Image: Wikimedia CommonsPolitics & history · April 25, 121 · Rome
Marcus Aurelius's Birth Chart
Sun in Taurus · Moon in Capricorn
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161. 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.
Marcus Aurelius's Sun, in Taurus
Your centre is steadiness: you slowly build things that last, and sensory pleasure orders you. You flourish when you build at your own pace and give tangible form to what you value.
Marcus Aurelius's Moon, in Capricorn
Your emotions are sober and deep: it's hard for you to ask, but you hold like a mountain. Your emotional world seeks refuge in restraint, work, pragmatism and self-control. You show affection by supporting and protecting your own, and you find peace when you feel you hold the reins of your life.
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.
Marcus Aurelius'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 | Taurus | 4°18′ |
| Moon | Capricorn | 19°35′ |
| Mercury | Taurus | 24°05′ |
| Venus | Pisces | 18°43′ |
| Mars | Taurus | 8°22′ |
| Jupiter | Scorpio ℞ | 21°34′ |
| Saturn | Cancer | 14°13′ |
| Uranus | Virgo ℞ | 7°38′ |
| Neptune | Leo | 12°18′ |
| Pluto | Aries | 8°32′ |
Marcus Aurelius'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 Earth and the Fixed modality.
North Node is the most connected planet in their chart: 6 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Taurus: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
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