Famous birth charts · Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss’ chart in full
Born April 30, 1777, Brunswick, Germany. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
10°21′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
7°12′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
14°17′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
17°27′
Mars in Libraretrograde
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
0°42′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
18°56′
Saturn in Libraretrograde
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
29°18′
Uranus in Gemini
9°16′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
24°38′
Pluto in Aquarius
0°10′
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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
20°40′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
22°58′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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 trine Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Saturn square Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Jupiter conjunction North Node close at 1.7°
Generosity was part of his path: teaching, travel and big ideas moved him forward.
The Moon trine Uranus close at 2.1°
His feelings liked freedom: he needed space in close ties and gave it back just as easily.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.9°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Neptune sextile North Node wide at 4.0°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
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Neptune trine Pluto wide at 5.5°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars conjunction Neptune wide at 6.1°
Action guided by imagination: he moved on instinct and feeling, and he gave his all to a vision.
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
No fire at all, so the bold first move came by choice rather than by instinct.
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