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Adam Smith’s birth chart

Moral philosopherBorn June 16, 1723, Kirkcaldy, United KingdomDied July 17, 1790

Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.

  • SunGeminiThe Messenger
  • MoonScorpioor Sagittarius
  • VenusTaurusThe Keeper

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Gemini, the Messenger

    Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.

    The Sun trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.7°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius, the Vault

    Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all. His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.

    The Moon opposition Neptune (exact at 0.0°) · For a birth after 3:41 p.m., his Moon was in Sagittarius.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Taurus, the Keeper

    Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real. A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.

    Mercury sextile Venus (almost exact at 0.6°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

    Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines. A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.

    Mercury sextile Pluto (wide at 4.2°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer

    Bold, fast and ready for a challenge. Charges at a goal and loves the thrill of starting. Force and restraint kept trading places, and he learned when to let go.

    Mars quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    Pluto is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his intensity touched everything else in it. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Adam Smith was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 95% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, five days before the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Adam Smith, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1782, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1752. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Gemini

You and Adam Smith

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The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Adam Smith’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Adam Smith’s zodiac sign?

Gemini. Adam Smith was born on June 16, 1723, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it.

What is Adam Smith’s Moon sign?

Scorpio or Sagittarius. The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 3:41 p.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.

What is Adam Smith’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 June 16, 1723. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Adam Smith’s Venus sign?

Taurus, the Keeper. Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real.

How does your chart compare with Adam Smith’s?

Set your chart beside Adam Smith’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Adam Smith’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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