Birth chart

Edward VIII

Historical figures1894 – 1972Born 23 June 1894 · White Lodgetime unknown

How sure are we about this chart?S5

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

Every figure gets a data-confidence rating for its birth time. Where the time is unknown, we compute a partial chart rather than guess. How we build this base

Sun

Cancer

Moon

Aquarius → Pisces

The Moon changed signs that day — without a birth time we show the range, not a guess.

Rising

Unknown

The Ascendant needs an exact birth time, which we don't have for this chart.

Chart wheel

Sun square Mars · orb 1°50′Sun square North Node · orb 3°53′Sun square South Node · orb 3°53′Mercury trine Mars · orb 2°54′Venus trine Lilith · orb 3°08′Mars conjunct North Node · orb 5°42′Mars opposite South Node · orb 5°42′Jupiter trine Saturn · orb 0°10′Jupiter conjunct Neptune · orb 4°17′Jupiter square Chiron · orb 2°01′Saturn trine Neptune · orb 4°26′Saturn square Lilith · orb 1°16′Neptune conjunct Pluto · orb 3°11′Neptune square Chiron · orb 2°15′Pluto trine South Node · orb 4°58′Chiron trine Lilith · orb 3°27′Sun — Cancer 1°56′ · +0.95°/day1°56′Mercury — Cancer 27°13′ · +0.95°/day27°13′Venus — Taurus 22°48′ · +1.15°/day22°48′Mars — Aries 0°07′ · +0.64°/day0°07′Jupiter — Gemini 18°15′ · +0.23°/day18°15′Saturn — Libra 18°25′ · +0.00°/day18°25′Uranus — Scorpio 11°33′ ℞ · −0.02°/day11°33′Neptune — Gemini 13°58′ · +0.04°/day13°58′Pluto — Gemini 10°47′ · +0.02°/day10°47′North Node — Aries 5°49′ ℞ · −0.08°/day5°49′South Node — Libra 5°49′ ℞ · −0.08°/day5°49′Chiron — Virgo 16°13′ · +0.07°/day16°13′Lilith — Capricorn 19°40′ · +0.11°/day19°40′
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 Cancer

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core self, and in Cancer it grows through feeling and belonging. There's a pull toward care, memory, home, and protecting what's tender — yours and other people's. This placement is often experienced as warm and deeply loyal, and sometimes as a shell that goes up when things feel unsafe. The theme worth exploring is the difference between protecting yourself and hiding: both look similar from the outside. Protecting yourself and hiding can pass for one another until you let a little of the tenderness be seen, which is the moment they finally part ways.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunCancer 1°56′
MercuryCancer 27°13′
VenusTaurus 22°48′
MarsAries 0°07′
JupiterGemini 18°15′
SaturnLibra 18°25′
UranusScorpio 11°33′
NeptuneGemini 13°58′
PlutoGemini 10°47′
North NodeAries 5°49′
South NodeLibra 5°49′
ChironVirgo 16°13′
LilithCapricorn 19°40′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°10′
  • 1°50′
  • 1°16′
  • 3°53′
  • 3°53′
  • 2°01′
  • 2°15′
  • 3°11′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Water40%
Air33%
Fire13%
Earth13%

Leading: Water

Modalities

Cardinal57%
Mutable23%
Fixed20%

Leading: Cardinal

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