Birth Chart
Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Betts
Sun Libra
Moon Scorpio
Ascendant Capricorn
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 12°28' - in house 8
↣ Moon in Scorpio - 18°10' - in house 10
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 26°21' - in house 8
↣ Venus in Virgo - 29°33' - in house 8
↣ Mars in Libra - 09°30' - in house 8
↣ Jupiter in Libra - 22°11' - in house 9
↣ Saturn in Taurus - 04°43' - in house 3 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Capricorn - 21°17' - in house 1
↣ Neptune in Cancer - 21°28' - in house 7
↣ Pluto in Gemini - 27°56' - in house 6 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Taurus - 19°35' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Capricorn - 15°19' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Scorpio - 22°52' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aquarius - 18°01'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 8
↣ Moon in house 10
↣ Mercury in house 8
↣ Venus in house 8
↣ Mars in house 8
↣ Jupiter in house 9
↣ Saturn in house 3
↣ Uranus in house 1
↣ Neptune in house 7
↣ Pluto in house 6
↣ North Node in house 4
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mars conjunction (2°57' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter conjunction (9°44' applying)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant trine (5°33' separating)
↣ Sun and Ascendant square (2°52' separating)
↣ Moon and Uranus sextile (3°07' applying)
↣ Moon and Neptune trine (3°18' applying)
↣ Moon and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Moon and North Node opposition (1°24' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°09' applying)
↣ Moon and Ascendant sextile (2°51' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven conjunction (4°41' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (3°12' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Uranus trine (5°04' separating)
↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (4°53' separating)
↣ Mercury and Pluto square (1°35' applying)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven sextile (3°30' applying)
↣ Venus and Mars conjunction (9°57' applying)
↣ Venus and Pluto square (1°37' separating)
↣ Mars and Ascendant square (5°49' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus square (0°55' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune square (0°43' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto trine (5°45' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°11' applying)
↣ Uranus and Neptune opposition (0°11' separating)
↣ Uranus and North Node trine (1°42' separating)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant conjunction (5°58' applying) parallel
↣ Uranus and Midheaven sextile (1°35' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node sextile (1°54' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant opposition (6°09' applying)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven trine (1°23' separating)
↣ Pluto and North Node parallel
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°34' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant trine (4°15' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven opposition (3°17' separating) antiparallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Barbara Anne Betts
- Chart date
- 06/10/1910
- Chart time
- 14:30
- Date and time quality
- A Memory what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Chesterfield, England - Latitude and longitude
- 53°15' North · 1°25' West
- Time zone
- 00:00
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About
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, was one of the leading figures of the British Labour Party in the postwar era. Trained as a journalist and a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, she built a longstanding political partnership with Harold Wilson and held several cabinet posts, including Minister of Overseas Development, Minister of Transport and, notably, the only woman to serve as First Secretary of State.
As transport minister she led concrete road safety reforms — introducing permanent speed limits, breath-testing for drivers and mandatory seat belts — and later, as Secretary of State for Employment, she championed controversial changes to trade union regulation. She played a prominent role in the fight for equal pay, supporting the Ford machinists and helping secure passage of the Equal Pay Act.
In the 1974–76 government she headed the Department of Health and Social Security, where she promoted Carer’s Allowance and advances in child social protection. After leaving the House of Commons she represented the United Kingdom in the European Parliament (1979–1989) and sat in the House of Lords. Her legacy is that of a reforming, combative politician central to the modernization of British labour and social policy.
