Today, on the
real MLK Day, I thought I'd take a few minutes to look at Dr. King's natal chart, using TMSA as the organizing tool for diving into it. (The TMSA data section is at the bottom of this chart.)
Starting at the upper left, we immediately see Sun in Capricorn and Moon in Aquarius. So many things can be seen in this from the forum sections on Sun- and Moon-sign interpretations, but the simple message is someone coming from a background, suppression, and limitation becoming an eloquent voice for freedom and equality. Both luminary signs express something of the rebel: Capricorn as fighting for autonomy and to own and be responsible for one's own life-course, Aquarius as an ideological rebel who lives outside social conventions has an instinct for the way all things are connected.
These luminary signs are the flip of Abraham Lincoln's Aquarius-Capricorn. The lives and missions of these two men were deeply connected, so much so that I have long thought that King was likely Lincoln reincarnated, furthering the same mission from inside the suppression.
Dr. King's chart has Sun on Midheaven and Jupiter on EP as its salient features, plus foreground Mercury. He was indeed a "king" in more than name, a person of dignity and standing. Sun squares Jupiter 1°33'
in mundo.
Mars is in Taurus, a peaceful sign. It opposes Saturn; Moon squares both of them. This (especially with a Capricorn Sun) shows a life tied to struggle. The Taurus Mars has always seemed to me to show that he struggled for peace and harmony.
His strongest aspect besides the closely angular Sun-Jupiter square is Jupiter trine Neptune 0°17'. This expresses his religious and social justice callings, his connection to the civil rights crusade, etc. Other aspects can be seen below.
From the Cosmic State report, we quickly see that his Sun is in a good state. It's foreground with close aspects to Venus and Jupiter. Moon is more challenged with combative and destabilizing aspects. Scan the Cosmic State report as much as you want, there's a lot there: The Mars position is quite revealing. Uranus is worth a close look.
If you have midpoints turned on, the Cosmic State report is also the midpoint report. MC = Sa/Ne says much. His Mars midpoints seem to me to expand the power of his speech and evangelism for justice and his charisma (and, of course, also his common marital infidelities): Ma = Ve/Ur = Me/Ju. Ur = Ma/Pl is forceful for change and may also anticipate the violent conditions of his death. And so on.
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Pl Longitude Lat Speed RA Decl Azi Alt PVL Ang G
Mo 25Aq50'28" 04S45 +12°59' 352°19' 08S30 120°36' +25°06' 331°27' 1%
Su 01Cp23'20" 00S00 + 1°01' 297°05' 21S07 183°40' +35°03' 264°47' 93% F
Me 18Cp00'35" 01S24 + 1°30' 314°38' 18S37 163°11' +35°53' 291°48' 88% F
Ve 16Aq48'25" 00S57 + 1°08' 342°25' 08S29 128°39' +31°53' 321°28' 5%
Ma 28Ta09'06" 03N26 - 0°09' 80°57' 26N38 36°50' -19°00' 29°52' 42%
Ju 07Ar25'40" 01S09 + 0°04' 29°26' 10N49 81°27' + 6°42' 353°14' 98% F
Sa 01Sg36'24" 01N10 + 0°06' 264°59' 22S12 216°07' +24°43' 218°00' 28%
Ur 10Pi12'31" 00S42 + 0°02' 3°54' 00N56 104°37' +22°15' 337°05' 13%
Ne 07Le09'00" 00N35 - 0°01' 153°10' 11N43 319°40' -34°50' 132°55' 19%
Pl 23Ge23'37" 00S38 - 0°01' 108°30' 21N43 13°10' -33°24' 70°57' 29%
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Class 1 Aspects Class 2 Aspects Class 3 Aspects
Mo sq Ma 02°19' 90% Mo sx Su 05°33' 43% Mo co Ve 09°02' 17%
Mo tr Pl 02°27' 88% Mo sq Sa 05°46' 39% Su op Pl 08°00' 34%
Su oc Ve 00°25' 97% Mo co Ur 05°38' 56% M Ve op Ne 09°39' 6%
Su sq Ju 01°33' 95% M Me oc Sa 01°24' 66% Ve tr Pl 06°35' 21%
Ju tr Ne 00°17'100% Ma op Sa 03°27' 87%
Ju tr Sa 05°49' 37%
Sa sq Ne 04°56' 54% M
Ur sq Pl 03°52' 72% M
Ne oc Pl 01°15' 73%
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Cosmic State
Mo Aq B | Su Cp-
| sq Ma 02°19' tr Pl 02°27' co Ur 05°38'M sx Su 05°33'
| sq Sa 05°46' co Ve 09°02'
| Su/As 07'd
Su Cp F | Mo Aq-
| oc Ve 00°25' sq Ju 01°33'M sx Mo 05°33' op Pl 08°00'
Me Cp F | oc Sa 01°24'
Ve Aq B | oc Su 00°25' tr Pl 06°35' co Mo 09°02' op Ne 09°39'
| Mo/Ne 19'd
Ma Ta- | Su Cp+
| sq Mo 02°19' op Sa 03°27'
| Ve/Ur 21'd Me/Ju 26'd As/Mc 54'd
Ju Ar F | Su Cp-
| tr Ne 00°17' sq Su 01°33'M tr Sa 05°49'
| Ve/Ma 03'd
Sa Sg | Su Cp+
| op Ma 03°27' oc Me 01°24' sq Ne 04°56'M sq Mo 05°46'
| tr Ju 05°49'
Ur Pi B | Mo Aq+
| sq Pl 03°52'M co Mo 05°38'M
| Ma/Pl 34'd
Ne Le B | tr Ju 00°17' oc Pl 01°15' sq Sa 04°56'M op Ve 09°39'
| Ur/Mc 11'd Mo/Me 13'd
Pl Ge | tr Mo 02°27' oc Ne 01°15' sq Ur 03°52'M op Su 08°00'
| tr Ve 06°35'
| Me/Ma 19'd Ju/Ur 25'd Mo/As 27'd
As Ar | Ve/Pl 03'd Ne/Mc 45'd Su/Ne 47'd Sa/Ur 51'd
| Ma/Ur 53'd
Mc Cp | Sa/Ne 05'd