Personal Chart for Gabriel Byrne

You enjoy luxury, and tend to surround yourself with things you value. You appreciate beauty and wealth.

You find it hard to think things through alone. You need to be around people who can help you figure your life out. Your life can get somewhat dull if you have no one to talk to. You need to find things to occupy yourself with, and stay busy. As long as you keep moving, your mind will function well.

The Sun represents your essential life energy, the essence of your identity. Just as the Sun's energy nourishes life on earth, the Sun in your chart provides you with strength and vitality. Your Sun sign tells you about your inner nature, and what you need to feel most fulfilled and inspired.

You enjoy the earth, and all it has to offer. Surrounding yourself with the richness of life creates a cozy sense of security, which is essential to your peace of mind. Too much change may disturb you, because you prefer the idea that life is as solid as the earth. You feel most comfortable in the physical world, exploring the realm of the senses. A delicious meal, the scent of a flower, the beauty of nature, these things are very important to you. Others may see you as a materialist, but you find nothing wrong with indulging in the earth's bounty. Sometimes your attachment to physical reality may make you reluctant to explore new ideas and ways of doing things. You can play an active role in the world. People value your endurance and reliability, and your strong value system gives you an approach to the world that works.

Mercury, messenger of the Gods, represents the mind. It is the part of your personality that mediates between all the others. As well as the intellect, Mercury is associated with communication, and indicates the role of communication in your life.

You have a stable, reasonable and methodical mind with a capacity for common sense. You understand physical reality and know how to work with it. You can be somewhat rigid, inflexible, stubborn or conservative at times, due to the fact that you know you are right, and in fact, openness to different ways of thinking is not your strong suit. You are very reasonable, though, and with your level of commitment, you can generally cope with what life deals you.

The planet Venus is traditionally associated with love, and it does indicate what you truly love in life, but Venus also reveals an area of life that you can easily and skillfully work with. Venus indicates artistic abilities and social tendencies.

You enjoy movement and excitement. To be always playful and inspired is important for your happiness. You fall in love quickly and often impulsively, and have a charming innocence about you. Your love life must be dynamic and exciting in order to keep your interest. You have a flair for spontaneity, and art forms such as drawing or painting come naturally to you.

Mars shows how you express yourself and how you accomplish your goals, and reveals an area of life in which you can be devoted, creative and passionate. Mars was traditionally a war god, and it does indicate how warlike or diplomatic you might be. If there is a battle to be fought in your life, Mars shows how you approach it.

You are precise and thorough. You seldom miss details, or appointments, and your skills make work almost a natural bodily function for you. You can make yourself extremely useful. You are adept at performing scientific investigations of the problems that confront you, soon obliterating any confusion or uncertainty. Though you are certainly sharp, and a good worker, you can sometimes be a bit hypercritical and occasionally trod on other people's sensitive areas. You need to occasionally leave room for uncertainty, refrain from judgment, and allow your emotional and intuitive awareness to develop.

Jupiter in your horoscope reveals your true aspirations, and shows you the direction your life is growing in. It is an area that you truly appreciate, and in which you have wisdom. Jupiter represents your higher mind, including your intuition, spiritual inclinations, generosity, and philosophy of life. It is the main guiding force in your life.

Your life is ever becoming more personal and mystical. Over time, your self understanding grows deeper and deeper as you make your life a truer and truer reflection of your inner world. You are deeply tolerant, as your compassion for others, and depth of though is quite expansive. You can be quite pious and sensitive, and your beliefs are truly your own.

Saturn represents structure and discipline, and relates to how you deal with 'reality'. Saturn often indicates areas where you have difficulty, but also areas in which you eventually develop wisdom and clarity. Where this planet lies indicates an area of life in which you have great concentration, and which shapes the goals you seek.

You are driven to perfection, and will seldom accept less. Your work is very important to you, and your desire for perfection and to be of service often finds expression through it. The organization of the world you live in fascinates you, and you can't help but meddle. Simply reading the newspaper won't do. You have to be the one they're writing about. You can easily spot the weaknesses and Achilles heels around you, and you would fix them all if you had time. Sometimes you can become so focused on the activities of your work that you forget the reason you were working in the first place. You will come, in time, to understand what your role is in life.

The planet Uranus, discovered in 1781, takes 84 years to make one orbit, and spends 7 years in each sign. It indicates an area of clarity, inspiration and revolutionary insight and creativity. Uranus indicates the ability to transcend, evolve and grow. Uranus is associated with new discoveries, whether scientific or personal, and with leaps of consciousness.

You have unusual attitudes and insights into the way you live your life, and you may move frequently or have a home life that changes frequently. You are creative and unique in the way you raise your family and structure your surroundings. You have a need for creativity, which finds subtle ways to express itself in your life.

Neptune, discovered in 1847, takes 164 years to orbit the Sun, and spends about 14 years in each sign. Neptune indicates a search for ultimate truth, and points to what you feel is ultimately valuable. Neptune represents the ideals which shape your life, and shows an area where you learn at a deep, spiritual level.

Those born between 1943 and 1956 have Neptune in Libra. This generation longs to connect to others, and to see beyond themselves. You are people who like to explore the unfamiliar, including foreign cultures and religions, and relationships with unusual people. There is a strong desire to go beyond the limitations of culture, religion and society. The relationships in your life are of the utmost importance, and provide you with many learning experiences throughout your lives.

Pluto was discovered in 1936 and, though very small, has been empirically observed to have an effect on us. Pluto gives profound insights into life, and reveals a higher sense of purpose. Pluto represents a powerful perspective that can bring worldly or personal success. Pluto also is associated with repressed or seldom expressed desires, and can reveal areas of tension.

Your 'Pluto' generation, comprising those born from 1939-1958 is ruled over by the sign of Leo, and basically comprises the baby boomers. It is no surprise that this generation has been characterized as the 'me' generation, as Leo has to do with self expression. You all are very creative people, and express your individual selves uniquely. You have broken from previous generations in terms of your freedom of thought and action. You have forever changed the social environment of the world. As a group, you have risen quickly to power, economically and politically.

The moon's nodes correspond to where eclipses occur, and psychologically are associated with a certain level of passion for knowledge. Many astrologers consider the moon's nodes to indicate the direction that a person is headed spiritually.

You are learning about assertiveness in your life. Throughout your life, you will seek out situations to test your courage and strength. You have an unquenchable thirst for freedom which is actually spiritual in nature. You continuously strive toward presenting more challenges to yourself, and over time, a simpler way of approaching things will emerge.

You can be excessively polite, and you are certainly skilled at being diplomatic, although you tend to use it as a way to avoid being as direct as you could with people. You often find yourself in the unusual position of needing to assert yourself clearly, after being excessively submissive or tolerant. Though you are good at relating to people, this skill is secondary to the overall themes of adventure and personal strength in your life.