Famous birth charts · Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah’s chart in full
Born May 8, 1954, London, United Kingdom. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
17°19′
Moon in Leo
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.
1°55′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
16°43′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
11°38′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
7°12′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
26°44′
Saturn in Scorpioretrograde
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
5°10′
Uranus in Cancer
19°45′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
24°05′
Pluto in Leo
22°32′
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.
16°37′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
28°39′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
25°50′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Mercury trine North Node almost exact at 0.1°
His way with words helps him find his direction, and the right ideas come at the right time.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.6°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun trine North Node almost exact at 0.7°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars sextile Saturn close at 2.0°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
The Sun sextile Uranus close at 2.4°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
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Jupiter trine Neptune close at 2.6°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 3.0°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 3.1°
The way forward asks for steadiness, and the urge for change keeps breaking in.
Jupiter sextile Pluto wide at 4.2°
Ambition with depth: he knows how to build influence, and he uses it to make big changes.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 4.3°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 5.2°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 5.8°
His words have force: he speaks to persuade, and he keeps his own counsel until the right moment.
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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