Famous birth charts · Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I of Austria’s chart in full
Born August 18, 1830, Schönbrunn Palace, Austria. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
24°56′
Moon in Leo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 10:34 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
24°25′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
7°59′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
24°01′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
2°08′
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Jupiter in Capricornretrograde
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
8°24′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
22°06′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
7°49′
Neptune in Capricornretrograde
20°31′
Pluto in Ariesretrograde
9°22′
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.
10°16′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
11°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
1°34′
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.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his independence (Uranus in Aquarius) and his intensity (Pluto in Aries) both point at his mind (Mercury in Virgo), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his life its focus.
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.
Mercury quincunx Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
Mercury trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.4°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
The Sun conjunction the Moon almost exact at 0.5°
Born near a new Moon, so what he wanted and what he needed moved as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
Pluto quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.9°
He kept giving up a little control to keep growing.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.0°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Mercury quincunx Pluto close at 1.4°
What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.
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Uranus sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Saturn quincunx Neptune close at 1.6°
Duty and dreams kept trading places as the priority.
Jupiter trine North Node close at 1.9°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
Mercury conjunction North Node close at 2.3°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
The Moon conjunction Saturn close at 2.3°
Self-contained: he kept his feelings in order, and he gave comfort in practical ways rather than in words.
Uranus quincunx North Node close at 2.4°
Sudden changes kept shifting the way forward, and he adapted each time.
The Sun conjunction Saturn close at 2.8°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
Venus opposition Neptune wide at 3.5°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
The Sun quincunx Neptune wide at 4.4°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 6.3°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Mars conjunction Pluto wide at 7.2°
Concentrated force: when he wanted something, he went after it with everything.
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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