Famous birth charts · Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel’s chart in full
Born October 21, 1833, Jakob and Johannes parish, Sweden. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
27°50′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
8°32′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
8°39′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
25°15′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
1°23′
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Jupiter in Taurusretrograde
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
0°55′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
4°30′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
18°39′
Neptune in Capricorn
26°40′
Pluto in Ariesretrograde
11°26′
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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
8°59′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
25°23′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
10°48′
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 identity and his drive (the Sun in Libra and Mars in Scorpio) and his optimism (Jupiter in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune in Capricorn) 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.
The Moon square Mercury almost exact at 0.1°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Mercury trine North Node almost exact at 0.3°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Mars opposition Jupiter almost exact at 0.5°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun square Neptune close at 1.2°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Venus trine Neptune close at 1.4°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Pluto square North Node close at 2.5°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
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The Sun opposition Jupiter wide at 3.1°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 3.6°
Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 4.3°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Saturn square North Node wide at 4.5°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Mars square Neptune wide at 4.7°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Saturn opposition Pluto wide at 6.9°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 7.3°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
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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