Famous birth charts · Joachim Gauck
Joachim Gauck’s chart in full
Born January 24, 1940, Rostock, Germany. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
3°19′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 6:11 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
26°11′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
28°24′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
7°12′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
13°56′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
4°36′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
25°06′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
17°59′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
25°19′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
1°45′
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.
23°43′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
15°57′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
14°37′
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 drive, his optimism and his discipline (Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Aries, and that part of life draws his attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his identity and his mind (the Sun in Aquarius and Mercury in Capricorn) and his feelings and his intensity (the Moon in Cancer and Pluto in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Aries) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
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.
Saturn quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
Duty and dreams keep trading places as the priority.
The Moon square Saturn close at 1.1°
Feelings come second to duty: he holds himself to a high standard, even in private.
The Sun sextile Jupiter close at 1.3°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
Saturn opposition North Node close at 1.4°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
The Sun opposition Pluto close at 1.6°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
The Moon opposition Mercury close at 2.2°
His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
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Jupiter trine Pluto close at 2.9°
Ambition with depth: he knows how to build influence, and he uses it to make big changes.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 3.1°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 3.3°
He doubts his own ideas before anyone else can, and so he checks every one twice.
Mercury opposition Pluto wide at 3.3°
His words have force: he speaks to persuade, and he keeps his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury square North Node wide at 4.7°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and he learns new ways of thinking to move on.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 4.9°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Saturn square Pluto wide at 6.6°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 8.0°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 8.2°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
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.
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