Michael Faraday’s birth chart
ScientistBorn September 22, 1791, Newington Butts, United KingdomDied August 25, 1867
Modest about a great deal of skill.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What he needed
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay. His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
The Moon square Mercury (close at 1.9°)
How he loved
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface. In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Venus square Mars (wide at 4.2°)
How he thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
Mercury trine Pluto (exact at 0.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to his heart and wants the effort to be seen. Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars sextile Jupiter (close at 1.7°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his optimism and his imagination (Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Michael Faraday was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 31% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 0 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Michael Faraday, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1850 and 1851, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1821. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Michael Faraday’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Michael Faraday’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What is Michael Faraday’s Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay.
What is Michael Faraday’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on September 22, 1791. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Michael Faraday’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface.
How does your chart compare with Michael Faraday’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Michael Faraday’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Thomas Phillips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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