Famous birth charts · Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan’s chart in full
Born April 8, 1938, Kumasi, Ghana. 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
18°00′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 1:05 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
29°22′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
5°05′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
3°37′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
19°21′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
24°33′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
9°14′
Uranus in Taurus
12°12′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
19°02′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
27°51′
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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
27°37′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
26°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
1°19′
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 mind, his heart, his drive and his independence (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Uranus) gather in Taurus, 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.
Pluto trine North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Mars trine Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
The Sun quincunx Neptune close at 1.0°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 1.5°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
The Moon conjunction Pluto close at 1.5°
Intense, private feelings: he kept an inner life few people saw, and he guarded it well.
The Moon trine North Node close at 1.8°
What comforted him also moved him forward: his instincts pointed the right way.
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Jupiter square North Node wide at 3.1°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 5.2°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Venus square Pluto wide at 5.8°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
The Sun sextile Jupiter wide at 6.5°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 6.8°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury conjunction Uranus wide at 7.1°
He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 7.2°
Electric: he acted on impulse, loved a risk and refused to be told what to do.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 8.8°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
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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