Famous birth charts · Martha Washington
Martha Washington’s chart in full
Born June 13, 1731, Chestnut Grove, Virginia, United States. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
22°02′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 7:22 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
2°23′
Mercury in Cancerretrograde
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
4°06′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
15°46′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
21°33′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
3°05′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
3°05′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
3°03′
Neptune in Gemini
15°12′
Pluto in Libraretrograde
12°41′
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 her life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
8°25′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
15°57′
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 her chart, her identity, her drive and her imagination (the Sun, Mars and Neptune) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew her attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her feelings (the Moon in Libra) and her discipline (Saturn in Aries) face each other across the wheel, and her mind (Mercury in Cancer) took the strain: the part of her 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.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn exact at 0.0°
When to expand and when to hold back took constant rethinking.
Saturn trine Uranus exact at 0.0°
Old and new sat well together: she could change things without throwing out what worked.
Jupiter square Uranus exact at 0.0°
Restless hope: she wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
The Sun conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.5°
Purpose and drive in one place: she was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Moon sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Her feelings liked freedom: she needed space in close ties and gave it back just as easily.
The Moon opposition Saturn almost exact at 0.7°
Feelings came second to duty: she held herself to a high standard, even in private.
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Mercury sextile Jupiter close at 1.0°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: she learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury square Saturn close at 1.0°
She doubted her own ideas before anyone else could, and so she checked every one twice.
Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 1.0°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and she spent time explaining how she got there.
The Moon square Mercury close at 1.7°
Her head and her feelings argued: she knew what she thought before she knew what she felt, or the other way round.
Neptune trine Pluto close at 2.5°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Pluto square North Node wide at 4.3°
Old attachments held her back from the way forward, and she grew by letting some things go.
Mercury opposition North Node wide at 4.3°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and she learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Jupiter trine North Node wide at 5.3°
Hope helped her grow: faith in what was possible kept her moving forward.
Saturn square North Node wide at 5.3°
Duty and growth competed: what she owed others and where she needed to go called for hard choices.
Mars conjunction Neptune wide at 6.3°
Action guided by imagination: she moved on instinct and feeling, and she gave her all to a vision.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 6.8°
She took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
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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