Famous birth charts · Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday’s chart in full
Born September 22, 1791, Newington Butts, United Kingdom. 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.
29°23′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
22°06′
Mercury in Libraretrograde
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
20°11′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
3°15′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
7°29′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
9°09′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
16°42′
Uranus in Leo
17°17′
Neptune in Libra
26°22′
Pluto in Aquariusretrograde
20°09′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
12°55′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
8°37′
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 mind, his optimism and his imagination (Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Libra, 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.
Mercury trine Pluto exact at 0.0°
A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
Saturn trine Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mars sextile Jupiter close at 1.7°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
The Moon square Mercury close at 1.9°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Uranus opposition Pluto close at 2.9°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 2.9°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
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Saturn sextile Pluto wide at 3.5°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Mercury opposition Saturn wide at 3.5°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Jupiter conjunction North Node wide at 3.8°
Generosity was part of his path: teaching, travel and big ideas moved him forward.
Saturn opposition North Node wide at 3.8°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Venus square Mars wide at 4.2°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Uranus sextile North Node wide at 4.4°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Mercury conjunction Neptune wide at 6.2°
A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
Neptune trine Pluto wide at 6.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 6.9°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Mercury conjunction North Node wide at 7.3°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
Jupiter opposition Saturn wide at 7.5°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
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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