Famous birth charts · David Livingstone
David Livingstone’s chart in full
Born March 19, 1813, Blantyre, 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
28°31′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 8:03 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
25°59′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
9°57′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
11°10′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
1°24′
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Jupiter in Cancerretrograde
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
29°05′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
18°03′
Uranus in Scorpioretrograde
27°50′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
15°34′
Pluto in Pisces
19°14′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
19°04′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
2°43′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
13°01′
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 and his intensity (the Sun, Venus and Pluto) gather in Pisces, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his identity, his optimism and his independence (the Sun in Pisces, Jupiter in Cancer and Uranus in Scorpio) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
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.
Pluto quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.2°
He kept giving up a little control to keep growing.
The Sun trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.6°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun trine Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Saturn quincunx North Node close at 1.0°
Responsibility and growth needed steady balancing, and he learned which duties to keep.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 1.2°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Jupiter trine Uranus close at 1.2°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
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Mars quincunx Jupiter close at 2.3°
Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
The Sun square Mars close at 2.9°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Neptune trine North Node wide at 3.5°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Venus square Neptune wide at 4.4°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 9.3°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
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.
You and David Livingstone
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