Famous birth charts · John McCain
John McCain’s chart in full
Born August 29, 1936, Coco Solo, Panama. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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.
6°09′
Moon in Capricorn
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 2:13 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
28°45′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
2°25′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
22°58′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
12°24′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
15°05′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
20°08′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
9°30′
Neptune in Virgo
16°07′
Pluto in Cancer
28°01′
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.
1°27′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
22°43′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
26°09′
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 heart and his imagination (the Sun, Venus and Neptune) gather in Virgo, 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 discipline (Saturn in Pisces) and his imagination (Neptune in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Sagittarius) 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 Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.
Mercury square North Node close at 1.0°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Jupiter square Neptune close at 1.0°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.7°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Venus opposition Saturn close at 2.8°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mars square Uranus close at 2.9°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
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The Sun trine Uranus wide at 3.4°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 4.0°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Mercury sextile Pluto wide at 4.4°
A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
The Sun trine North Node wide at 4.7°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 5.0°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 6.6°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 6.8°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
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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