without a reliable time, signs and aspects are stronger than the Rising sign or houses.
Chart detail:
Mercury square Neptune (orb 0.0°) gives a central dynamic in this reading. The orb is extremely tight; this aspect is one of the chart's strongest signals.
In plain terms, this aspect creates tension between analysis, language, confusion, ideal, and collective perception.
The birth time is not known with certainty, so the Rising sign and houses are less reliable. Signs and exact aspects give the safer reading base.
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| Element | Sign | Degrees | Speed |
| Sun | Capricorn | 13° 06' 35" | 1.019 / day |
| Moon | Libra | 07° 48' 48" | 13.014 / day |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 00° 10' 01" | 1.466 / day |
| Venus | Aquarius | 13° 52' 34" | 1.234 / day |
| Mars | Scorpio | 23° 42' 59" | 0.653 / day |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 01° 01' 20" R | -0.055 / day |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 29° 13' 56" | 0.096 / day |
| Uranus | Leo | 01° 00' 42" R | -0.04 / day |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 00° 12' 01" | 0.015 / day |
| Pluto | Leo | 28° 19' 39" R | -0.015 / day |
| Lilith | Capricorn | 03° 15' 30" | 0.11 / day |
| RS | Aries | 14° 12' 53" | |
| MH | Capricorn | 12° 02' 10" |
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Signs Sun in Capricorn · Mercury in Aquarius · Mars in Scorpio
Aspects Jupiter square Saturn (orb 1.8°)
This section gives a concrete reading thread. It highlights the most visible signatures, then the tabs keep each placement separate instead of mixing everything together.
Important: Unknown birth time: the Rising sign, houses, and angular dominants are too time-sensitive to anchor the interpretation. The Moon remains useful, but its exact aspects can shift during the day: tight non-Moon aspects are more reliable when they exist.
Start here: a short reading that shows what hooks, what helps, what pushes back, and where it becomes concrete.
Sun in Capricorn · Moon in Libra
First hook: this is where the chart often becomes recognizable in real life. Sun in Capricorn: identity and direction move through structure, ambition, responsibility, and long construction; Moon in Libra: emotional safety looks for relationship, balance, negotiation, and sense of form. Because the birth time is missing, reliable aspects should carry the next step before houses or angles.
Dominants unavailable without reliable birth time
Angular dominants depend on birth time. Without a reliable hour, do not use them as primary evidence.
Harmonious circuit: Saturn, Mercury, and Uranus
This is the easiest door into the chart: it shows what tends to cooperate naturally.
This pattern describes what comes more easily. Houses are not used here: unknown time. It connects Saturn (responsibility, limits, effort, and patience), Mercury (thinking, speech, and decisions), and Uranus (change, freedom, rupture, and originality).
This is the clearest cooperation pattern in the chart: Mercury sextile Saturn (orb 0.9°) and Saturn trine Uranus (orb 1.8°). It shows where functions support each other, recover, or come naturally when used together. Because several planets are connected, the full pattern matters more than one isolated aspect.
Tension circuit: Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus
This is the pressure line to read first: it shows where tension repeats in concrete situations.
This pattern shows where pressure builds fastest. Houses are not used here: unknown time. It connects Mercury (thinking, speech, and decisions), Neptune (dreams, ideals, imagination, and confusion), and Uranus (change, freedom, rupture, and originality).
This is the clearest friction pattern in the chart: Mercury square Neptune (orb 0.0°) and Mercury opposite Uranus (orb 0.8°). It shows where pressure, contradiction, or repeated effort concentrates. Because several planets are connected, the full pattern matters more than one isolated aspect.
Houses unavailable without reliable birth time
Houses describe domains of existence, but they depend on birth time. Without a reliable hour, signs and aspects should carry the reading.
Read the full chart-reading method · Detailed placements and aspects are below in the tabs.
Without a reliable birth time, the Sun, Moon, and exact aspects become the reliable base. The Rising sign, houses, and angular dominants need a reliable birth time.
The Moon can change signs during a day. Near a lunar sign change, the Moon sign remains a hypothesis.
Without a reliable hour, exact aspects and reliable repetitions can strongly nuance the starting reading.
Sun in Capricorn remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. The Sun describes identity, ego, father figure, visibility, and direction, with Capricorn style: structure, ambition, responsibility, and long construction.
Concretely, the person expresses identity, ego, father figure, recognition, and personal direction through the Capricorn style (structure, ambition, responsibility, and long construction). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Moon in Libra remains a useful base without a birth time. The Moon sign is often usable, but near a Moon sign change it remains a hypothesis; the Moon describes personal dream, play, inner child, childhood imprint, mother figure, mother image, optimism, and inner rhythm, with Libra style: relationship, balance, negotiation, and sense of form.
Concretely, the person expresses personal dream, play instinct, inner child, childhood imprint, mother figure, mother image, optimism, and inner rhythm through the Libra style (relationship, balance, negotiation, and sense of form). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
The Rising sign cannot be determined if the time is not known.
Mercury in Aquarius remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Mercury describes intellect, language, thought, and technique, with Aquarius style: independence, networks, distance, and collective change.
Concretely, the person expresses thinking, speech, learning, technique, and mental strategy through the Aquarius style (independence, networks, distance, and collective change). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Aspect connected to this placement: Mercury square Neptune (orb 0.0°). Aspect effect: creates tension between analysis, language, confusion, ideal, and collective perception.
Mercury square Neptune (orb 0.0°) creates concrete friction between the two planets. The orb is extremely tight; this aspect is one of the chart's strongest signals.
Here, Mercury in Aquarius brings intellect, language, thought, and technique with Aquarius style (independence, networks, distance, and collective change); Neptune in Scorpio brings imagination, image, popularity, collective moods, and inspiration with Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power).
Concrete friction: this aspect creates tension between analysis, language, confusion, ideal, and collective perception.
Mercury opposite Uranus (orb 0.8°) puts the two planets face to face, with visible back-and-forth or tension. The orb is extremely tight; this aspect is one of the chart's strongest signals.
Here, Mercury in Aquarius brings intellect, language, thought, and technique with Aquarius style (independence, networks, distance, and collective change); Uranus in Leo brings disruption, independence, and change with Leo style (presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen).
Concrete conflict: this aspect sets intellect against the need for rupture: precise thought can conflict with surprise, provocation, or refusal to be boxed in.
Mercury sextile Saturn (orb 0.9°) shows active cooperation between the two planets. The orb is extremely tight; this aspect is one of the chart's strongest signals.
Here, Mercury in Aquarius brings intellect, language, thought, and technique with Aquarius style (independence, networks, distance, and collective change); Saturn in Scorpio brings discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery with Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power).
Concrete cooperation: intellect and discipline can cooperate through method.
Venus in Aquarius remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Venus describes desire, taste, relationship, and attraction, with Aquarius style: independence, networks, distance, and collective change.
Concretely, the person expresses desire, taste, attraction, pleasure, and love style through the Aquarius style (independence, networks, distance, and collective change). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Mars in Scorpio remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Mars describes action, courage, competition, and effort, with Scorpio style: intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power.
Concretely, the person expresses action, anger, courage, competition, and effort through the Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Mars conjunct Saturn (orb 5.5°) brings the two planets out together. The orb is moderate; it stays secondary beside tighter signatures.
Here, both planets use the same Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power). Mars in Scorpio brings action, courage, competition, and effort; Saturn in Scorpio brings discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery.
Concrete effect: this aspect brings action, constraint, discipline, endurance, and control together: force seeks a solid form.
Mars square Pluto (orb 4.6°) creates concrete friction between the two planets. The orb is moderate; it stays secondary beside tighter signatures.
Concrete friction: this aspect creates friction between Mars (action, courage, competition, and effort) and Pluto's crisis instinct: pressure can become domination, fear, or destructive escalation unless it receives a clear outlet.
Jupiter in Virgo remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Jupiter describes personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons, with Virgo style: precision, method, usefulness, and attention to detail.
Concretely, the person expresses personal fulfillment, confidence, and opening of horizons through the Virgo style (precision, method, usefulness, and attention to detail). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Aspect connected to this placement: Jupiter conjunct Pluto (orb 2.7°). Aspect effect: joins Jupiter (personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons) to Pluto's crisis instinct: Jupiter can express through pressure, control, sexuality, danger, or difficult situations.
Jupiter sextile Neptune (orb 0.8°) shows active cooperation between the two planets. The orb is extremely tight; this aspect is one of the chart's strongest signals.
Here, Jupiter in Virgo brings personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons with Virgo style (precision, method, usefulness, and attention to detail); Neptune in Scorpio brings imagination, image, popularity, collective moods, and inspiration with Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power).
Concrete cooperation: fulfillment and collective image can cooperate when the person gives the dream a concrete form.
Jupiter conjunct Pluto (orb 2.7°) brings the two planets out together. The orb is tight enough to count in the main reading.
Here, Jupiter in Virgo brings personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons with Virgo style (precision, method, usefulness, and attention to detail); Pluto in Leo brings crisis, power, survival, and regeneration with Leo style (presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen).
Concrete effect: this aspect joins Jupiter (personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons) to Pluto's crisis instinct: Jupiter can express through pressure, control, sexuality, danger, or difficult situations.
Jupiter trine Lilith (orb 2.2°) shows positive structural ease between the two planets. The orb is tight enough to count in the main reading.
Here, Jupiter in Virgo brings personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons with Virgo style (precision, method, usefulness, and attention to detail); Lilith in Capricorn brings pure ideal, absolute demand, fascination, and refusal of compromise with Capricorn style (structure, ambition, responsibility, and long construction).
Concrete support: Lilith's ideal can support confidence, personal fulfillment, and the sense of a larger life.
Jupiter square Saturn (orb 1.8°) creates concrete friction between the two planets. The orb is very tight; this describes a stable character pattern more than a passing reaction.
Here, Jupiter in Virgo brings personal fulfillment, confidence, encouragement, and broader horizons with Virgo style (precision, method, usefulness, and attention to detail); Saturn in Scorpio brings discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery with Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power).
Concrete friction: this aspect creates a push-pull between personal fulfillment and discipline: one side wants a larger life, the other demands method, timing, and responsibility.
Saturn in Scorpio remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Saturn describes discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery, with Scorpio style: intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power.
Concretely, the person expresses discipline, limits, duty, fear, and long construction through the Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Aspect connected to this placement: Saturn square Pluto (orb 0.9°). Aspect effect: creates friction between Saturn (discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery) and Pluto's crisis instinct: pressure can become domination, fear, or destructive escalation unless it receives a clear outlet.
Saturn square Pluto (orb 0.9°) creates concrete friction between the two planets. The orb is extremely tight; this aspect is one of the chart's strongest signals.
Here, Saturn in Scorpio brings discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery with Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power); Pluto in Leo brings crisis, power, survival, and regeneration with Leo style (presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen).
Concrete friction: this aspect creates friction between Saturn (discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery) and Pluto's crisis instinct: pressure can become domination, fear, or destructive escalation unless it receives a clear outlet.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Saturn.
Saturn trine Uranus (orb 1.8°) shows positive structural ease between the two planets. The orb is very tight; this describes a stable character pattern more than a passing reaction.
Here, Saturn in Scorpio brings discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery with Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power); Uranus in Leo brings disruption, independence, and change with Leo style (presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen).
Concrete support: this aspect gives natural positive support between Saturn (discipline, constraint, endurance, and mastery) and Uranus (disruption, independence, and change).
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Saturn.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Saturn.
Uranus in Leo remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Uranus describes disruption, independence, and change, with Leo style: presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen.
Concretely, the person expresses freedom, disruption, broken rhythms, and the need for independence through the Leo style (presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Uranus.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Uranus.
Neptune in Scorpio remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Neptune describes imagination, image, popularity, collective moods, and inspiration, with Scorpio style: intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power.
Concretely, the person expresses imagination, image, popularity, and the ability to read collective currents through the Scorpio style (intensity, desire, crisis, secrecy, and invisible power). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Neptune.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Neptune.
Pluto in Leo remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Pluto describes crisis, power, survival, and regeneration, with Leo style: presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen.
Concretely, the person expresses crisis, power, sexuality, survival, and transformation through the Leo style (presence, pride, creation, and the wish to be seen). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Pluto.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Pluto.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Pluto.
Lilith in Capricorn remains a reliable combination even without a birth time. Lilith describes pure ideal, absolute demand, fascination, and refusal of compromise, with Capricorn style: structure, ambition, responsibility, and long construction.
Concretely, the person expresses the pure ideal, absolute demand, desire, fascination, and what refuses to become ordinary through the Capricorn style (structure, ambition, responsibility, and long construction). Exact aspects and repeated patterns indicate whether this theme becomes central.
Same aspect, other side: the full reading is under the other planet, and it also applies to Lilith.
