Famous birth charts · Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle’s chart in full
Born November 22, 1890, Lille, France. 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 Sagittarius
The Sun moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 7:59 a.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
0°10′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
9°00′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
3°11′
Venus in Sagittariusretrograde
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
18°06′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
11°43′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
6°57′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
16°04′
Uranus in Libra
29°05′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
5°33′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
7°01′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
14°45′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
4°25′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
23°43′
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.
Jupiter trine Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Saturn square North Node close at 1.3°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 1.4°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Neptune conjunction Pluto close at 1.5°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Venus square Saturn close at 2.0°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 2.4°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
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The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 3.0°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Mars trine North Node close at 3.0°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Venus opposition North Node wide at 3.4°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Mercury sextile Jupiter wide at 3.8°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury opposition Pluto wide at 3.8°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 4.7°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars conjunction Jupiter wide at 4.8°
Enthusiasm at full speed: he charged at life with confidence, and setbacks slowed him only briefly.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 5.4°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Mars trine Neptune wide at 6.2°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 6.8°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Pluto conjunction North Node wide at 7.7°
A path of transformation: his direction in life asked him to change himself completely, more than once.
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 water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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