
Henry Kissinger’s birth chart
DiplomatBorn May 27, 1923, Fürth, GermanyDied November 29, 2023
Quick, curious and good company.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonLibraor Scorpio
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything. 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 2.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra or Scorpio, the Peacemaker
Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace. Needs beauty, balance and someone to share things with. His feelings turned straight into action: when something mattered, he did something about it.
The Moon trine Mars (close at 1.2°) · For a birth after 5:35 p.m., his Moon was in Scorpio.
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Venus sextile Pluto (close at 2.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
Quick, witty and endlessly curious. Picks up a subject fast and can talk about ten things at once. A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury trine Saturn (wide at 6.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Restless, quick and clever. Does several things at once and wins with words.
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Henry Kissinger was born three days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 89% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twenty-six days before the June solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Henry Kissinger was born, as it was on 66 days of 1923. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Henry Kissinger, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2010 and 2011, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1981. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Henry Kissinger
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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.
Henry Kissinger’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Gemini
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Henry Kissinger’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Henry Kissinger was born on May 27, 1923, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything.
What is Henry Kissinger’s Moon sign?
Libra or Scorpio. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 5:35 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
What is Henry Kissinger’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 May 27, 1923. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Henry Kissinger’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year.
How does your chart compare with Henry Kissinger’s?
Set your chart beside Henry Kissinger’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 Henry Kissinger’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: U.S. Department of State from United States, 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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