James Watt

Photo: Henry Howard · Public domain

Scientist · Capricorn Sun

James Watt birth chart

  • January 19, 1736
  • Greenock, United Kingdom
  • Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses
☉︎SunCapricorn
☽︎MoonAries
Main elementFire 49%

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It takes four placements to single out James Watt: Sun in Capricorn, Venus in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Capricorn and Saturn in Taurus. Joseph-Louis Lagrange comes closest: same Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, but Sun in Aquarius.

  • Jupiter in Capricorn with Saturn in Taurus. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 459 here, Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Richard Nixon among them.
  • Two planets retrograde: Saturn and Neptune. James Watson and Gordie Howe have the same set, 1 chart in 106 here.
  • Venus at full stretch. About 47° from the Sun. Venus tops out near 47°, so this is about as far as it can run. Joseph-Louis Lagrange is at the same distance.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Capricorn Sun reads as ambitious and long-term, an Aries Moon as bold and first to act: signs at a right angle, so outer self and inner self argue, the same pair John von Neumann carries. By the book, Venus in Sagittarius + Mars in Sagittarius + Saturn in Taurus reads as someone who needs room to roam, charges at the far goal and learns what's enough. Elements run fire 49%, earth 47%, air 5%, water 0%, cardinal first at 72%, the nearest mix to Gracie Abrams.

Planets

Gold lines: Mercury trine Saturn (0.0°), Venus conjunct Mars (2.0°).

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♅︎ ♐︎Uranus in Sagittarius10% of charts here
♆︎ ♊︎Neptune in Gemini4% of charts here
♇︎ ♎︎Pluto in Libra8% of charts here

Tightest aspects

  • Mercury trine Saturn (0.1°). The mind and self-control run downhill together, and only Émile Zola, Suzy and Rina Sawayama have it tighter at noon.
  • Sun square Pluto (0.5°). The ego keeps colliding with the need for control, as tight as Teri Hatcher’s.
  • Venus conjunct Mars (2.1°). Taste and drive act as one, as tight as Finn Wolfhard’s.
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Famous people whose charts click with James Watt

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Closest chart twins

  • Joseph-Louis Lagrange, born 6 days later: Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn match by sign, Sun splits, Capricorn here against Aquarius.
  • Pep Guardiola, 235 years later, repeats the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn signs, average gap 18°.
  • James Prescott Joule is the nearest in science (1818): same Sun, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter, split on Venus and Saturn.

Born on January 19

January 19 also belongs to Mac Miller (1992, rap), Auguste Comte (1798, philosophy) and Angham (1972, music). On January 19, 1736 the Moon was a waxing crescent.

Among scientists

Of this chart's placements, Moon in Aries is the rarest among scientists (4%), closest to Albert Abraham Michelson and Bernhard Riemann. Capricorn ranks 2nd of 12 Suns here, with James Prescott Joule and Benjamin Franklin nearest on the same Sun.

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Capricorn compatibility

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