Birth chart

Nikola Tesla

Scientists1856 – 1943Born 10 July 1856 · Smiljantime unknown

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

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Sun

Cancer

Moon

Libra

Rising

Unknown

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

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Venus · orb 2°51′Sun square Mars · orb 0°54′Sun trine Neptune · orb 2°05′Sun square North Node · orb 1°50′Sun square South Node · orb 1°50′Venus square Mars · orb 3°45′Venus trine Neptune · orb 4°56′Venus square North Node · orb 4°40′Venus square South Node · orb 4°40′Mars opposite North Node · orb 0°56′Mars conjunct South Node · orb 0°56′Jupiter square Saturn · orb 2°60′Jupiter opposite Lilith · orb 3°14′Saturn sextile Pluto · orb 0°05′Saturn square Lilith · orb 0°14′Uranus sextile Neptune · orb 3°36′Pluto square Chiron · orb 1°44′Chiron trine Lilith · orb 1°35′Sun — Cancer 18°16′ · +0.95°/day18°16′Mercury — Gemini 28°25′ · +0.64°/day28°25′Venus — Cancer 15°25′ · +1.23°/day15°25′Mars — Libra 19°10′ · +0.48°/day19°10′Jupiter — Aries 8°37′ · +0.06°/day8°37′Saturn — Cancer 5°37′ · +0.13°/day5°37′Uranus — Taurus 23°57′ · +0.04°/day23°57′Neptune — Pisces 20°21′ ℞ · −0.01°/day20°21′Pluto — Taurus 5°32′ · +0.01°/day5°32′North Node — Aries 20°06′ · +0.00°/day20°06′South Node — Libra 20°06′ · +0.00°/day20°06′Chiron — Aquarius 3°48′ ℞ · −0.05°/day3°48′Lilith — Libra 5°23′ · +0.11°/day5°23′
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.

Moon in Libra

In the astrological tradition, the Moon describes your emotional needs — and in Libra those needs bend toward connection and calm. You feel most yourself in balance: an easy conversation, a fair arrangement, a room where no one is at odds. Beauty settles you, and so does knowing where you stand with someone. The soft spot is conflict. To keep the peace you may agree too quickly, tucking your own preference away until you are no longer sure what it was. Harmony matters, and it holds more when it includes you. The quieter practice here is keeping your own preference in the room even while you ease everyone else's out of tension.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunCancer 18°16′
MercuryGemini 28°25′
VenusCancer 15°25′
MarsLibra 19°10′
JupiterAries 8°37′
SaturnCancer 5°37′
UranusTaurus 23°57′
NeptunePisces 20°21′
PlutoTaurus 5°32′
North NodeAries 20°06′
South NodeLibra 20°06′
ChironAquarius 3°48′
LilithLibra 5°23′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°14′
  • 0°54′
  • 0°56′
  • 0°56′
  • 1°50′
  • 1°50′
  • 0°05′
  • 2°51′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Water50%
Air27%
Earth13%
Fire10%

Leading: Water

Modalities

Cardinal67%
Mutable20%
Fixed13%

Leading: Cardinal

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