Famous birth charts · William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft’s chart in full
Born September 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
22°46′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
22°53′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
16°32′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
14°10′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
22°12′
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Jupiter in Taurusretrograde
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
15°47′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
25°43′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
29°10′
Neptune in Piscesretrograde
21°14′
Pluto in Taurusretrograde
6°21′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
27°10′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
7°01′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
23°23′
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 heart and his drive (the Moon, Venus and Mars) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his optimism, his independence and his intensity (Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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.
The Moon conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.7°
His feelings ran hot and fast, and he protected the people he loved fiercely.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and he kept checking one against the other.
Mars quincunx Neptune close at 1.0°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Saturn trine North Node close at 1.4°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
The Sun opposition Neptune close at 1.5°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Venus square Jupiter close at 1.6°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
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Uranus sextile North Node close at 2.0°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 2.4°
A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
The Sun sextile Saturn close at 3.0°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Saturn sextile Uranus wide at 3.5°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
The Sun opposition North Node wide at 4.4°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 4.5°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 5.9°
A path lit by imagination: he followed a vision more than a plan.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 6.4°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 6.4°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.0°
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
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