Famous birth charts · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s chart in full
Born August 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
5°09′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
11°40′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
25°55′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
26°24′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
3°33′
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Jupiter in Piscesretrograde
The Believer. Faith without limits.
25°58′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
15°12′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
18°48′
Neptune in Cancer
26°36′
Pluto in Scorpio
29°10′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
18°40′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
6°53′
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.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his optimism, his imagination and his intensity (Jupiter in Pisces, Neptune in Cancer and Pluto in Scorpio) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
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.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and he kept checking one against the other.
Venus sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Venus opposition Jupiter almost exact at 0.4°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Jupiter trine Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
The Sun trine Mars close at 1.6°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Neptune trine Pluto close at 2.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
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Venus sextile Pluto close at 2.8°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Jupiter trine Pluto wide at 3.2°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 3.3°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Saturn sextile North Node wide at 3.5°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 3.6°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 6.0°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 9.2°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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
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