What’s the Meaning of This Stellium? by Nota
Your Basic Astrology Questions Asnwered
Nota, I recently discovered that I have the sun in Virgo as well as three other planets in Virgo – Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Would those be considered a stellium? If so, what does that mean for me? Thanks, -Mandy
Great question Mandy. The answer is Yes, you DO have a formation known as a stellium. Â A stellium is what we call it when a person has three or more planets in the same sign. Some of the more finicky astrologers only consider it a stellium if the planets are conjunct (that’s within 10 degrees from each other.) In general though, it is accepted as a stellium as long as they are all in the same sign.
Note: In astrology the Sun and the Moon are also considered “planets.” So include these when counting. So, in your case Mandy, you can say you have a four planet stellium in Virgo. Stelliums that involve the Sun belong to people who are shining examples of their sign. The singer/songwriter Pink has a stellium in Virgo that involves her sun. This comes out in her work with PETA and her Vegan lifestyle.
What this means for any stellium is that you have a heavy concentration of that sign’s energy in your chart. This spells focus. People with stelliums are less likely to suffer from attention deficit unless its in Gemini, haha just kidding Geminis, hey look over there —>
There is a tendency to have “a thing.” As in to be taken up with a single subject for a period of time. They become engrossed in that subject and make it the theme of thier life, for a while. Stellium people can outline definite chapters in their life according to their various phases. Picasso had a stellium in Taurus opposite his Scorpio sun. Blue period, anyone?
Because the planets are bundled together so closely transits can hit hard. They knock you in the whole stellium like pins in a cosmic bowling alley. STRIKE! Look at the order of the planets in your stellium and you may notice that pattern play out in your life’s episodes over and over again. Example: Mercury, Saturn and Venus – First you’re interest is piqued, then you are cautious, finally you fall in love.
Look at the house or houses the stellium falls across in your chart to determine what area you tend to direct your natural focus.
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35 Responses to “What’s the Meaning of This Stellium? by Nota”
I have two stelliums one in Virgo and one in Scorpio so my Libran Sun gets a little left out.
Talk about getting struck out. I have sun, mercury neptune mars in Sag.
sun and mercury are conjunct at 28 sag technically conjunct venus at 8 cappy. So pluto steam rolled over all my sag and is heading for venus.
I also have moon tightly conjunct jup in pisces both conjunct two asteroids. when pluto was striking me out in sag he was also striking me out in Pisces too SQUARE…oh sorry STRIKE!
5th House Taurus Stellium. T-square with 8th House Saturn, 11th House Uranus.
Basically I’m the most stubborn fucker you’ve ever met–until I change my mind on a dime (Uranus!) and then you start telling me I’m crazy because I’m not who you thought I was. (Where am I?)
ThankYou Nota Great Post !!!
Blessings !!!
Virgo too in the 8th/9th. From 0 deg to 26 deg though. Jupiter Venus Pluto Uranus. I guess that progression goes from “Weee to WTF” lol.
Astute about the definite chapters nota.
You have a libra sun sandwich, patrice. 
Two stelliums: three planets in Virgo, four in Gemini, most involved in square aspects. I’m ruled by Mercury! And yes, my life defnitely consists of “a thing” and my life can be separated into four distinct chapters. Career, friends/relationships, lifestyle, homes–none carried over from one chapter to another. When it’s over, it’s over. I’m not too crazy about my mutable-heavy chart.
Assuming my rising is Cancer (on balance now seems most likely) I have my Cap stellium of Mercury in the 6th and Sun & Venus in the 7th. Emotional matters and relationships have always been most important to me, easily trumping the parlous state of my finances etc
I’m very given to periods of obsession over a project, person etc. I’ve often spent a few months or even years delving very deeply into something only to drop it completely afterwards… and yes my lofe does fall into distinct chapters, some bearing little or no relationship to any other
The Cap stellium is quite heavily aspected:
Sun Trine Moon
Sun Conjunction Venus
Sun Opposition Mars
Sun Square Jupiter
Sun Opposition Saturn
Moon Trine Venus
Mercury Square Neptune
Mercury Opposition Ascendant
Venus Opposition Saturn
Venus Quincunx Uranus
Sun, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter in Scorpio.
All but Mercury in the 12th.
I feel like my Gemini Moon (in the 7th) totally fucks it all up.
I have a giant stellium, and the only thing I ever knew about that was…well not very much at all! This is such a great post!
Thank you nota!
The Man in my life (though probably not for much longer) has a four-planet stellium in Leo:
Sun, very conjunct Uranus (less than 2 degrees separate), also conjunct Mercury, all those prob in the 12th house, and he also has Pluto, probably in the first house.
No wonder he’s difficult to understand and pretty well unmanageable
Thanks for your comments everyone. Chrispy, yours made me lol. This is a topic that I have a little bit of experience with.
Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto in Libra.
Moon, Mercury, Venus, Uranus in Scorp.
Interesting ! Virgo stellium – Uranus, Pluto, Mars, in that order – yes a bit of a dynamo.
I just had an identity crisis Nota….LOL I’ve been under the impression for years that 3 planets in the same house constitutes a stellium. Damn. Virgo Sun-Mars, Leo Mercury all in the 12th. Double-damn or perhaps it’s a good thing?
Great post and wow, all that Scorpio in your chart definitely shows in your picture!
JinJan,
It’s similar. I would describe that as having a “packed house.” A stellium really display a prominent vibe of whatever sign its in. A packed house will have some of the focus but less of the obvious energy of the stellium.
If Chiron counts then I’ve got one in Pisces: Chiron/Mars/Mercury… If I ‘feel’ wounded, I react, then think about it all after the tide finally goes out.
I have a libra stellium in 6th house with Merc, Saturn, Pluto…the sign really doesn’t show in my personality, it seems the planets and house are the most important elements of my stellium. The way I communicate in person really does show the blending of Saturn and Pluto in there, and that’s not Libran!
Nota – thank you for the explanation!
I love the pic of Brando, brilliant.
@Jilly sometimes the sandwich seems like is mostly bun with little meat:)
Stellium in Sagittarius: Sun, Neptune, Venus and Mercury. In the 6th house. Work, work, work.
Thank you Nota!Love your posts!
I have got a stellium in Libra in the 10th(Sun at 5,Pluto at 8 degrees conjunct my Midheaven at 3 plus Mercury at 24 conj. Uranus in Scorp at 1°).
So right now I have Saturn rolling right over me and Pluto squaring sharply..Your bowling metaphor is really brilliant.I am heading for a new career direction,facing deep transformational stuff.Oh, these days everything is pretty intense.My cancer moon in the 8th is shaking,too 
“The only way out is through..” My sag rising gives me loads of hope and strength to make sense of this all
Great post!!!
I have a Stellium in Sagittarius. Saturn, Mercury, MC, Uranus, Sun (in that order) 
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Stellium in Virgo – Mars 24, Sun 28, Mercury 29 with a 28 degree ascendant. Pluto in Libra at 1 so how does that figure?
Nota, thanks for emphasizing that transits hit hard. The pluto square was brutal enough (wrecking ball), but Saturn going through these was like a steamroller. Then when you add the Uranus opposition…is that like a cluster bomb? Ah well. It’s not all bad. The light of the end of the tunnel has been visible for a few months now.
My Virgo stellium: Saturn (at 29th degree), Venus, Moon, Mercury, plus South node, makes me very judgmental and hypercritical, which I hate, since it’s always at odds with my bright magnanimous Leo moon. I’ve decided to become more Pisces, which is where my North Node resides.
Virgo stellium with Mercury, Venus and Pluto in the first house (Merc rules my 2nd house Virgo Sun). But my Leo Uranus+Moon on my Ascendant grabs all the initial attention, so the deeper Virgo stuff may go unnoticed at first. I think it’s confused some people!
I have a leo stellium in the 10th which to me explains why i need to have a career that is based on something I am gifted at and passionate about because my career is also a lifestyle choice.
@nota, with those stellium you have to naturally be a gifted healer!
I have 6 planets all in Virgo (Sun, Mercury, Jupiter,Uranus, Venus,Pluto) all in the 12th house.
Can anyone offer any input.
Thank You!
According to Nota’s definition, I have a Scorpio stellium in my 5th house,it includes Uranus,Sun,Mars,Mercury or if you only count the planet’s that are conjunct in the same sign then it would be only Sun-Mars-Mercury conjunct one another in the same sign because Uranus isn’t conjunct my Sun, it’s just in the same house and sign. Either way sun-mars-mercury are all opposite jupiter Rx in Taurus which I’ve been told is also significant.
I tend to get hyperfocused and extremely enthusiastic about things. I’m also prone to sudden changes of mindset. It totally perplexes and frustrates people.(I don’t blame them) I’m not sure where that comes from though. It’s kind of weird for a predominantly fixed chart.
Do you think that Uranus would have that much of an impact on my stellium even though it’s not conjunct any of the planets in it?
Thank you for this post Nota.
It was really informative.
Nota:
Thank you for an interesting post. I have quite a large and tight stellium in Virgo:
Moon 01Vir56’36′
Venus 02Vir51’34″
Sun 10Vir38’8″
Merc 19Vir56’25″
Pluto 20Vir4’45″ (*21Sco50’28)
Uran 23Vir54’22″(*25Mar58’20)
However, in most meet-and-greet situations, my Jupiter conjunct ascendant 23Leo is more apparent.
Hi, I have a question; I have a stellium – pluto, mars, uranus (tight) in virgo conjunct my midheaven. Im attracted to a man who also a stellium in venus, pluto, mercury, jupiter in virgo conjunct my stellium. Im VERY attracted to him, not sure how he feels, but something seems to be there – could be my imagination. Its very tricky – we are both in other relationships. But this doesn’t seem to be going away. Do I want it to? Im not sure, but its consuming. Any thoughts/advice appreciated? the fact its conjunct my midheaven is also very relevant to the situation.
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Interesting, just yesterday I googled stellium. What I found out there focused on the 10 degree of separation thing, so I was figuring that my sun, pluto, uranus pile up in leo (29,28,4) did not apply, but glad to hear differently. Unfortunately, I was adopted, and don’t know about houses, but what you said about being engrossed in a subject, and making that your “thing” really hit home. I’ve done that over the years with mythology, spirituality, gnosis, history.
Yes, transits hit hard!