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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s birth chart

GeneralBorn September 6, 1757, Chavaniac-Lafayette, FranceDied May 19, 1834

Sharp-eyed and quietly kind.

  • SunVirgoThe Fixer
  • MoonGeminior Cancer
  • VenusLibraThe Sweetheart

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Virgo, the Fixer

    Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it. His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.

    The Sun sextile Jupiter (almost exact at 0.1°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Gemini or Cancer, the Talker

    Light on his feet emotionally. Feels at home in a good conversation and gets restless in silence.

    For a birth after 7:24 p.m., his Moon was in Cancer.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart

    Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals. In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.

    Venus square Mars (close at 1.8°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Libra, the Mediator

    Thinks in terms of fairness and sees both sides. Speaks with tact and grace. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 5.4°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Cancer, the Defender

    Fights hardest for the people closest to him. Works best for a cause that feels personal. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.

    The Sun sextile Mars (wide at 4.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 39% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, sixteen days before the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1816, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1786 and 1787. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Virgo

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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.

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s chart in full

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Questions about his chart

What is Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s zodiac sign?

Virgo. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it.

What is Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s Moon sign?

Gemini or Cancer. The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 7:24 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.

What is Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’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 September 6, 1757. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’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 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s?

Set your chart beside Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’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 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Joseph-Désiré Court, 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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