P. T. Barnum’s birth chart
ShowmanBorn July 5, 1810, Bethel, Connecticut, United StatesDied April 7, 1891
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonLeoor Virgo
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun trine Uranus (close at 2.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo or Virgo, the Warm Heart
Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back. Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
The Moon sextile Mercury (almost exact at 0.3°) · For a birth after 8:55 p.m., his Moon was in Virgo.
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus square Uranus (close at 1.6°)
How he thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
Fast, curious and funny. Thinks out loud and collects ideas from everywhere.
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Fights hardest for the people closest to him. Works best for a cause that feels personal. His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Mars quincunx Neptune (almost exact at 0.4°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, fire and water signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm, and feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
P. T. Barnum was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 13% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, thirteen days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For P. T. Barnum, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1868, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1839. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and P. T. Barnum
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is P. T. Barnum’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. P. T. Barnum was born on July 5, 1810, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.
What is P. T. Barnum’s Moon sign?
Leo or Virgo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 8:55 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
What is P. T. Barnum’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 July 5, 1810. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is P. T. Barnum’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.
How does your chart compare with P. T. Barnum’s?
Set your chart beside P. T. Barnum’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 P. T. Barnum’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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