Birth chart

Martin Luther King Jr.

Politicians1929 – 1968Born 15 January 1929 · Atlantatime 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

Capricorn

Moon

Pisces

Rising

Unknown

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

Chart wheel

Sun square Jupiter · orb 6°05′Sun opposite Pluto · orb 7°57′Sun trine North Node · orb 3°33′Sun sextile South Node · orb 3°33′Mars opposite Saturn · orb 3°27′Mars opposite Lilith · orb 5°58′Jupiter trine Neptune · orb 0°16′Jupiter conjunct Chiron · orb 4°15′Neptune square North Node · orb 2°15′Neptune square South Node · orb 2°15′Neptune trine Chiron · orb 4°31′Sun — Capricorn 25°05′ · +1.02°/day25°05′Mercury — Aquarius 11°41′ · +1.50°/day11°41′Venus — Pisces 10°30′ · +1.13°/day10°30′Mars — Gemini 21°54′ ℞ · −0.16°/day21°54′Jupiter — Taurus 1°10′ · +0.07°/day1°10′Saturn — Sagittarius 25°20′ · +0.11°/day25°20′Uranus — Aries 3°57′ · +0.03°/day3°57′Neptune — Virgo 0°53′ ℞ · −0.02°/day0°53′Pluto — Cancer 17°08′ ℞ · −0.02°/day17°08′North Node — Taurus 28°38′ ℞ · −0.11°/day28°38′South Node — Scorpio 28°38′ ℞ · −0.11°/day28°38′Chiron — Taurus 5°25′ · +0.00°/day5°25′Lilith — Sagittarius 15°56′ · +0.11°/day15°56′
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 Capricorn

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core self, and in Capricorn it grows through purpose, patience, and building something real over time. There's a pull toward responsibility and mastery — a willingness to climb slowly and carry weight others put down. People often experience this as capable and steady, and sometimes as too hard on themselves, measuring worth by output. The theme worth exploring is where the mountain came from — whose summit you're climbing, and whether reaching it still feels like yours. Rest can be pictured without first earning it, once the climb stops standing in for proof and the drive reads as a resource to aim rather than a debt that keeps coming due.

Moon in Pisces

In the astrological tradition, the Moon holds your inner world — and in Pisces that world is porous and deeply feeling. You soak up the mood of a room without meaning to, which makes you tender and kind and, some days, quietly overwhelmed. You settle through softness: music, sleep, imagination, a stretch of time with no edges. Compassion comes easily; boundaries take practice. The care you extend so naturally to others is meant for you as well. It helps to notice which feelings are yours and which you have simply absorbed from the people nearby. When you feel flooded, one gentle sorting can help — noticing which feelings are yours to carry and which you simply picked up along the way.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunCapricorn 25°05′
MercuryAquarius 11°41′
VenusPisces 10°30′
MarsGemini 21°54′
JupiterTaurus 1°10′
SaturnSagittarius 25°20′
UranusAries 3°57′
NeptuneVirgo 0°53′
PlutoCancer 17°08′
North NodeTaurus 28°38′
South NodeScorpio 28°38′
ChironTaurus 5°25′
LilithSagittarius 15°56′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°16′
  • 3°33′
  • 6°05′
  • 7°57′
  • 3°33′
  • 2°15′
  • 2°15′
  • 3°27′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth37%
Air27%
Water20%
Fire17%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Mutable43%
Cardinal33%
Fixed23%

Leading: Mutable

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