Famous birth charts · Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin’s chart in full
Born February 12, 1809, The Mount, United Kingdom. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
23°26′
Moon in Capricorn
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 5:45 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
26°39′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
10°16′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
7°26′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
25°30′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
22°05′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
3°09′
Uranus in Scorpio
9°40′
Neptune in Sagittarius
6°41′
Pluto in Pisces
13°37′
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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
6°10′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
11°44′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
26°18′
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 optimism and his intensity (Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto) 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.
Mercury trine Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Venus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
The Moon square Mars close at 1.1°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Venus quincunx North Node close at 1.3°
He kept adjusting what he wanted from people to fit the life he was growing into.
The Sun trine Mars close at 2.1°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Venus quincunx Uranus close at 2.2°
Affection and independence needed constant trading off, and he kept renegotiating the terms of his relationships.
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Mercury conjunction Pluto wide at 3.4°
He thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and he remembered everything.
Uranus conjunction North Node wide at 3.5°
An unusual path: his direction in life came through sudden turns and fresh starts.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 3.5°
He took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and his ideals had to prove themselves.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 3.6°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 3.9°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 4.1°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Venus trine Saturn wide at 4.3°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
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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