Scientist · Gemini Sun

James Clerk Maxwell birth chart

June 13, 1831
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunGemini

☽︎MoonCancerorLeo

Main elementAir 61%

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Only in this chart

James Clerk Maxwell is the only chart in NEBO's celebrity base with Mercury in Gemini, Venus in Leo and Saturn in Leo at once. Ignaz Semmelweis comes closest: same Mercury and Venus, but Saturn in Pisces.

Jupiter in Aquarius with Saturn in Leo. Only Stan Laurel, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Alla Pugacheva share that pair.
Three planets retrograde: Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. Jacques Offenbach and Karl Marx have the same set, 1 chart in 212 here.
Air at 61%. Higher than 93% of charts here, with Jordan Peterson among the few above it.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Gemini Sun reads as curious and quick, with the Moon in Cancer or Leo depending on birth hour. By the book, Mercury in Gemini + Sun in Gemini + Jupiter in Aquarius reads as someone who juggles five threads, needs two options minimum and grows through its crowd. Elements run air 61%, fire 23%, water 13%, earth 3%, mutable first at 52%, the nearest mix to Bang Chan.

Planets

Gold lines: Sun trine Jupiter (1.0°), Mercury sextile Venus (1.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♊︎ Gemini 21°needs two options minimumnearest chart: Keisuke Honda 21°
☽︎Moon · emotions♋︎ / ♌︎Cancer or Leodepends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♊︎ Gemini 1°juggles five threadsnearest chart: Adele 1°
♀︎Venus · taste♌︎ Leo 2°wants grand gesturesnearest chart: Jennifer Lawrence 2°
♂︎Mars · drive♋︎ Cancer 25°fights for its ownnearest chart: Zhang Hao 25°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♒︎ Aquarius 22° ^℞grows through its crowdnearest chart: Fela Kuti 22°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♌︎ Leo 26°learns to shine without applausenearest chart: Edmund Hillary 27°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♒︎Uranus in Aquarius25% of charts here

♆︎ ♑︎Neptune in Capricorn30% of charts here

♇︎ ♈︎Pluto in Aries2% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Sun trine Jupiter (0.7°). The ego and appetite for more run downhill together, as tight as Daniel LaBelle’s.
Mercury sextile Venus (0.9°). The mind gets an easy opening from taste, as tight as Jaeden Martell’s.
Mars opposite Neptune (1.1°). Drive and the dreamer side pull from opposite ends, as tight as Steve Jobs’.

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Matched by trait profile:

Harry Potter: Dobby
Marvel: Spider-Man
Star Wars: Hondo Ohnaka
Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes
Bungo Stray Dogs: Osamu Dazai
Overwatch: Lúcio
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Noriaki Kakyoin

Famous people whose charts click with James Clerk Maxwell

H.E.R. leads at 90%, Dennis Ritchie closes the list at 88%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

Lech Kaczyński, born 1949. 3 of 6 planets share a sign (Sun, Mercury and Jupiter), and Venus splits, Leo here against Cancer.
Francis Crick is the nearest in science (1916): same Sun and Mercury, split on Venus and Mars.

Born on June 13

June 13 also belongs to John Nash (1928, science), Chris Evans (1981, film) and Keisuke Honda (1986, sport). Edinburgh is also the birthplace of David Hume and Arthur Conan Doyle. On June 13, 1831 the Moon was a waxing crescent.

Among scientists

Of this chart's placements, Mercury in Gemini is the rarest among scientists (6%), closest to Yuri Kondratyuk and Rachel Carson. Gemini ranks 3rd of 12 Suns here, with Francis Crick and Chien-Shiung Wu nearest on the same Sun.