Famous birth charts · Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard’s chart in full
Born May 5, 1813, 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
14°31′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
20°47′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
24°58′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
9°11′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
26°40′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
1°29′
Saturn in Capricornretrograde
The Master Builder. Built to last.
19°19′
Uranus in Scorpioretrograde
26°26′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
14°59′
Pluto in Pisces
20°16′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
15°05′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
5°02′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
18°17′
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 0.1°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Mars sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
The Sun quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.5°
He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
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.
The Sun square North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 1.0°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
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The Moon opposition Saturn close at 1.5°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 1.5°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
Mercury square Mars close at 1.7°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 4.8°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 4.8°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Jupiter trine Uranus wide at 5.0°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 5.3°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 5.7°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
The Sun sextile Pluto wide at 5.8°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
Venus square North Node wide at 5.9°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 6.2°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 6.5°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 7.3°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
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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