Image: Wikimedia CommonsWriting & thought · June 5, 1723 · Kirkcaldy
Adam Smith's Birth Chart
Sun in Gemini · Moon in Cancer
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by many as the "father of economics", or the "father of capitalism", he is primarily known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter, often abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is regarded as his magnum opus, marking the inception of modern economic scholarship as a comprehensive system and an academic discipline. Smith refuses to explain the distribution of wealth and power in terms of divine will and instead appeals to natural, political, social, economic, legal, environmental and technological factors, as well as the interactions among them. The work is notable for its contribution to economic theory, particularly in its exposition of the concept of absolute advantage. 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.
Adam Smith's Sun, in Gemini
Your identity lives in curiosity: you are bridge, translator, a permanent question.
Adam Smith's Moon, in Cancer
You feel in tides: a deep sensitivity that records everything and needs a den to process it.
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.
Adam Smith'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 | 14°07′ |
| Moon | Cancer | 13°20′ |
| Mercury | Cancer | 2°26′ |
| Venus | Taurus | 5°40′ |
| Mars | Aries | 15°15′ |
| Jupiter | Capricorn ℞ | 5°50′ |
| Saturn | Sagittarius ℞ | 27°06′ |
| Uranus | Libra ℞ | 25°31′ |
| Neptune | Taurus | 27°35′ |
| Pluto | Virgo | 23°14′ |
Adam Smith'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 Earth and the Cardinal modality.
Mercury is the most connected planet in their chart: 4 aspects tie it to the rest.
Their chart forms no major pattern (grand trine, T-square, grand cross or stellium).
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