Famous birth charts · Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton’s chart in full
Born January 11, 1757, Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
21°46′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 10:56 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
0°34′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
25°13′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
15°32′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
14°42′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
14°45′
Saturn in Aquarius
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
10°23′
Uranus in Pisces
16°18′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
12°20′
Pluto in Sagittarius
19°31′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
22°51′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
7°09′
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 and his drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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 Aquarius) and his imagination (Neptune in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Scorpio) 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 sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Venus square Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
The Sun quincunx North Node close at 1.1°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
Jupiter trine Uranus close at 1.6°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 1.6°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 1.9°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
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Mars quincunx Neptune close at 2.4°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Jupiter square Neptune close at 2.4°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Venus trine Neptune wide at 3.2°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Uranus square Pluto wide at 3.2°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 3.3°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.5°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Venus conjunction Pluto wide at 4.0°
A deep, private heart: he drew people in and kept some feelings locked away.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 4.4°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 5.5°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 7.1°
Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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