Famous birth charts · Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz’s chart in full
Born November 8, 1986, Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
16°02′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
14°20′
Mercury in Scorpioretrograde
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
25°56′
Venus in Scorpioretrograde
The Devotee. All or nothing.
10°42′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
18°31′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
12°58′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
9°11′
Uranus in Sagittarius
20°28′
Neptune in Capricorn
3°50′
Pluto in Scorpio
7°39′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
20°39′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
20°24′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
28°21′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
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.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Uranus trine North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
The Sun square the Moon close at 1.7°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 2.0°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars sextile North Node close at 2.1°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Venus trine Jupiter close at 2.3°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
The Sun square Mars close at 2.5°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
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Venus conjunction Pluto wide at 3.1°
A deep, private heart: he drew people in and kept some feelings locked away.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 3.1°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 3.8°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter trine Pluto wide at 5.3°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 5.3°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 8.4°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
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