Birth chart

William James

Historical figures1842 – 1910Born 11 January 1842 · Astor Housetime 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

Capricorn

Moon

Capricorn

Rising

Unknown

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

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Mercury · orb 3°41′Sun sextile Uranus · orb 0°02′Sun square Pluto · orb 2°11′Mercury sextile Uranus · orb 3°43′Mercury square Pluto · orb 1°29′Venus conjunct Jupiter · orb 2°42′Venus conjunct Saturn · orb 1°06′Mars sextile Jupiter · orb 1°38′Mars sextile Saturn · orb 3°14′Jupiter conjunct Saturn · orb 1°36′Neptune sextile Pluto · orb 3°09′Neptune conjunct Lilith · orb 0°16′Pluto sextile Lilith · orb 3°25′North Node opposite Chiron · orb 0°12′South Node conjunct Chiron · orb 0°12′Sun — Capricorn 21°08′ · +1.02°/day21°08′Mercury — Capricorn 17°28′ · +1.62°/day17°28′Venus — Capricorn 8°22′ · +1.26°/day8°22′Mars — Pisces 4°02′ · +0.78°/day4°02′Jupiter — Capricorn 5°39′ · +0.23°/day5°39′Saturn — Capricorn 7°15′ · +0.12°/day7°15′Uranus — Pisces 21°10′ · +0.03°/day21°10′Neptune — Aquarius 15°48′ · +0.04°/day15°48′Pluto — Aries 18°57′ · +0.00°/day18°57′North Node — Capricorn 29°50′ ℞ · −0.01°/day29°50′South Node — Cancer 29°50′ ℞ · −0.01°/day29°50′Chiron — Cancer 29°39′ ℞ · −0.07°/day29°39′Lilith — Aquarius 15°32′ · +0.11°/day15°32′
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 Capricorn

Traditionally, the Moon shows how you seek safety, and in Capricorn safety means being able to handle things yourself. You steady down through competence: a structure that holds, a task finished well, the quiet pride of not needing rescue. Feelings tend to wait until the work is done. This is a serious placement, not a cold one — often it grew from learning early that you had to be the reliable one. The focus of this Moon is letting support in without reading it as weakness. Leaning on someone is a skill too, and a strong one. Weight you're used to carrying alone can be shared with someone trusted, and letting it be is its own kind of strength.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunCapricorn 21°08′
MercuryCapricorn 17°28′
VenusCapricorn 8°22′
MarsPisces 4°02′
JupiterCapricorn 5°39′
SaturnCapricorn 7°15′
UranusPisces 21°10′
NeptuneAquarius 15°48′
PlutoAries 18°57′
North NodeCapricorn 29°50′
South NodeCancer 29°50′
ChironCancer 29°39′
LilithAquarius 15°32′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°12′
  • 0°12′
  • 0°16′
  • 0°02′
  • 1°06′
  • 2°11′
  • 3°41′
  • 1°36′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth67%
Water20%
Fire7%
Air7%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Cardinal73%
Mutable20%
Fixed7%

Leading: Cardinal

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