Famous birth charts · Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater’s chart in full
Born January 2, 1909, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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.
11°47′
Moon in Taurus
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.
26°45′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
17°28′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
13°36′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
25°07′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
14°30′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
4°01′
Uranus in Capricorn
16°42′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
15°50′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
24°30′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
25°56′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
20°30′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
10°43′
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 Capricorn, and that part of life drew 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.
Mars quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
Force and restraint kept trading places, and he learned when to let go.
Mercury conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mars quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.8°
He kept adjusting how hard he pushed to fit where his life was going.
Uranus opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Venus square Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Jupiter sextile Neptune close at 1.3°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
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Pluto conjunction North Node close at 1.4°
A path of transformation: his direction in life asked him to change himself completely, more than once.
The Moon opposition Mars close at 1.6°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 1.6°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Jupiter trine Uranus close at 2.2°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Venus quincunx Neptune close at 2.2°
What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
The Sun trine Jupiter close at 2.7°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
Mercury trine Jupiter close at 3.0°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 4.0°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 4.9°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom were the same thing, and he surprised people, himself included.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 5.7°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 7.8°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
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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