Famous birth charts · Sam Houston
Sam Houston’s chart in full
Born March 2, 1793, Rockbridge County, Virginia, 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
12°38′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
6°46′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
5°02′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
28°03′
Mars in Pisces
Mars moved from Pisces into Aries at 11:26 p.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
29°38′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
1°32′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
28°57′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
20°48′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
1°47′
Pluto in Aquarius
23°37′
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.
15°01′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
7°35′
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.
Venus conjunction Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Moon trine Mercury close at 1.7°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 1.9°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars quincunx Neptune close at 2.1°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
The Sun opposition North Node close at 2.4°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn close at 2.6°
When to expand and when to hold back took constant rethinking.
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Saturn opposition Neptune close at 2.8°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Uranus opposition Pluto close at 2.8°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 3.2°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 3.5°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Venus opposition Neptune wide at 3.7°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Venus sextile Pluto wide at 4.4°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.6°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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