Birth chart

James Clerk Maxwell

Scientists1831 – 1879Born 13 June 1831 · Edinburghtime 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

Gemini

Moon

Cancer → Leo

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 trine Jupiter · orb 0°40′Sun sextile North Node · orb 2°00′Sun trine South Node · orb 2°00′Mercury sextile Venus · orb 0°52′Mercury square Saturn · orb 4°29′Mercury opposite Lilith · orb 3°47′Venus trine Lilith · orb 2°56′Mars opposite Neptune · orb 1°04′Jupiter opposite Saturn · orb 4°25′Jupiter opposite North Node · orb 1°21′Jupiter conjunct South Node · orb 1°21′Saturn conjunct North Node · orb 3°04′Saturn opposite South Node · orb 3°04′Uranus sextile Pluto · orb 3°44′Uranus square Chiron · orb 0°03′Sun — Gemini 21°39′ · +0.96°/day21°39′Mercury — Gemini 1°14′ · +0.43°/day1°14′Venus — Leo 2°05′ · +1.14°/day2°05′Mars — Cancer 25°30′ · +0.62°/day25°30′Jupiter — Aquarius 22°19′ ℞ · −0.01°/day22°19′Saturn — Leo 26°44′ · +0.08°/day26°44′Uranus — Aquarius 14°16′ ℞ · −0.02°/day14°16′Neptune — Capricorn 24°26′ ℞ · −0.02°/day24°26′Pluto — Aries 10°32′ · +0.01°/day10°32′North Node — Leo 23°40′ ℞ · −0.04°/day23°40′South Node — Aquarius 23°40′ ℞ · −0.04°/day23°40′Chiron — Taurus 14°18′ · +0.06°/day14°18′Lilith — Sagittarius 5°01′ · +0.11°/day5°01′
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 Gemini

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is the self you're growing toward, and in Gemini it comes alive through curiosity. There's a pull to gather, connect, question, and keep options open — a mind that lights up around variety and language. Others often read this as quick and sociable, sometimes as scattered. The theme worth exploring is depth versus breadth: the same openness that makes you endlessly interested can make it hard to land. One of your many threads would feel like relief to follow all the way to the end rather than only start, and finding that one is the quiet work here.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunGemini 21°39′
MercuryGemini 1°14′
VenusLeo 2°05′
MarsCancer 25°30′
JupiterAquarius 22°19′
SaturnLeo 26°44′
UranusAquarius 14°16′
NeptuneCapricorn 24°26′
PlutoAries 10°32′
North NodeLeo 23°40′
South NodeAquarius 23°40′
ChironTaurus 14°18′
LilithSagittarius 5°01′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°03′
  • 0°40′
  • 1°04′
  • 2°00′
  • 1°21′
  • 1°21′
  • 2°00′
  • 0°52′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Air50%
Fire30%
Water13%
Earth7%

Leading: Air

Modalities

Fixed40%
Mutable33%
Cardinal27%

Leading: Fixed

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