Famous birth charts · Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur’s chart in full
Born December 27, 1822, Dole, France. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
5°15′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 8:47 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
24°25′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
1°25′
Venus in Capricorn
The Loyal Partner. Love built to last.
6°08′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
24°50′
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Jupiter in Taurusretrograde
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
27°36′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
3°21′
Uranus in Capricorn
7°22′
Neptune in Capricorn
4°58′
Pluto in Pisces
28°56′
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.
7°08′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
5°46′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
20°52′
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 identity, his mind, his heart, his drive, his independence and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune) gather in Capricorn, 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.
The Sun conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
The Sun conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.9°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
Venus conjunction Neptune close at 1.2°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Uranus close at 1.2°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Jupiter sextile Pluto close at 1.3°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Saturn trine Neptune close at 1.6°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
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The Sun trine Saturn close at 1.9°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Mercury trine Saturn close at 1.9°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
The Sun conjunction Uranus close at 2.1°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom were the same thing, and he surprised people, himself included.
Uranus conjunction Neptune close at 2.4°
Visionary: the new and the ideal met in his imagination.
Mercury square Pluto close at 2.5°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.8°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Venus trine Saturn close at 2.8°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 3.5°
A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
Saturn square North Node wide at 3.8°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.8°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 4.0°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mars sextile Pluto wide at 4.1°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 4.7°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Uranus wide at 6.0°
He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 6.3°
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No fire at all, so the bold first move came by choice rather than by instinct.
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