Famous birth charts · Aga Khan IV
Aga Khan IV’s chart in full
Born December 13, 1936, Genthod, Switzerland. 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
21°17′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
15°30′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
4°54′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
2°12′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
16°55′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
2°30′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
16°18′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
6°02′
Neptune in Virgo
18°57′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
28°22′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
24°17′
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°31′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
7°57′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his discipline (Saturn in Pisces) and his imagination (Neptune in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Sagittarius) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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.
Mars quincunx Saturn almost exact at 0.6°
When to push and when to wait took constant judging, and he learned timing the hard way.
The Moon square Saturn almost exact at 0.8°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
Mercury trine Uranus close at 1.1°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
The Sun square Neptune close at 2.3°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter close at 2.4°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 2.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
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The Sun conjunction North Node close at 3.0°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
Jupiter trine Uranus wide at 3.5°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Venus opposition Pluto wide at 3.8°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
Venus square Uranus wide at 3.8°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 4.4°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 5.0°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
Neptune square North Node wide at 5.3°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
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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