Portrait of Boston

Boston

capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and seat of Suffolk County

city
VirgoAquarius

Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Founded
September 17, 1630
Origin
United States
Sun sign
Virgo

Boston, capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and seat of Suffolk County, was founded on September 17, 1630 in United States. With the Sun in Virgo, Boston's chart begins from a Virgo core. The chart is cast for the event date (noon), the standard approach for founding charts.

Astrological profile

The chart’s core is a Virgo Sun at the late degree, doubled by Mercury in exact conjunction. This creates a highly analytical identity that values precision, service, and orderly detail. The Moon in Aquarius brings an emotionally detached, intellectually curious side that prizes independence and humanitarian ideas, softening Virgo’s practicality with a touch of eccentricity. Rising is unknown, so the outward demeanor must be inferred from the strong Earth and Fixed signatures: a steady, methodical presence that projects reliability and a preference for proven routines over flashiness.

The Sun‑Mercury conjunction sharpens thinking to a surgical level, granting the native an innate ability to dissect facts and communicate them with clarity; ideas are not merely contemplated but catalogued. The Sun trine Pluto adds a deep, relentless drive toward self‑reformation, allowing careful analysis to be channeled into powerful insights and a willingness to confront hidden flaws. Mars quincunx Pluto creates a subtle friction between purposeful action and underlying transformative currents, manifesting as occasional bursts of will that feel out of sync with long‑term plans and require conscious integration. Saturn’s conjunction with Neptune blends disciplined structure with visionary imagination, yielding a disciplined idealism that can manifest as realistic dreams or, if unbalanced, a tendency toward rigid mysticism.

Earth dominates the elemental distribution, reinforcing a pragmatic, material‑oriented temperament, while Fixed modality outnumbers the others, indicating persistence, resistance to change, and a focus on building lasting structures. Together they suggest a personality that seeks stability through meticulous effort and steady evolution. Overall read: a meticulous, grounded mind seeking lasting transformation through disciplined focus.

An interpretation of the chart above, generated from the computed placements.

Natal placements

SunVirgo 24°
MoonAquarius 11°
MercuryVirgo 25°
VenusLeo 18°
MarsLibra 22°
JupiterPisces 6°
SaturnScorpio 3°
UranusVirgo 16°
NeptuneScorpio 2°
PlutoTaurus 23°
ChironGemini 1°
CeresLibra 19°
PallasScorpio 1°
JunoSagittarius 11°
VestaAries 20°
LilithPisces 27°
North NodeGemini 7°

Computed from the birth date (noon). The Moon is approximate and angles are omitted without a birth time.

Boston is a precise and practical Virgo Sun, with a independent and inventive Aquarius Moon. The chart leans earth and fixed.

Major aspects

Sun Mercury 1°Sun Pluto 1°Mars Pluto 1°Jupiter North Node 1°Saturn Neptune 1°Neptune Chiron 1°Mercury Pluto 2°Saturn Chiron 2°Jupiter Saturn 3°Moon North Node 4°

△ trine · ⚹ sextile flow easily · □ square · ☍ opposition create tension · ☌ conjunction fuses energies · ⚻ quincunx asks for adjustment

Element & modality balance

Fire
1
Earth
4
Air
2
Water
3
Cardinal
1
Fixed
5
Mutable
4

Founded the same day

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