Famous birth charts · Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr’s chart in full
Born October 7, 1885, Copenhagen, Denmark. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
14°20′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 6:05 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
3°26′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
7°40′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
23°53′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
12°18′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
22°28′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
8°14′
Uranus in Libra
4°02′
Neptune in Taurusretrograde
25°11′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
2°54′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
25°33′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
16°23′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
25°21′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Neptune trine North Node almost exact at 0.4°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
The Moon trine Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
His feelings ran deep and held steady: he came through hard times with more strength than he went in with.
Mercury square Saturn almost exact at 0.6°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
The Moon conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Restless feelings: he felt most at home where things were new.
Uranus trine Pluto close at 1.1°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Venus opposition Neptune close at 1.3°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
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Venus sextile Jupiter close at 1.4°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus sextile North Node close at 1.7°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
The Sun sextile Mars close at 2.0°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 2.7°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Jupiter conjunction North Node wide at 3.1°
Generosity was part of his path: teaching, travel and big ideas moved him forward.
Mercury conjunction Uranus wide at 3.6°
He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 4.2°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 4.8°
A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 6.1°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 6.7°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 7.7°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
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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