Abraham Lincoln's Birth Chart
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 at 06:54 in Hodgenville, KY. The chart has the Sun in Aquarius and the Moon in Capricorn, with Aquarius rising.
| Born | February 12, 1809 |
| Time | 06:54 |
| Place | Hodgenville, KY |
Abraham Lincoln's Big Three
Here is how Astrologer's interpretation library describes each of these placements, for anyone born with them.
Sun in Aquarius: At a Slight Angle
You are yourself at a slight angle to everyone else. Identity here is built from the ways you differ, from ideas held as principles, and from a loyalty to the group that can outrun your loyalty to any one person in it. People experience you as friendly, original and hard to get close to, warm at a distance and cooler up close. You see the system where others see the situation. Being told to do it the usual way is the fastest route to your refusal.
Moon in Capricorn: Competence as Comfort
You feel safest when you are capable, and comfort comes from a job done well, a bill paid, a plan that holds. Feelings are private and processed slowly, often through work rather than conversation, and you can seem cool to people who want an immediate reaction. Early life may have asked you to be older than you were, and you carry that reserve into how you ask for care, which is rarely and sideways. You show love by showing up, on time, every time, long after louder people have left.
Aquarius rising: Friendly From a Distance
You arrive as the person slightly apart from the group, friendly to everyone and belonging to no one in particular. Strangers meet a level gaze, an even voice, and an interest that treats them as one more specimen of a fascinating species. Your body keeps its own temperature in a room that is heating up, which makes you the one people turn to when things go wrong and the one they find hard to read when things go right. Being different is how you look, not something you decided.
Planet positions in Abraham Lincoln's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 23°26′ |
| Moon | Capricorn | 26°32′ |
| Mercury | Pisces | 10°15′ |
| Venus | Aries | 7°25′ |
| Mars | Libra | 25°29′ |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 22°05′ |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 3°08′ |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 9°40′ |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 6°41′ |
| Pluto | Pisces | 13°37′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Scorpio | 6°10′ |
| Chiron | Aquarius | 11°44′ |
| Ascendant | Aquarius | 6°24′ |
| Midheaven | Scorpio | 26°12′ |
Element and modality balance
Counting ten planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 3, Earth 1, Air 2, Water 4. By modality: Cardinal 3, Fixed 2, Mutable 5.
A water emphasis
A water emphasis makes you emotional, intuitive, and sensitive: you feel deeply, attune to others, and navigate life through instinct and empathy.
A mutable emphasis
A mutable emphasis makes you adaptable and flexible: you adjust easily, juggle change, and thrive on variety and versatility.
The tightest aspects in Abraham Lincoln's chart
- Mercury trine Uranus, orb 0°35′
- Venus trine Neptune, orb 0°44′
- Moon square Mars, orb 1°03′
- Uranus square Chiron, orb 2°03′
- Sun trine Mars, orb 2°04′
- Mercury conjunct Pluto, orb 3°22′
- Uranus conjunct North Node, orb 3°30′
- Saturn conjunct Neptune, orb 3°33′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Mercury trine Uranus: Effortless Strange Logic
Technical things make sense to you without effort, which is exactly why nobody, including you, notices this running. Words, systems, code, machines, all of it slots in easily, and the unusual explanation is your first explanation rather than a stretch. Flow this smooth amplifies whatever it carries, so scattered thinking gets just as much support as brilliant thinking.
Venus trine Neptune: Effortless Enchantment
Charm and illusion run together so smoothly you have never questioned it. You make things lovely without effort, read a room's mood before it speaks, and slide into other people's feelings like water. The same flow amplifies whatever it carries, so a self-deceiving story about a relationship or a spending habit runs just as easily as the art does.
Moon square Mars: Comfort Versus Heat
Anger arrives with the emotional weather attached, so a bad mood turns into a fight and a fight leaves you needing your own room afterward. One side wants safety, familiarity, the known house; the other wants to start something, and neither backs off. The pressure builds real fight in you, plus a body that registers stress fast, in the stomach, the sleep, the temper.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for Abraham Lincoln's recorded date, time and place of birth. The rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses depend on the birth time, so they are only as reliable as the time on record. The interpretations come from the same library Astrologer uses in its own chart readings.