Famous birth charts · Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce’s chart in full
Born November 23, 1804, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. 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 Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
1°16′
Moon in Leo
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.
25°37′
Mercury in Scorpio
Mercury moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 10:16 p.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
29°20′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
18°40′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
15°03′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
19°35′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
12°55′
Uranus in Libra
19°14′
Neptune in Scorpio
25°54′
Pluto in Pisces
7°28′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
27°20′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
9°12′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
4°43′
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 heart, his discipline and his independence (Venus, Saturn 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 Moon square Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
Venus conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 1.4°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.9°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Mercury sextile North Node close at 2.0°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Mars sextile Saturn close at 2.1°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
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Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 3.4°
A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 3.6°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
The Sun sextile North Node wide at 3.9°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Mars sextile Uranus wide at 4.2°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 4.5°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 5.4°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
Venus conjunction Saturn wide at 5.8°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 6.2°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 6.3°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune wide at 6.3°
A dreamer’s faith: he believed in something larger, and his compassion and his hopes went together.
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.
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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