Famous birth charts · Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford’s chart in full
Born July 14, 1913, Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens, Nebraska, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
21°39′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
10°08′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
16°24′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
6°21′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
19°54′
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Jupiter in Capricornretrograde
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
11°47′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
13°15′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
6°09′
Neptune in Cancer
25°34′
Pluto in Cancer
0°07′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
26°30′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
14°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
15°05′
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 imagination and his intensity (the Sun, Neptune and Pluto) gather in Cancer, 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.
Venus trine Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Neptune trine North Node almost exact at 0.9°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn close at 1.5°
When to expand and when to hold back took constant rethinking.
The Sun sextile Mars close at 1.8°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Moon opposition Saturn wide at 3.1°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
Mercury sextile Saturn wide at 3.1°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
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Mercury square Mars wide at 3.5°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Pluto square North Node wide at 3.6°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
The Moon opposition Venus wide at 3.8°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 3.9°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
The Sun trine North Node wide at 4.8°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Venus conjunction Saturn wide at 6.9°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
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
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