Birth chart

James A. Garfield

Historical figures1831 – 1881Born 19 November 1831 · Moreland Hillstime 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

Scorpio

Moon

Taurus → Gemini

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 conjunct Mercury · orb 3°35′Sun sextile Neptune · orb 3°52′Venus trine Jupiter · orb 1°04′Venus trine Uranus · orb 3°11′Venus opposite Pluto · orb 5°18′Venus sextile North Node · orb 1°58′Venus trine South Node · orb 1°58′Mars square Uranus · orb 2°60′Mars opposite Chiron · orb 5°25′Jupiter conjunct Uranus · orb 4°16′Jupiter opposite North Node · orb 0°54′Jupiter conjunct South Node · orb 0°54′Jupiter square Chiron · orb 1°51′Saturn trine Chiron · orb 0°31′Uranus sextile Pluto · orb 2°06′Uranus opposite North Node · orb 5°09′Uranus conjunct South Node · orb 5°09′Uranus square Chiron · orb 2°25′North Node square Chiron · orb 2°44′South Node square Chiron · orb 2°44′Sun — Scorpio 26°39′ · +1.01°/day26°39′Mercury — Sagittarius 0°14′ · +1.57°/day0°14′Venus — Libra 14°08′ · +0.65°/day14°08′Mars — Scorpio 7°57′ · +0.68°/day7°57′Jupiter — Aquarius 15°12′ · +0.13°/day15°12′Saturn — Virgo 13°52′ · +0.06°/day13°52′Uranus — Aquarius 10°56′ · +0.02°/day10°56′Neptune — Capricorn 22°47′ · +0.02°/day22°47′Pluto — Aries 8°50′ ℞ · −0.01°/day8°50′North Node — Leo 16°06′ ℞ · −0.19°/day16°06′South Node — Aquarius 16°06′ ℞ · −0.19°/day16°06′Chiron — Taurus 13°22′ ℞ · −0.05°/day13°22′Lilith — Sagittarius 22°49′ · +0.11°/day22°49′
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.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunScorpio 26°39′
MercurySagittarius 0°14′
VenusLibra 14°08′
MarsScorpio 7°57′
JupiterAquarius 15°12′
SaturnVirgo 13°52′
UranusAquarius 10°56′
NeptuneCapricorn 22°47′
PlutoAries 8°50′
North NodeLeo 16°06′
South NodeAquarius 16°06′
ChironTaurus 13°22′
LilithSagittarius 22°49′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°54′
  • 0°54′
  • 0°31′
  • 3°35′
  • 1°04′
  • 1°51′
  • 3°52′
  • 2°25′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Water33%
Air30%
Fire20%
Earth17%

Leading: Water

Modalities

Fixed50%
Cardinal27%
Mutable23%

Leading: Fixed

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