Famous birth charts · Louis XV of France
Louis XV of France’s chart in full
Born February 15, 1710, Palace of Versailles, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
26°29′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
18°19′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
12°17′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
12°09′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
13°55′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
0°10′
Saturn in Cancerretrograde
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
9°51′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
25°21′
Neptune in Aries
25°40′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
27°23′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
1°12′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
18°21′
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 (the Sun in Aquarius) and his independence and his intensity (Uranus and Pluto, together in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Sagittarius) 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.
Uranus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun opposition Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Jupiter square North Node close at 1.0°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
The Sun opposition Uranus close at 1.1°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Neptune trine Pluto close at 1.7°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
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Venus sextile Mars close at 1.8°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Uranus conjunction Pluto close at 2.0°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wanted radical change, and wanted it at once.
Venus square Saturn close at 2.3°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Mercury trine Saturn close at 2.4°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 2.8°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 3.7°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Pluto opposition North Node wide at 3.8°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 4.7°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 4.8°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 5.8°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
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
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