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Famous birth charts · William McKinley

William McKinley’s chart in full

Born January 29, 1843, Niles, 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.

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Beyond the planetsNorth Node in Capricorn, Chiron and Lilith
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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 Capricorn

    The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.

    11°28′

  • Chiron in Leo

    In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.

    12°57′

  • Black Moon Lilith in Pisces

    In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.

    28°13′

The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.

Aspects by strength10 between the planets, the closest first
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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 square Neptune almost exact at 0.5°

    Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.

  • Mercury sextile Venus almost exact at 0.6°

    A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.

  • Saturn square Pluto almost exact at 0.7°

    Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.

  • Mars sextile Saturn close at 1.2°

    His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.

  • Venus square Uranus close at 1.3°

    Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.

  • Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.5°

    A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.

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  • Mars quincunx Pluto close at 2.0°

    Force and restraint kept trading places, and he learned when to let go.

  • The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.4°

    Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.

  • Saturn conjunction North Node wide at 7.9°

    A serious path: growing asked for patience, and he gave it.

  • The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 9.4°

    He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.

Chart signatureMost in air signs
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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

Fire · instinct and enthusiasm2
Earth · the practical and the solid1
Air · ideas and people5
Water · feeling and intuition2

Modes

Cardinal · starting things2
Fixed · holding steady6
Mutable · adapting2

The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.

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