Famous birth charts · Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine’s chart in full
Born February 9, 1737, Thetford, United Kingdom. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
20°53′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
7°15′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
8°57′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
0°55′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
15°51′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
27°49′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
4°48′
Uranus in Capricorn
0°43′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
26°02′
Pluto in Scorpioretrograde
0°56′
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.
18°27′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
6°22′
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.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his feelings, his discipline and his imagination (the Moon, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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 independence (Uranus in Capricorn) and his imagination (Neptune in Gemini) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Aries) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his optimism, his imagination and his intensity (Jupiter in Aquarius, Neptune in Gemini and Pluto in Scorpio) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
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 quincunx Pluto exact at 0.0°
Affection and the need for control kept getting in each other’s way, and trust took him time.
Venus square Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Uranus sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.2°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Moon square Mercury close at 1.7°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 1.8°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
The Sun quincunx North Node close at 2.4°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
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The Moon conjunction Saturn close at 2.5°
Self-contained: he kept his feelings in order, and he gave comfort in practical ways rather than in words.
Mars trine North Node close at 2.6°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 2.9°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Jupiter trine Pluto wide at 3.1°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Venus sextile Saturn wide at 3.9°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 4.1°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 4.7°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Venus square Neptune wide at 4.9°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Neptune trine Pluto wide at 4.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun square Mars wide at 5.0°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 5.2°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 6.9°
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
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