8th U.S. President

Martin Van Buren

The first president born a citizen of the United States rather than a British subject, and the only one who spoke English as a second language.

Born1782-12-05, Kinderhook, New York, USAA Thursday
Died1862-07-24, Kinderhook, New York, USAA Thursday, aged 79
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1782-12-05, Kinderhook, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius13°46′Direct
MoonSagittarius25°34′Direct
MercuryScorpio24°26′Direct
VenusSagittarius6°33′Direct
MarsScorpio8°00′Direct
JupiterCapricorn4°30′Direct
SaturnCapricorn1°19′Direct
UranusCancer6°13′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra9°51′Direct
PlutoAquarius6°32′Direct

This is Martin Van Buren's chart for 1782-12-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1862-07-24, Kinderhook, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo1°27′Direct
MoonCancer7°00′Direct
MercuryCancer11°42′Direct
VenusGemini26°58′Direct
MarsAries9°24′Direct
JupiterVirgo24°07′Direct
SaturnVirgo19°24′Direct
UranusGemini19°03′Direct
NeptuneAries3°47′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus11°20′Direct

This is Martin Van Buren's chart for 1862-07-24, the day they died, cast the same way a birth chart is cast. Cast one for any recorded date. It predicts nothing: the date is one you already have.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Martin Van Buren was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
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Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.