Barack Obama’s birth chart
Born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Warm, generous and made to be seen.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonTaurusor Gemini
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too. More sensitive to criticism than it looks. The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun square Neptune (wide at 3.6°)
What he needs
Moon in Taurus or Gemini, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year. Good-hearted and generous: he feels looked after by life, and he passes that on.
The Moon trine Jupiter (close at 1.5°) · For a birth after 1:04 p.m., his Moon was in Gemini.
How he loves
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Shows love by looking after people. Needs a partner who feels like a safe harbour. His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.
Venus quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
Mercury opposition Jupiter (almost exact at 0.8°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mars trine Saturn (close at 3.0°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Barack Obama was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 35% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 44 days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Barack Obama, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2020, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1990. The third begins in 2049. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Barack Obama
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
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Questions about his chart
What is Barack Obama’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too.
What is Barack Obama’s Moon sign?
Taurus or Gemini. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 1:04 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is Barack Obama’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 August 4, 1961. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Barack Obama’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Shows love by looking after people. Needs a partner who feels like a safe harbour.
How does your chart compare with Barack Obama’s?
Set your chart beside Barack Obama’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 Barack Obama’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, 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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