Image: Wikimedia CommonsScience · June 13, 1831 · Edinburgh
James Clerk Maxwell's Birth Chart
Sun in Gemini · Moon in Leo ≈
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism achieved the second great unification in physics, where the first one had been realised by Isaac Newton. Maxwell was also key in the creation of statistical mechanics. 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.
James Clerk Maxwell's Sun, in Gemini
Your identity lives in curiosity: you are bridge, translator, permanent question. It unfolds through versatility, movement and the play of ideas. You need to explore, build bridges, ask questions and connect concepts in order to understand the world.
James Clerk Maxwell'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.
Without an exact birth time, the Moon could fall in the neighbouring sign: it changed sign that day.
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.
James Clerk Maxwell'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 | Gemini | 21°40′ |
| Moon | Leo | 6°15′ |
| Mercury | Gemini | 1°14′ |
| Venus | Leo | 2°06′ |
| Mars | Cancer | 25°31′ |
| Jupiter | Aquarius ℞ | 22°20′ |
| Saturn | Leo | 26°45′ |
| Uranus | Aquarius ℞ | 14°16′ |
| Neptune | Capricorn ℞ | 24°27′ |
| Pluto | Aries | 10°33′ |
James Clerk Maxwell'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.
Splay
Your planets gather in irregular clusters: several well-defined centres of energy.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Fire and the Fixed modality.
Moon is the most connected planet in their chart: 6 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Leo: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
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