Birth chart

P. T. Barnum

Entrepreneurs1810 – 1891Born 5 July 1810 · Betheltime 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

Cancer

Moon

Leo → Virgo

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 Mars · orb 5°43′Sun trine Uranus · orb 2°38′Sun trine Pluto · orb 4°08′Sun square North Node · orb 3°24′Sun square South Node · orb 3°24′Mercury trine Chiron · orb 4°33′Venus trine Saturn · orb 2°05′Venus square Uranus · orb 1°37′Venus sextile North Node · orb 2°23′Venus trine South Node · orb 2°23′Mars trine Uranus · orb 3°05′Mars square North Node · orb 2°19′Mars square South Node · orb 2°19′Jupiter square Chiron · orb 2°16′Jupiter sextile Lilith · orb 0°02′Saturn conjunct Neptune · orb 3°04′Saturn sextile North Node · orb 0°18′Saturn trine South Node · orb 0°18′Neptune sextile North Node · orb 2°46′Neptune trine South Node · orb 2°46′Sun — Cancer 12°54′ · +0.95°/day12°54′Mercury — Gemini 25°18′ · +0.25°/day25°18′Venus — Leo 11°53′ · +1.20°/day11°53′Mars — Cancer 7°11′ · +0.66°/day7°11′Jupiter — Taurus 23°00′ · +0.19°/day23°00′Saturn — Sagittarius 9°48′ ℞ · −0.06°/day9°48′Uranus — Scorpio 10°16′ ℞ · −0.01°/day10°16′Neptune — Sagittarius 6°45′ ℞ · −0.02°/day6°45′Pluto — Pisces 17°02′ ℞ · −0.01°/day17°02′North Node — Libra 9°30′ ℞ · −0.12°/day9°30′South Node — Aries 9°30′ ℞ · −0.12°/day9°30′Chiron — Aquarius 20°45′ ℞ · −0.04°/day20°45′Lilith — Cancer 23°02′ · +0.11°/day23°02′
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.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunCancer 12°54′
MercuryGemini 25°18′
VenusLeo 11°53′
MarsCancer 7°11′
JupiterTaurus 23°00′
SaturnSagittarius 9°48′
UranusScorpio 10°16′
NeptuneSagittarius 6°45′
PlutoPisces 17°02′
North NodeLibra 9°30′
South NodeAries 9°30′
ChironAquarius 20°45′
LilithCancer 23°02′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°18′
  • 0°02′
  • 2°38′
  • 3°24′
  • 3°24′
  • 0°18′
  • 5°43′
  • 1°37′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Water47%
Fire30%
Air13%
Earth10%

Leading: Water

Modalities

Mutable37%
Cardinal33%
Fixed30%

Leading: Mutable

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