
Adelaide
capital city of South Australia
cityPhoto: Photograph by Doug Barber · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Founded
- December 28, 1836
- Origin
- Australia
- Sun sign
- Capricorn
Adelaide, capital city of South Australia, was founded on December 28, 1836 in Australia. With the Sun in Capricorn, Adelaide's chart begins from a Capricorn core. The chart is cast for the event date (noon), the standard approach for founding charts.
Astrological profile
With Sun in Capricorn at 7°, Adelaide’s core identity is that of a disciplined, goal‑oriented pragmatist. The Moon’s Virgo placement at the same degree mirrors this seriousness, adding a meticulous emotional register that values order and useful detail. Although the exact Ascendant is unknown, the chart’s heavy Capricorn and Virgo influence suggests a likely earthy, possibly also Capricorn‑rising tone: a reserved outward demeanor that projects reliability and a quiet ambition. Together the Sun‑Moon trine weaves a natural congruence between conscious intention and subconscious feeling, producing a temperament that is both dutiful and internally coherent, though modest in self‑presentation.
The tightest aspects sharpen this picture. Mercury in Capricorn sextiles Saturn in Scorpio, furnishing a methodical mind that structures ideas with long‑term seriousness and an innate respect for tradition. Conversely, Mercury squares Pluto in Aries, injecting a probing intensity that can make thoughts feel compulsively deep, sometimes creating inner conflict between orderly analysis and a need to confront hidden truths. Venus in Sagittarius squares Uranus in Pisces, stirring a tension between a love for expansive freedom and sudden, unconventional impulses in relationships, prompting a restless pursuit of novel experiences. Finally, Mars in Leo sextiles Chiron in Gemini, offering a healing drive; the retrograde Mars channels assertive energy into thoughtful, corrective action, allowing wounds of pride to be transformed into constructive self‑expression.
Fire dominates the chart (four fire placements) while Fixed is the prevailing modality (four planets). This combination produces a resolute, steadily expressive character: the fire element supplies enthusiasm and creative spark, but the fixed quality anchors it in persistence and a desire to see plans through. In sum, the chart reads as a steadfast, analytically inclined individual who tempers intense inner currents with disciplined, purposeful action.
An interpretation of the chart above, generated from the computed placements.
Natal placements
Computed from the birth date (noon). The Moon is approximate and angles are omitted without a birth time.
Adelaide is a disciplined and ambitious Capricorn Sun, with a precise and practical Virgo Moon. The chart leans fire and fixed.
Major aspects
△ trine · ⚹ sextile flow easily · □ square · ☍ opposition create tension · ☌ conjunction fuses energies · ⚻ quincunx asks for adjustment
Element & modality balance
Founded the same day
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