Famous birth charts · Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington’s chart in full
Born April 5, 1856, Hale's Ford, Virginia, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
16°06′
Moon in Aries
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.
22°35′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
26°18′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
18°19′
Mars in Libraretrograde
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
11°47′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
22°48′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
24°41′
Uranus in Taurus
18°52′
Neptune in Pisces
18°55′
Pluto in Taurus
3°44′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
24°24′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
4°57′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
24°46′
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 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.
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.
Uranus sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Saturn sextile North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
Venus sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Venus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Mercury square Saturn close at 1.6°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
The Moon conjunction North Node close at 1.8°
His instincts led the way: following his feelings was how he found his direction.
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Jupiter square Saturn close at 1.9°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.5°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune wide at 3.9°
A dreamer’s faith: he believed in something larger, and his compassion and his hopes went together.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 3.9°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
The Sun opposition Mars wide at 4.3°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Venus conjunction Jupiter wide at 4.5°
A generous heart: love and good company came to him easily, and he shared both.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 5.8°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Venus square Saturn wide at 6.4°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 8.3°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
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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