James Monroe’s birth chart
PresidentBorn April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia, United StatesDied July 4, 1831
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle.
- SunTaurusThe Gardener
- MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
- VenusAriesThe Chaser
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Taurus, the Gardener
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last. The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun square Neptune (wide at 4.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand
Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
How he loved
Venus in Aries, the Chaser
Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested. Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Venus conjunction Uranus (wide at 5.7°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks slowly and solidly. A mind, once made up, stays made up. What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.
Mercury quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it. Action guided by imagination: he moved on instinct and feeling, and he gave his all to a vision.
Mars conjunction Neptune (close at 1.5°)
The shape of his chart
Uranus is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his independence touched everything else in it. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
James Monroe was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 71% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 39 days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For James Monroe, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1817 and 1818, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1788. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Taurus
You and James Monroe
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is James Monroe’s zodiac sign?
Taurus. James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last.
What is James Monroe’s Moon sign?
Capricorn, the Steady Hand. Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
What is James Monroe’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 April 28, 1758. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is James Monroe’s Venus sign?
Aries, the Chaser. Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested.
How does your chart compare with James Monroe’s?
Set your chart beside James Monroe’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 James Monroe’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Gilbert Stuart, 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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