Famous birth charts · Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ chart in full
Born December 17, 1936, Flores, Argentina. 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
25°32′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
7°41′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
11°15′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
7°10′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
19°18′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
3°27′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
16°29′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
5°56′
Neptune in Virgo
18°58′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
28°18′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
24°17′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
20°16′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
8°25′
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.
The Moon conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.5°
Tenderness through and through: he needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
Venus square Uranus close at 1.2°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
The Sun conjunction North Node close at 1.2°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
The Moon square Uranus close at 1.7°
His moods changed without warning, and he wanted closeness and room to breathe at the same time.
Jupiter trine Uranus close at 2.5°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 2.5°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
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The Sun quincunx Pluto close at 2.8°
He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 5.3°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Neptune square North Node wide at 5.3°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 6.2°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 6.6°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 7.9°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
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
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