Portrait of Lima

Lima

capital and largest city of Peru

city
AquariusPisces

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Founded
January 28, 1535
Origin
Peru
Sun sign
Aquarius

Lima, capital and largest city of Peru, was founded on January 28, 1535 in Peru. With the Sun in Aquarius, Lima's chart begins from a Aquarius core. The chart is cast for the event date (noon), the standard approach for founding charts.

Astrological profile

Lima’s chart is anchored by a Capricorn Sun at 28°, a sign that gifts a pragmatic, responsible core and a drive for tangible achievement. The Moon, hovering near the end of Pisces, softens this structure with a sensitive, imaginative interior that seeks emotional communion beyond the material. Because the birth time is unknown, the Ascendant can only be approximated, but the heavy concentration of Capricorn, Aquarius and other cardinal points suggests a rising that likely reinforces an outward demeanor of ambition and initiative. Together the Sun‑Moon sextile underscores a rare ease between the pragmatic self and the dreamy inner world, allowing Lima to integrate disciplined effort with a subtle, compassionate intuition.

The tightest aspects give the chart its distinctive tension and gift. The Sun quincunx Chiron (0° orb) creates an uneasy adjustment between personal ambition and a wounded sensitivity, prompting continual self‑refinement through confronting deep‑seated insecurities. The Sun’s opposition to the North Node (0° orb) further accentuates a life lesson: the outward pursuit of status must be balanced against a karmic pull toward emotional nurturance, especially the Cancerian North Node that beckons toward caring roots. Mercury’s exact conjunction with Jupiter in Aquarius bestows an expansive, innovative mind; ideas are communicated with optimism and a forward‑looking vision that can inspire groups. Finally, the Sun’s sextile to Neptune (2° orb) adds a layer of idealism, tempering Capricorn’s rigidity with a subtle spiritual yearning that can manifest as compassionate leadership when the practical and the visionary are aligned.

Earth dominates the elemental distribution, reinforcing a grounded, results‑oriented temperament, while Cardinal modality prevails, indicating a strong drive to initiate and shape circumstances. In synthesis, Lima’s chart combines disciplined ambition with an undercurrent of compassionate idealism, steering a purposeful life that continuously negotiates the tension between material mastery and deeper emotional fulfillment.

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

Natal placements

SunCapricorn 28°
MoonPisces 26°
MercuryAquarius 10°
VenusCapricorn 12°
MarsCapricorn 10°
JupiterAquarius 10°
SaturnLeo 7°
UranusCancer 20°
NeptuneAries 0°
PlutoAquarius 4°
ChironGemini 28°
CeresCapricorn 29°
PallasAquarius 11°
JunoCapricorn 24°
VestaSagittarius 14°
LilithGemini 4°
North NodeCancer 28°

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

Lima is a independent and inventive Aquarius Sun, with a imaginative and empathetic Pisces Moon. The chart leans earth and cardinal.

Major aspects

Sun Chiron 0°Sun North Node 0°Mercury Jupiter 0°Sun Moon 2°Sun Neptune 2°Moon Chiron 2°Moon North Node 2°Venus Mars 2°Neptune Chiron 2°Neptune North Node 2°

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

Element & modality balance

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

Founded the same day

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