Famous birth charts · John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams’ chart in full
Born July 11, 1767, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
19°01′
Moon in Capricorn
The Steady Hand. Steady feeling, kept in check.
19°23′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
9°50′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
1°28′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
7°48′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
18°15′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
26°50′
Uranus in Taurus
3°00′
Neptune in Virgo
3°18′
Pluto in Capricornretrograde
10°22′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
0°49′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
13°56′
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 heart, his optimism and his imagination (Venus, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Virgo, 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.
Uranus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun opposition the Moon almost exact at 0.4°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Mercury quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.
Venus quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.6°
He kept adjusting what he wanted from people to fit the life he was growing into.
The Sun sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Moon trine Jupiter close at 1.1°
Good-hearted and generous: he felt looked after by life, and he passed that on.
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Venus trine Uranus close at 1.5°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Venus conjunction Neptune close at 1.8°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Mercury conjunction Mars close at 2.0°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Uranus square North Node close at 2.2°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Neptune quincunx North Node close at 2.5°
He grew by testing his ideals against real life, again and again.
Mars quincunx Pluto close at 2.6°
Force and restraint kept trading places, and he learned when to let go.
Mars square Uranus wide at 4.8°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars opposition North Node wide at 7.0°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 8.6°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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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