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Booker T. Washington’s birth chart

EducatorBorn April 5, 1856, Hale's Ford, Virginia, United StatesDied November 14, 1915

Direct, brave and impatient with waiting.

  • SunAriesThe Pioneer
  • MoonAriesor Taurus
  • VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Aries, the Pioneer

    Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At his best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet. He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.

    The Sun opposition Mars (wide at 4.3°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Aries or Taurus, the Quick Flame

    Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.

    For a birth after 11:54 p.m., his Moon was in Taurus.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart

    Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond. He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.

    Venus sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.6°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Pisces, the Poet

    Thinks in pictures and feelings. Understands people without needing many words. He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.

    Mercury square Saturn (close at 1.6°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Libra, the Negotiator

    Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair.

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his mind, his heart, his optimism and his imagination (Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Pisces, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, water signs hold the most planets: feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Booker T. Washington was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, sixteen days after the March equinox.

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Booker T. Washington was born, as it was on 80 days of 1856. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Booker T. Washington, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1914, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1885. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Aries

You and Booker T. Washington

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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.

Booker T. Washington’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Booker T. Washington’s zodiac sign?

Aries. Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At his best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet.

What is Booker T. Washington’s Moon sign?

Aries or Taurus. The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 11:54 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.

What is Booker T. Washington’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 April 5, 1856. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Booker T. Washington’s Venus sign?

Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.

How does your chart compare with Booker T. Washington’s?

Set your chart beside Booker T. Washington’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 Booker T. Washington’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston, 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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