Famous birth charts · John Adams
John Adams’ chart in full
Born October 30, 1735, Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
6°49′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 8:47 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
25°14′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
28°13′
Venus in Scorpioretrograde
The Devotee. All or nothing.
16°40′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
15°55′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
8°37′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
25°32′
Uranus in Sagittarius
20°58′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
26°10′
Pluto in Libra
26°08′
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.
15°37′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
14°25′
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 mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Scorpio, 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.
Neptune trine Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars conjunction North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Driven towards his path: he went after the life he wanted with real force.
Saturn quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
He kept adjusting between control and acceptance, and learned where each belonged.
The Moon opposition Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.
The Sun sextile Jupiter close at 1.8°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
Mercury quincunx Neptune close at 2.0°
Meaning came to him before the words did, and clear speech followed the feeling.
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Mercury opposition Saturn close at 2.7°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 5.2°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
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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