Famous birth charts · James Watson
James Watson’s chart in full
Born April 6, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
16°41′
Moon in Scorpio
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 3:28 a.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
4°14′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
23°15′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
24°05′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
29°21′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
16°35′
Saturn in Sagittariusretrograde
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
19°04′
Uranus in Aries
4°08′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
26°38′
Pluto in Cancer
15°00′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
10°42′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
4°28′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
14°28′
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 optimism and his independence (the Sun, Jupiter and Uranus) gather in Aries, 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.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Mercury conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.8°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.6°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
The Sun square Pluto close at 1.7°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
The Sun trine Saturn close at 2.4°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Jupiter trine Saturn close at 2.5°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
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Mars opposition Neptune close at 2.7°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 4.2°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Venus square Saturn wide at 5.0°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
The Sun sextile North Node wide at 6.0°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
You and James Watson
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