Famous birth charts · Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman’s chart in full
Born May 31, 1819, Long Island, New York, United States. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
9°20′
Moon in Virgo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 3:43 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
4°09′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
15°04′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
5°29′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
23°19′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
17°08′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
29°17′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
23°05′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
27°48′
Pluto in Pisces
27°28′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
18°59′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
28°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
25°18′
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.
Mars trine Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
The Moon trine Venus close at 1.3°
He put people at ease without trying: kindness and charm came from the same place.
Saturn square Neptune close at 1.5°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Saturn conjunction Pluto close at 1.8°
Iron will and great patience: he built slowly and for keeps.
Jupiter sextile North Node close at 1.8°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 2.1°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
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Uranus trine North Node wide at 4.1°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Mars conjunction North Node wide at 4.3°
Driven towards his path: he went after the life he wanted with real force.
Uranus square Pluto wide at 4.4°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Mars trine Neptune wide at 4.5°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Uranus conjunction Neptune wide at 4.7°
Visionary: the new and the ideal met in his imagination.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 6.2°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.8°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
You and Walt Whitman
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