Stelliums in Astrology: Interpreting Planetary Clusters

In episode 311 astrologers Chris Brennan and Patrick Watson discuss the concept of stelliums in astrology, and what it means to have 3 or 4 or more planets in the same sign or house in your birth chart. In the first part of the show we try to address some debates and questions about stelliums, such as how many planets need to be involved in order for you to have a stellium, what planets or points should be considered when calculating a stellium, and what is the plural form of the word stellium? After that we start looking at a bunch of example charts, in order to demonstrate what it looks like in real life when a person has a stellium of planets in a specific sign of the zodiac or in one of the twelve houses. Later we also briefly touch on the concept of stelliums in mundane astrology, such as the Capricorn stellium that happened in 2020, or other stelliums that have coincided with specific events in the past. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below, although it is probably best to watch the video version if you can, since we go through a lot of chart examples. Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:55 Definition of stellium 00:03:49 Debate about 3 vs. 4 planet stelliums 00:06:26 Co-presence vs. degree-based 00:10:06 March 2020 Capricorn stellium 00:14:40 Transits, profections, and stelliums 00:17:14 Second house stellium story 00:19:10 Nodes and outer planets included in stellium? 00:24:11 Ascendant and midheaven included in stellium? 00:25:12 The plural form of stellium 00:28:24 Painting analogy for stelliums 00:31:17 Bill Clinton – 1st house stellium 00:33:50 Texts with delineations of planetary combinations 00:34:50 History of the word stellium 00:39:37 Judy Blume – 5th house stellium 00:41:43 How to weight the planets in a stellium 00:49:02 1962 Aquarius stellium 00:49:29 Garth Brooks’ chart 00:50:18 Edde Izzard- 5th house stellium 00:54:12 Thomas Beatie – 5th house stellium 00:57:33 Chris’ dad – 5th house stellium 01:02:29 The beauty of fate in astrology 01:03:23 Zack Snyder – 7th house stellium 01:07:07 Carl Sagan – 7th house stellium 01:09:31 Kurt Cobain – 7th house stellium 01:13:26 Beyonce – Libra stellium 01:19:03 Katy Perry – 1st house stellium 01:24:18 George Lucas – 1st house stellium 01:27:12 Richard Tarnas – 9th house stellium 01:28:29 Christopher Revve – 3rd house stellium 01:30:20 Meghan Markle – 4th house stellium 01:33:50 Mac Miller – 12th house stellium 01:38:39 T.S. Eliot – 1st house stellium 01:39:03 James Earl Jones – 1st house stellium 01:39:54 Lion King or Aladdin? 01:41:29 Michael Bloomberg – 8th house stellium 01:42:15 Paul McCartney – 10th house stellium 01:44:19 Harrison Ford – 10th house stellium 01:45:00 Bruce Lee – 12th house stellium 01:45:45 Joe Biden – 12th house stellium 01:48:20 Jimi Hendrix – 1st house stellium 01:50:25 Edward Snowden – 1st house stellium 01:50:55 Serena Williams – 6th house stellium 01:51:10 Danielle Collins – 6th house stellium 01:51:33 Van Jones – 6th house stelllium 01:54:25 Stellium summary 01:56:11 Stellium planets as house rulers 01:57:49 Mundane examples of stelliums 02:06:15 Patrick’s 4th house stellium 02:11:01 Closing remarks 02:11:40 Chris and Patrick’s future rectification course 02:12:00 Patrick’s YouTube channel and website Watch the Video Version of This Episode on Stelliums