Birth chart

Harry S. Truman

Politicians1884 – 1972Born 8 May 1884 · Lamartime 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

Taurus

Moon

Libra → Scorpio

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°22′Sun trine Uranus · orb 5°44′Sun conjunct Neptune · orb 2°11′Mercury sextile Jupiter · orb 3°15′Mercury conjunct Pluto · orb 0°54′Mercury conjunct Chiron · orb 1°21′Mercury opposite Lilith · orb 3°44′Mars square Neptune · orb 3°33′Jupiter sextile Uranus · orb 3°50′Jupiter sextile Pluto · orb 2°20′Jupiter square North Node · orb 4°60′Jupiter square South Node · orb 4°60′Jupiter trine Lilith · orb 0°29′Uranus trine Neptune · orb 3°33′Uranus sextile Lilith · orb 3°21′Pluto conjunct Chiron · orb 2°15′Pluto opposite Lilith · orb 2°49′Sun — Taurus 18°29′ · +0.97°/day18°29′Mercury — Gemini 1°18′ ℞ · −0.17°/day1°18′Venus — Cancer 3°48′ · +0.92°/day3°48′Mars — Leo 17°08′ · +0.43°/day17°08′Jupiter — Cancer 28°03′ · +0.13°/day28°03′Saturn — Gemini 10°15′ · +0.12°/day10°15′Uranus — Virgo 24°13′ ℞ · −0.02°/day24°13′Neptune — Taurus 20°41′ · +0.04°/day20°41′Pluto — Gemini 0°23′ · +0.02°/day0°23′North Node — Libra 23°03′ ℞ · −0.02°/day23°03′South Node — Aries 23°03′ ℞ · −0.02°/day23°03′Chiron — Gemini 2°38′ · +0.08°/day2°38′Lilith — Scorpio 27°34′ · +0.11°/day27°34′
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 Taurus

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core sense of self, and in Taurus it grows through steadiness. There's a pull toward what is solid and real — comfort, the senses, things that last, a pace that can't be rushed. People often experience this placement as calm and dependable, and sometimes as a deep reluctance to change what already works. The theme worth exploring is where steadiness ends and standing still begins — the way staying put can hold you up in one moment and quietly hold you back in the next. Rootedness and inertia look identical from the outside, and telling what you keep because it is yours from what you keep because it is genuinely good for you is the whole quiet art here.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunTaurus 18°29′
MercuryGemini 1°18′
VenusCancer 3°48′
MarsLeo 17°08′
JupiterCancer 28°03′
SaturnGemini 10°15′
UranusVirgo 24°13′
NeptuneTaurus 20°41′
PlutoGemini 0°23′
North NodeLibra 23°03′
South NodeAries 23°03′
ChironGemini 2°38′
LilithScorpio 27°34′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 1°22′
  • 0°54′
  • 0°29′
  • 2°11′
  • 1°21′
  • 2°15′
  • 5°44′
  • 2°49′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth33%
Air30%
Water23%
Fire13%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Fixed40%
Mutable37%
Cardinal23%

Leading: Fixed

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