Famous birth charts · Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s chart in full
Born July 4, 1804, Salem, Massachusetts, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
12°24′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 12:26 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
7°07′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
21°13′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
18°16′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
24°55′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
26°06′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
27°51′
Uranus in Libra
12°11′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
23°26′
Pluto in Piscesretrograde
9°33′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
4°59′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
8°25′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
18°51′
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 drive (Mars in Taurus) and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Leo) 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.
The Sun square Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Mars quincunx Jupiter close at 1.2°
Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
Mars opposition Neptune close at 1.5°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mercury quincunx Neptune close at 2.2°
Meaning came to him before the words did, and clear speech followed the feeling.
Uranus quincunx Pluto close at 2.6°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
The Sun trine Pluto close at 2.9°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
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Mars trine Saturn close at 2.9°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 3.0°
A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Saturn sextile Neptune wide at 4.4°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 4.9°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Venus square Neptune wide at 5.2°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Venus square Mars wide at 6.7°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
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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