Kwame Anthony Appiah’s birth chart
PhilosopherBorn May 8, 1954, London, United Kingdom
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle.
- SunTaurusThe Gardener
- MoonLeoor Cancer
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Taurus, the Gardener
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.6°)
What he needs
Moon in Leo or Cancer, the Warm Heart
Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back.
For a birth before 8:29 a.m., his Moon was in Cancer.
How he loves
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.
How he thinks
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks things through at his own pace. Practical, patient and very hard to talk out of a view. A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Mercury sextile Uranus (close at 3.0°)
What drives him
Mars in Capricorn, the Achiever
Ambitious, disciplined and patient. Works hard and climbs steadily. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mars sextile Saturn (close at 2.0°)
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Kwame Anthony Appiah was born six days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 37% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, 44 days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Kwame Anthony Appiah, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2012 and 2013, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1983. The third begins in 2042. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Taurus
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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.
Kwame Anthony Appiah’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Kwame Anthony Appiah’s zodiac sign?
Taurus. Kwame Anthony Appiah was born on May 8, 1954, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last.
What is Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Moon sign?
Leo or Cancer. The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 8:29 a.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
What is Kwame Anthony Appiah’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 May 8, 1954. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Venus sign?
Gemini, the Charmer. Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.
How does your chart compare with Kwame Anthony Appiah’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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