Birth chart

Carl Sagan

Scientists1934 – 1996Born 9 November 1934 · Brooklyntime unknown

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Time unknown — no reliable birth time, so houses and the Ascendant are left out and the Moon is shown as a range.

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♏Sun

Scorpio

♐Moon

Sagittarius

↑Rising

Unknown

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Chart wheel

♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓Sun conjunct Venus · orb 2°19′Sun sextile Mars · orb 3°35′Sun square Saturn · orb 5°03′Sun sextile Neptune · orb 2°26′Sun square Lilith · orb 4°00′Mercury conjunct Jupiter · orb 2°51′Mercury opposite Uranus · orb 4°48′Mercury square North Node · orb 0°44′Mercury square South Node · orb 0°44′Venus sextile Mars · orb 1°16′Venus sextile Neptune · orb 0°07′Venus square Lilith · orb 1°41′Mars conjunct Neptune · orb 1°09′Mars square Chiron · orb 4°38′Jupiter square North Node · orb 2°08′Jupiter square South Node · orb 2°08′Uranus square Pluto · orb 2°43′Sun — Scorpio 16°36′ · +1.01°/day☉16°36′Mercury — Scorpio 3°33′ ℞ · −0.49°/day☿3°33′ ℞Venus — Scorpio 14°17′ · +1.26°/day♀14°17′Mars — Virgo 13°01′ · +0.56°/day♂13°01′Jupiter — Scorpio 6°25′ · +0.22°/day♃6°25′Saturn — Aquarius 21°39′ · +0.02°/day♄21°39′Uranus — Aries 28°45′ ℞ · −0.04°/day♅28°45′ ℞Neptune — Virgo 14°10′ · +0.02°/day♆14°10′Pluto — Cancer 26°02′ ℞ · −0.01°/day♇26°02′ ℞North Node — Aquarius 4°17′ ℞ · −0.13°/day☊4°17′ ℞South Node — Leo 4°17′ ℞ · −0.13°/day☋4°17′ ℞Chiron — Gemini 8°23′ ℞ · −0.05°/day⚷8°23′ ℞Lilith — Leo 12°36′ · +0.11°/day⚸12°36′
AspectsAngles (ASC/MC)· Hover a planet or aspect for details

Positions from a Swiss-ephemeris engine · houses & angles omitted (time unknown)

Reading the placements

These notes describe the chart, not the person — a lens for reflection.

☉Sun in Scorpio

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core self, and in Scorpio it grows through depth and honesty about what's really going on. There's a pull toward intensity, privacy, and getting past the surface to what actually matters — in yourself and in others. People often experience this placement as magnetic and perceptive, and sometimes as guarded or all-or-nothing. The theme worth exploring is trust: the same depth that lets you bond completely can make letting someone in feel like a large risk. Trust here is built slowly and spent carefully, and letting one person past the surface tends to feel like a far larger risk than the opening itself turns out to be.

☽Moon in Sagittarius

In the astrological tradition, the Moon is where you go to feel at home — and in Sagittarius home is a horizon, not a room. You settle through freedom and meaning: a trip, a big idea, a sense that life is heading somewhere worth the walk. Optimism is your comfort, and confinement your restlessness; when feelings crowd in, the instinct is to reach for the exit or the next adventure. That faith is a real gift. It steadies further when you can stay a moment with a heavy feeling instead of outrunning it toward the next bright thing. Often the deeper learning arrives only when one difficult mood is allowed to keep you company a little longer.

The astronomy

The raw computed positions behind this chart — the same numbers any ephemeris would give.

Positions

BodySign & degree
☉Sun♏Scorpio 16°36′
☿Mercury♏Scorpio 3°33′℞
♀Venus♏Scorpio 14°17′
♂Mars♍Virgo 13°01′
♃Jupiter♏Scorpio 6°25′
♄Saturn♒Aquarius 21°39′
♅Uranus♈Aries 28°45′℞
♆Neptune♍Virgo 14°10′
♇Pluto♋Cancer 26°02′℞
☊North Node♒Aquarius 4°17′℞
☋South Node♌Leo 4°17′℞
⚷Chiron♊Gemini 8°23′℞
⚸Lilith♌Leo 12°36′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • ☿☊0°44′
  • ☿☋0°44′
  • ☉♀2°19′
  • ♂♆1°09′
  • ♀♆0°07′
  • ☉⚸4°00′
  • ☉♆2°26′
  • ☉♄5°03′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Water63%
Earth20%
Air10%
Fire7%

Leading: Water

Modalities

Fixed67%
Mutable20%
Cardinal13%

Leading: Fixed

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