Benjamin Franklin’s birth chart
PolymathBorn January 17, 1706, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesDied April 17, 1790
Serious, capable and ambitious.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonPiscesor Aquarius
- VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner
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. 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 opposition Jupiter (close at 2.9°)
What he needed
Moon in Pisces or Aquarius, the Tide
Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company.
For a birth before 1:33 a.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.
How he loved
Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner
Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting. Affection and independence needed constant trading off, and he kept renegotiating the terms of his relationships.
Venus quincunx Uranus (close at 1.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Mercury square Saturn (almost exact at 0.6°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Goes after big goals with enthusiasm and a strong sense of right. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.1°)
The shape of his chart
The weight of his chart sits in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Benjamin Franklin was born three days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 11% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twenty-six days after the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Benjamin Franklin was born, as it was on 67 days of 1706. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Benjamin Franklin, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1764, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1734 and 1735. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and Benjamin Franklin
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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.
Benjamin Franklin’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Benjamin Franklin’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, 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 Benjamin Franklin’s Moon sign?
Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 1:33 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
What is Benjamin Franklin’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 17, 1706. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Benjamin Franklin’s Venus sign?
Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting.
How does your chart compare with Benjamin Franklin’s?
Set your chart beside Benjamin Franklin’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 Benjamin Franklin’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 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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