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Napoleon’s birth chart

Military leaderBorn August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, FranceDied May 5, 1821

Warm, generous and made to be seen.

  • SunLeoThe Bright One
  • MoonCapricornor Aquarius
  • VenusCancerThe Nurturer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Leo, the Bright One

    Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too. More sensitive to criticism than it looks. He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.

    The Sun square Jupiter (wide at 7.8°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Capricorn or Aquarius, the Steady Hand

    Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed. Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.

    The Moon opposition Saturn (wide at 3.5°) · For a birth after 1:07 p.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer

    Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.

    Venus sextile Neptune (close at 1.6°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller

    Speaks with warmth and confidence and tells a great story. Thinks in big, bold ideas. His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.

    Mercury square Uranus (wide at 5.3°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson

    Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.

    Mars trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.6°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    Uranus is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his independence touched everything else in it. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.

Your own chart, read the same way

The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Napoleon was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 96% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, 38 days before the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Napoleon, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1798 and 1799, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Leo

You and Napoleon

Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.

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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.

Napoleon’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Napoleon’s zodiac sign?

Leo. Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too.

What is Napoleon’s Moon sign?

Capricorn or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 1:07 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.

What is Napoleon’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 August 15, 1769. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Napoleon’s Venus sign?

Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.

How does your chart compare with Napoleon’s?

Set your chart beside Napoleon’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Napoleon’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Jacques-Louis David, 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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