Famous birth charts · Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah’s chart in full
Born September 21, 1909, Nkroful, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
27°52′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
13°16′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
23°51′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
5°21′
Mars in Ariesretrograde
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
1°34′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
25°37′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
21°27′
Uranus in Capricornretrograde
17°08′
Neptune in Cancer
19°04′
Pluto in Gemini
26°53′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
10°15′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
24°08′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
10°01′
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.
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 identity and his optimism (the Sun and Jupiter, together in Virgo) and his drive (Mars in Aries) face each other across the wheel, and his intensity (Pluto in Gemini) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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 mind (Mercury in Libra) and his discipline (Saturn in Aries) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune in Cancer) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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 independence (Uranus in Capricorn) and his imagination (Neptune in Cancer) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Aries) 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 Sun square Pluto close at 1.0°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.3°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Uranus opposition Neptune close at 1.9°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter close at 2.2°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Saturn square Neptune close at 2.4°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Mercury opposition Saturn close at 2.4°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
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The Moon opposition North Node close at 3.0°
Home comforts and the way forward asked for different things, and growing meant leaving some familiar things behind.
Mercury trine Pluto close at 3.0°
A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
The Sun opposition Mars wide at 3.7°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 4.3°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Mars square Pluto wide at 4.7°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 4.8°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 6.0°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
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
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