Famous birth charts · Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin’s chart in full
Born June 7, 1848, Paris, France. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
16°47′
Moon in Virgo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 6:46 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
2°46′
Mercury in Cancer
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
6°40′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
4°21′
Mars in Leo
Mars moved from Cancer into Leo at 3:51 a.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
0°12′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
21°42′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
24°37′
Uranus in Aries
21°16′
Neptune in Piscesretrograde
2°36′
Pluto in Aries
27°29′
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.
26°57′
Chiron in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Chiron is a wariness about trust that runs deep, and the strength to stay close when others are at their lowest.
5°26′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
6°02′
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 feelings (the Moon in Virgo) and his imagination (Neptune in Pisces) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Gemini) 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 Moon opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
Jupiter square Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Pluto quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.5°
He kept giving up a little control to keep growing.
The Moon square Venus close at 1.6°
What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
Venus square Neptune close at 1.8°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Saturn opposition North Node close at 2.3°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
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Mars quincunx Neptune close at 2.4°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Mars square Pluto close at 2.7°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Jupiter trine Saturn close at 2.9°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mars sextile North Node wide at 3.3°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 4.1°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.2°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 4.5°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 5.6°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Jupiter square Pluto wide at 5.8°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 6.2°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wanted radical change, and wanted it at once.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 7.8°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
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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