Barry Goldwater’s birth chart
PoliticianBorn January 2, 1909, Phoenix, Arizona, United StatesDied May 29, 1998
Serious, capable and ambitious.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonTaurusor Gemini
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun trine Jupiter (close at 2.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus or Gemini, the Hearth
Even-tempered and hard to unsettle. Needs calm, touch and things that stay the same. Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
The Moon opposition Mars (close at 1.6°) · For a birth after 5:54 p.m., his Moon was in Gemini.
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans. He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Venus square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner
Practical, measured and dryly funny. Trusts experience over theory and gets to the point. He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mercury conjunction Uranus (almost exact at 0.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Determined, focused and private. Plans quietly and never forgets a goal. Force and restraint kept trading places, and he learned when to let go.
Mars quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.6°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Barry Goldwater was born four days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 85% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, eleven days after the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Barry Goldwater, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1996 and 1997, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1967. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and Barry Goldwater
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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.
Barry Goldwater’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Capricorn
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Barry Goldwater’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Barry Goldwater was born on January 2, 1909, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age.
What is Barry Goldwater’s Moon sign?
Taurus or Gemini. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 5:54 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is Barry Goldwater’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 January 2, 1909. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Barry Goldwater’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans.
How does your chart compare with Barry Goldwater’s?
Set your chart beside Barry Goldwater’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 Barry Goldwater’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Trikosko, Marion S., photographer, 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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