Famous birth charts · James Buchanan
James Buchanan’s chart in full
Born April 23, 1791, Stony Batter, Pennsylvania, United States. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
3°26′
Moon in Capricorn
The Steady Hand. Steady feeling, kept in check.
12°45′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
14°20′
Venus in Gemini
Venus moved from Taurus into Gemini at 4:36 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
0°22′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
23°26′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
22°30′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
11°53′
Uranus in Leo
10°09′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
26°06′
Pluto in Aquarius
21°55′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
21°50′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
21°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.
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 drive (Mars in Aries) and his intensity (Pluto in Aquarius) both point at his optimism (Jupiter 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.
Pluto trine North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Jupiter quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
The bigger the stakes grew, the more he had to rethink his aims.
The Moon square Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
Mars quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.5°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
The Moon trine Mercury close at 1.6°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
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Mars opposition North Node close at 1.6°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Saturn trine Uranus close at 1.7°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mars opposition Neptune close at 2.6°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Neptune trine Pluto wide at 4.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury square Uranus wide at 4.2°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 4.3°
A path lit by imagination: he followed a vision more than a plan.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 6.7°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 7.3°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
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
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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