Thomas Edison’s birth chart
InventorBorn February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, United StatesDied October 18, 1931
Original, independent and fair.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonCapricornor Sagittarius
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone. A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
The Sun sextile Pluto (close at 1.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Capricorn or Sagittarius, the Steady Hand
Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed. His feelings ran hot and fast, and he protected the people he loved fiercely.
The Moon conjunction Mars (almost exact at 0.2°) · For a birth before 10:55 a.m., his Moon was in Sagittarius.
How he loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond. He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Venus square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.7°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Clever, unusual and ahead of the moment. Loves ideas for their own sake and thinks about everyone, not only the few. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 3.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Capricorn, the Achiever
Disciplined and steady. Plans the route, does the work and gets there in the end. His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Mars sextile Saturn (close at 1.2°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury and Neptune) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Thomas Edison was born four days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 19% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 37 days before the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Thomas Edison, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1905 and 1906, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1876. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and Thomas Edison
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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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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Thomas Edison’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone.
What is Thomas Edison’s Moon sign?
Capricorn or Sagittarius. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 10:55 a.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
What is Thomas Edison’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 February 11, 1847. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Thomas Edison’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How does your chart compare with Thomas Edison’s?
Set your chart beside Thomas Edison’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 Thomas Edison’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios , restored by Michel Vuijlsteke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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