Image: Wikimedia CommonsWriting & thought · April 26, 1711 · Edinburgh
David Hume's Birth Chart
Sun in Taurus · Moon in Leo
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40), Hume strove to create a naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature. Following John Locke, Hume rejected the existence of innate ideas, holding that all our ideas derive ultimately from impressions, but in his fork he distinguished relations of ideas, known a priori, from matters of fact, whose knowledge rests on experience. This places him in the empiricist tradition of Locke and George Berkeley, while drawing his experimental method from Francis Bacon. 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.
David Hume'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.
David Hume'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.
David Hume'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 | 5°32′ |
| Moon | Leo | 11°10′ |
| Mercury | Taurus | 0°03′ |
| Venus | Taurus | 27°22′ |
| Mars | Leo | 16°16′ |
| Jupiter | Capricorn ℞ | 3°25′ |
| Saturn | Cancer | 24°19′ |
| Uranus | Leo ℞ | 28°06′ |
| Neptune | Taurus | 0°08′ |
| Pluto | Leo ℞ | 28°01′ |
David Hume'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.
Bucket
A group of planets with a single one opposite: that 'handle' planet becomes the channel of the whole chart.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Earth and the Fixed modality.
Sun is the most connected planet in their chart: 8 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Taurus: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
Three or more planets together in Leo: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
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