Carl Sagan birth chart.
Astronomer — Cosmos, the Voyager Golden Record.
The data behind this chart. Born November 9, 1934 at 05:05, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Source: Astrodatabank, Rodden rating AA (birth record). This atlas publishes only charts whose birth data carries an Astrodatabank Rodden rating of AA or A — birth records and personal reports, never fan-wiki estimates. Everything below is computed from those inputs by the observatory engine; nothing is copied from another reading.
The Big Three
- Sun in Scorpio at 16°19′ — house 2
- Moon in Sagittarius at 14°50′ — house 3
- Libra Rising at 27°50′ — chart ruler Venus
This is a Scorpio Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Libra Rising chart — a night-sect chart, so the Moon leads and Venus is the benefic of sect.
All ten placements
- Sun in Scorpio at 16°19′, house 2
- Moon in Sagittarius at 14°50′, house 3
- Mercury in Scorpio at 3°43′, house 2, retrograde
- Venus in Scorpio at 13°56′, house 2 — detriment
- Mars in Virgo at 12°52′, house 12
- Jupiter in Scorpio at 6°22′, house 2
- Saturn in Aquarius at 21°39′, house 5 — domicile
- Uranus in Aries at 28°46′, house 7, retrograde
- Neptune in Virgo at 14°11′, house 12
- Pluto in Cancer at 26°57′, house 10, retrograde
Condition and emphasis
- On the angles: Uranus, Pluto — planets in angular houses carry the loudest voice in a chart.
- Saturn is essentially dignified (net +5: domicile).
- Near-exact aspects: Venus sextile Neptune (0.2°); Moon square Neptune (0.7°).
- Chart shape: Three or four loose clusters of planets, no dominant group. The native has multiple independent life themes — range over depth.
The Vedic view
Sidereal (Lahiri ayanamsa, 22.94° subtracted from the tropical longitudes): Sun in Tula (Libra), Moon in Vrishchika (Scorpio), Tula (Libra) rising. The Moon occupies Jyeshtha nakshatra, pada 2, ruled by Mercury — the lunar mansion that opens the Vimshottari dasha sequence.
The BaZi view
Four Pillars: year 甲戌, month 乙亥, day 甲申, hour 丁卯. The Day Master is 甲 (木金), year of the 狗; Wood leads the five-element tally.
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