Famous birth charts · Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford’s chart in full
Born August 30, 1871, Spring Grove, New Zealand. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
6°10′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 6:52 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
3°00′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
1°37′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
10°03′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
10°57′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
21°18′
Saturn in Capricornretrograde
The Master Builder. Built to last.
3°20′
Uranus in Cancer
29°15′
Neptune in Ariesretrograde
23°48′
Pluto in Taurusretrograde
19°52′
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.
28°30′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
10°30′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
21°16′
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 sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Mercury square Saturn close at 1.7°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 2.4°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Jupiter square Neptune close at 2.5°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Sun trine Saturn close at 2.8°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Mercury square North Node wide at 3.1°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
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The Sun opposition the Moon wide at 3.2°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Neptune sextile North Node wide at 4.7°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 4.8°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Saturn opposition North Node wide at 4.8°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 5.5°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Venus square Saturn wide at 6.7°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of 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.
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