Aaron Swartz’s birth chart
Computer programmerBorn November 8, 1986, Highland Park, Illinois, United StatesDied January 11, 2013
Private and powerful.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
The Sun square the Moon (close at 1.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
How he loved
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 2.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
Searching and sharp. Asks the question nobody else will and keeps the answers close.
What drove him
Mars in Aquarius, the Rebel
Driven by ideas and fairness. Fights for change and does things differently. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars sextile Uranus (close at 2.0°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his heart and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Pluto) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, water signs hold the most planets: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Aaron Swartz was born six days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 49% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, 43 days before the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Aaron Swartz was born, as it was on 67 days of 1986. How often the famous were
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Aaron Swartz was born, as it was on 41 days of 1986. How often the famous were
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Signs that click with Scorpio
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Aaron Swartz’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Aaron Swartz was born on November 8, 1986, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.
What is Aaron Swartz’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
What is Aaron Swartz’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on November 8, 1986. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Aaron Swartz’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end.
How does your chart compare with Aaron Swartz’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Aaron Swartz’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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