Famous birth charts · Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s chart in full
Born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States. 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
12°15′
Moon in Taurus
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.
29°26′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
1°43′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
1°26′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
22°23′
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Jupiter in Aquariusretrograde
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
0°54′
Saturn in Capricornretrograde
The Master Builder. Built to last.
25°21′
Uranus in Leo
25°15′
Neptune in Scorpio
8°36′
Pluto in Virgo
6°58′
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.
27°19′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
5°20′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
20°33′
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 independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first.
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.
Saturn quincunx Uranus almost exact at 0.1°
When to keep the rules and when to break them takes constant deciding.
Venus quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.5°
His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.
Mercury opposition Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
The Moon trine Jupiter close at 1.5°
Good-hearted and generous: he feels looked after by life, and he passes that on.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn quincunx North Node close at 2.0°
Responsibility and growth need steady balancing, and he learns which duties to keep.
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Uranus conjunction North Node close at 2.1°
An unusual path: his direction in life comes through sudden turns and fresh starts.
The Moon square North Node close at 2.1°
Home comforts and the way forward ask for different things, and growing means leaving some familiar things behind.
Mars trine Saturn close at 3.0°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 3.6°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
Venus sextile North Node wide at 4.1°
Love and friendship move him forward: the people he cares for help him find his way.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn wide at 5.5°
Optimism with a plan: his hopes are practical, and he builds them slowly into something real.
Mercury opposition Saturn wide at 6.4°
He doubts his own ideas before anyone else can, and so he checks every one twice.
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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