Franklin Pierce’s birth chart
PresidentBorn November 23, 1804, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United StatesDied October 8, 1869
Curious, honest and always after the next horizon: a trip, a big idea, a better answer.
- SunSagittariusThe Explorer
- MoonLeoor Virgo
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer
Curious, honest and always after the next horizon: a trip, a big idea, a better answer. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 1.9°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo or Virgo, the Warm Heart
Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return. His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
The Moon square Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°) · For a birth after 8:01 p.m., his Moon was in Virgo.
How he loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals. Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Venus conjunction Uranus (almost exact at 0.6°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio or Sagittarius, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden. A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
Mercury conjunction Neptune (wide at 3.4°) · For a birth after 10:16 p.m., his Mercury was in Sagittarius.
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Confident, dramatic and courageous. Puts heart into every effort and likes to lead from the front. His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Mars sextile Saturn (close at 2.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his heart, his discipline and his independence (Venus, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Franklin Pierce was born six days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 55% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-eight days before the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Franklin Pierce, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1863 and 1864, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1834. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Sagittarius
You and Franklin Pierce
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Franklin Pierce’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Sagittarius
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What is Franklin Pierce’s zodiac sign?
Sagittarius. Franklin Pierce was born on November 23, 1804, with the Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer. Curious, honest and always after the next horizon: a trip, a big idea, a better answer.
What is Franklin Pierce’s Moon sign?
Leo or Virgo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 8:01 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
What is Franklin Pierce’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on November 23, 1804. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Franklin Pierce’s Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals.
How does your chart compare with Franklin Pierce’s?
Set your chart beside Franklin Pierce’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Franklin Pierce’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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