Thomas Edison's Birth Chart
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 at 03:00 in Milan, OH. The chart has the Sun in Aquarius and the Moon in Sagittarius, with Sagittarius rising.
| Born | February 11, 1847 |
| Time | 03:00 |
| Place | Milan, OH |
Thomas Edison'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 Sagittarius: Room to Roam
You feel best when there is somewhere to go. Confinement, a small room, a small plan, a conversation that keeps circling, makes you restless in the body before the mind catches up. Comfort is open space, a long drive, people who laugh easily. Your moods are warm and quick to lift, and you tend to trust that things will work out, which steadies others and sometimes skips past what hurts. Being needed too closely feels like a leash, and you love most freely with the door left open.
Sagittarius rising: Larger Than the Doorway
You arrive larger than the doorway. Strangers meet a loud laugh, a long stride, an opinion offered before it was asked for, and most of them warm to it. People expect honesty from you and get it whole, including the part that would have been kinder left out. Your body wants distance, horizons, a reason to leave early, and a small room or a long meeting makes you restless within minutes. Promises made on arrival are sincere and sometimes forgotten by the time you reach the car.
Planet positions in Thomas Edison's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 22°01′ |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 25°26′ |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 17°57′ |
| Venus | Pisces | 5°41′ |
| Mars | Capricorn | 0°34′ |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 6°48′ |
| Saturn | Pisces | 1°59′ |
| Uranus | Aries | 11°29′ |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 27°37′ |
| Pluto | Aries | 24°10′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Libra | 20°42′ |
| Chiron (retrograde) | Libra | 24°06′ |
| Ascendant | Sagittarius | 8°25′ |
| Midheaven | Virgo | 26°55′ |
Element and modality balance
Counting ten planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 3, Earth 1, Air 4, Water 2. By modality: Cardinal 3, Fixed 3, Mutable 4.
A air emphasis
An air emphasis makes you mental, social, and idea-driven: you live in thought, communication, and connection, weighing things from a distance.
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 Thomas Edison's chart
- Pluto opposite Chiron, orb 0°04′
- Venus square Jupiter, orb 1°07′
- Moon trine Pluto, orb 1°16′
- Sun trine North Node, orb 1°19′
- Moon sextile Chiron, orb 1°20′
- Mars sextile Saturn, orb 1°25′
- Sun trine Chiron, orb 2°04′
- Sun sextile Pluto, orb 2°08′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Pluto opposite Chiron: Power Facing Injury
On one side, raw willpower and control. On the other, a break that no amount of will has ever fixed. Both are true about you at once and both demand airtime. When you over-identify with the powerful side, the wound leaks out sideways; when you live entirely in the injury, the resilience goes unused. Held apart and honored, they make you credible.
Venus square Jupiter: Taste Versus Scale
Something in you wants the beautiful, well-made, exactly-right version, and something else wants more of it, bigger, further out. One side pushes for growth and possibility, the other has to answer with actual worth, actual price, actual taste. That grinding is why your standards are expensive and your generosity occasionally outruns what you own.
Moon trine Pluto: Effortless Emotional Depth
You read rooms at a level most people never reach, and it costs you nothing. Intensity flows straight into your feeling life without resistance, which is great when what's flowing is insight and rough when what's flowing is obsession or an inherited toxic cycle. The channel is open either way; it amplifies whatever gets poured in.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for Thomas Edison'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.