John Jacob Astor IV’s birth chart
BusinessmanBorn July 13, 1864, Rhinebeck, New York, United StatesDied April 15, 1912
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Venus (close at 1.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Shows love by looking after people. Needs a partner who feels like a safe harbour. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 2.4°)
How he thought
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Slow to start and impossible to stop. He worked steadily, built things to last and did not give up under pressure.
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Cancer, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Jacob Astor IV was born six days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 65% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, twenty-two days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For John Jacob Astor IV, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1892 and 1893, at 28: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and John Jacob Astor IV
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
John Jacob Astor IV’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is John Jacob Astor IV’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. John Jacob Astor IV was born on July 13, 1864, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.
What is John Jacob Astor IV’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.
What is John Jacob Astor IV’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on July 13, 1864. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Jacob Astor IV’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Shows love by looking after people. Needs a partner who feels like a safe harbour.
How does your chart compare with John Jacob Astor IV’s?
Set your chart beside John Jacob Astor IV’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and John Jacob Astor IV’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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