Image: Wikimedia CommonsPublic figures · October 7, 1931 · Munsieville
Desmond Tutu's Birth Chart
Sun in Libra · Moon in Leo
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology. Wikipedia
Section I · The core
The two luminaries
Two lights set the tone of the whole chart: the Sun, the identity; the Moon, the emotional world.
Desmond Tutu's Sun, in Libra
Your identity seeks balance and harmony: beauty, fair agreement and the art of being in relationship. Your purpose flourishes when you build bridges, weigh nuances and look for the right balance in relationships.
Desmond Tutu's Moon, in Leo
Your heart needs to be seen, needs warmth and room to show itself as it is: loyalty and sincere recognition are your emotional nourishment. You feel magnanimously and need your affections to affirm your true self.
Section II · The map
Their natal wheel
The sky on the day they were born. The outer ring is the twelve signs; the lines across the centre, the aspects between planets. Without a birth time, houses and the Ascendant aren't drawn.
Section III · The detail
Planets and aspects
The exact numbers behind the drawing. Each table expands one layer of the wheel.
Desmond Tutu's placements
We compute the placements for the day of birth. Without the exact time the Ascendant and houses can't be fixed, but each planet's sign is reliable.
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 13°15′ |
| Moon | Leo | 17°01′ |
| Mercury | Libra | 4°51′ |
| Venus | Libra | 21°04′ |
| Mars | Scorpio | 13°44′ |
| Jupiter | Leo | 16°53′ |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 16°51′ |
| Uranus | Aries ℞ | 17°33′ |
| Neptune | Virgo | 6°53′ |
| Pluto | Cancer | 22°07′ |
Desmond Tutu's aspects
Each aspect is an angle between two planets; it defines how they speak to each other. Aspects to the Moon are approximate: they depend on the exact birth time.
Elements and modalities
How their energy is split across the four elements and the three modalities.
Section IV · The signature
The signature of their sky
The whole at a glance: how the planets are spread, and the accents that set the overall tone of the chart.
Seesaw
Your planets gather in two opposite groups: you live in the push and pull between them.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Fire and the Cardinal modality.
Sun is the most connected planet in their chart: 9 aspects tie it to the rest.
Neptune forms no aspects: it expresses its energy with total independence.
Three or more planets together in Libra: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
Four planets in two crossed oppositions: great tension and an enormous capacity for action.
Four planets in two crossed oppositions: great tension and an enormous capacity for action.
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