Famous birth charts · David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion’s chart in full
Born October 16, 1886, Płońsk, Poland. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
23°00′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 9:35 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
1°18′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
5°16′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
11°02′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
7°44′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
17°48′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
22°13′
Uranus in Libra
9°03′
Neptune in Taurusretrograde
27°18′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
3°46′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
6°10′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
23°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
6°54′
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 identity, his heart, his optimism and his independence (the Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus) gather in Libra, 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.
The Sun square Saturn almost exact at 0.8°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
Mercury sextile North Node almost exact at 0.9°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 1.3°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mercury quincunx Pluto close at 1.5°
What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.
Mars square North Node close at 1.6°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Venus conjunction Uranus close at 2.0°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
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Pluto square North Node close at 2.4°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
The Moon conjunction Pluto close at 2.5°
Intense, private feelings: he kept an inner life few people saw, and he guarded it well.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 3.3°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Mars opposition Pluto wide at 4.0°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
The Sun quincunx Neptune wide at 4.3°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 4.4°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 5.2°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 5.3°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 6.5°
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 conjunction Jupiter wide at 6.8°
A generous heart: love and good company came to him easily, and he shared both.
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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