Birth Chart
Bell Hooks
Gloria Jean Watkins
Sun Libra
Moon Sagittarius
Ascendant Gemini
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 02°58' - in house 5
↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 23°39' - in house 7
↣ Mercury in Libra - 04°13' - in house 5
↣ Venus in Libra - 28°01' - in house 6
↣ Mars in Sagittarius - 18°49' - in house 7
↣ Jupiter in Taurus - 20°32' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Libra - 16°06' - in house 5
↣ Uranus in Cancer - 18°10' - in house 2/3
↣ Neptune in Libra - 20°46' - in house 5/6
↣ Pluto in Leo - 22°28' - in house 4
↣ North Node in Aquarius - 20°39' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 10°55' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aquarius - 19°12' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 24°01'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 5
↣ Moon in house 7
↣ Mercury in house 5
↣ Venus in house 6
↣ Mars in house 7
↣ Jupiter in house 12
↣ Saturn in house 5
↣ Uranus in house 2/3
↣ Neptune in house 5/6
↣ Pluto in house 4
↣ North Node in house 10
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (1°15' separating) parallel
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Moon and Venus sextile (4°23' applying)
↣ Moon and Mars conjunction (4°50' separating)
↣ Moon and Neptune sextile (2°53' separating)
↣ Moon and Pluto trine (1°11' separating)
↣ Moon and North Node sextile (3°00' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven sextile (4°27' applying)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Venus and Neptune conjunction (7°16' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto sextile (5°34' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn sextile (2°43' separating)
↣ Mars and Neptune sextile (1°56' applying)
↣ Mars and Pluto trine (3°38' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node sextile (1°50' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant opposition (7°53' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven sextile (0°23' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus sextile (2°22' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto square (1°55' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node square (0°06' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (3°28' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven square (1°20' applying)
↣ Saturn and Uranus square (2°04' applying)
↣ Saturn and Neptune conjunction (4°39' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node trine (4°33' applying)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant trine (5°11' applying)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven trine (3°06' separating)
↣ Uranus and Neptune square (2°35' separating)
↣ Uranus and Pluto parallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (5°50' separating)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant parallel
↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (1°42' applying)
↣ Neptune and North Node trine (0°07' separating)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven trine (1°33' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node opposition (1°49' separating)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°33' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant parallel
↣ Pluto and Midheaven opposition (3°15' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°22' separating)
↣ North Node and Midheaven conjunction (1°27' applying) parallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Gloria Jean Watkins
- Chart date
- 25/09/1952
- Chart time
- 20:57
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Hopkinsville (KY), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 36°52' North · 87°29' West
- Time zone
- 06:00 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Gloria Jean Watkins, known by the pen name bell hooks, was an American writer, teacher, and feminist theorist whose work shaped studies of race, gender, and class. The author of more than thirty books and numerous essays, she became influential for articulating the intersections of racism, capitalism, and patriarchy, a critique she brought into dialogue with critical pedagogy and post‑modern approaches.
Her first widely influential book, Ain't I a Woman?, established her voice within feminism by exposing racism within the white feminist movement and centering the experiences of Black women. Over her career she published works spanning cultural criticism, masculinities, pedagogy, and memoir, and also contributed essays on film and visual culture.
A faculty member at institutions including Stanford, Yale, and Berea College — where she founded the bell hooks Institute in 2014 — she maintained a strong public presence through lectures, films, and debates. Her legacy is recognized both in academia and social movements for advancing a critical perspective on interconnected oppressions and for advocating emancipatory educational practices.
