Famous birth charts · John Hancock
John Hancock’s chart in full
Born January 23, 1737, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
3°51′
Moon in Scorpio
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 1:14 a.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
6°17′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
12°08′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
10°46′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
6°53′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
23°49′
Saturn in Geminiretrograde
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
4°55′
Uranus in Sagittarius
29°54′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
26°19′
Pluto in Scorpio
0°56′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
19°08′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
4°30′
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 optimism (the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew 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 feelings and his intensity (the Moon and Pluto, together in Scorpio) and his drive (Mars in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Aquarius) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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.
The Moon opposition Mars almost exact at 0.6°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 1.0°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Sun trine Saturn close at 1.1°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun square the Moon close at 2.4°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 2.5°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
The Sun square Pluto close at 2.9°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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The Sun square Mars close at 3.0°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 3.6°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 3.9°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Neptune trine Pluto wide at 4.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury square Mars wide at 5.3°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Venus square Saturn wide at 5.9°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mars opposition Pluto wide at 6.0°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.3°
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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