Portrait of United States

United States

country located primarily in North America

country
TaurusAquarius

Photo: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) · CC BY 3.0

Founded
May 12, 1784
Origin
Washington, D.C.
Sun sign
Taurus

United States, country located primarily in North America, was founded on May 12, 1784 in Washington, D.C.. With the Sun in Taurus, United States's chart begins from a Taurus core. The chart is cast for the event date (noon), the standard approach for founding charts.

Astrological profile

The chart’s core is a Sun in Taurus (22°) paired with an Aquarius Moon (27°), while the ascendant is indeterminate; without a precise time the rising sign can only be hinted at by the strong Air emphasis. The Taurus Sun grounds the personality in practicality, a love of tangible security, and a steady, sensual sense of self. The Aquarius Moon adds a cerebral, humanitarian layer, pulling the inner emotional landscape toward intellectual independence, reformist ideals and a certain emotional detachment. Together they produce a temperament that is both methodical and forward‑looking—steady enough to build enduring structures, yet restless enough to question the status quo and champion collective progress.

Mercury’s trine to Pluto (1°) sharpens the mind with an investigative depth, granting the ability to uncover hidden patterns and transform ordinary ideas into profound insights. Mars conjunct Uranus (1°) injects the chart with a volatile, pioneering energy that favors sudden, unconventional actions and a restless drive to break new ground. Uranus square Neptune (1°) creates a tension between inventive impulses and idealistic visions, producing flashes of inspiration that can feel both exhilarating and disorienting, urging the chart holder to reconcile originality with a more diffuse, spiritual yearning. These aspects combine to make the mental and activist drives both intense and capable of revolutionary breakthroughs, though they may also provoke periods of inner friction when inventive urges clash with vague aspirations.

Air dominates the elemental balance (four Air points versus three Water, two Earth, one Fire), underscoring a mind‑centric, communicative nature, while Cardinal modality (five points) signals a strong initiating impulse and leadership drive. The synthesis is that of a pragmatic visionary: intellectually agile, eager to launch new ideas, yet anchored by Taurus’s need for lasting value. Overall reading: a steady yet inventive leader who blends concrete stability with progressive, collective ambitions.

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

Natal placements

SunH6Taurus 22°
MoonH9Aquarius 27°
MercuryH6Gemini 13°
VenusH5Aries 29°
MarsH1Cancer 8°
JupiterH4Pisces 5°
SaturnH8Capricorn 24°
UranusH1Cancer 9°
NeptuneH11Libra 10°
PlutoH9Aquarius 12°
ChironH6Gemini 11°
CeresPisces 12°
PallasAquarius 28°
JunoAries 4°
VestaCancer 11°
LilithH3Leo 9°
North NodeH4Pisces 6°

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

United States is a steady and grounded Taurus Sun, with a independent and inventive Aquarius Moon. The chart leans air and cardinal.

Major aspects

Mercury Pluto 1°Mars Uranus 1°Jupiter North Node 1°Uranus Neptune 1°Neptune Chiron 1°Pluto Chiron 1°Sun Saturn 2°Moon Venus 2°Mercury Chiron 2°Mars Neptune 2°

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

Element & modality balance

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

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