David Hume — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1711-05-07 (time unknown) · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The encyclopedic biography gives both Old Style and New Style dates and the Edinburgh street, but no hour of birth.
Scottish philosopher and historian, author of A Treatise of Human Nature and a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. Scotland was still on the Julian calendar at his birth: the Old Style date is 26 April 1711, and the Gregorian (New Style) equivalent of 7 May 1711 is the date used here, as the cited source itself gives. No birth hour survives.
Reading the chart
Taurus Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Grand trine: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Earth is the leading element (49% weighted), while water is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Fixed modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is sustaining — consolidating and holding course.
Sun at 16°11′ Taurus: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates steadily, sensually, with a taste for the durable — the keynote is consolidation.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 284.5023° → 298.1645° (Capricorn).
Grand trine: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Grand trine: Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Stellium in Taurus: Sun, Mercury, Neptune — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Stellium in Leo: Mars, Uranus, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Uranus conjunction Pluto (orb 0°05′, separating): Uranus and Pluto fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Sun square Mars (orb 4°03′, applying): Sun and Mars grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Mercury sextile Saturn (orb 1°21′, applying): Mercury and Saturn cooperate when invited — an opportunity aspect that rewards small deliberate efforts.
Western natal chart
Sun Taurus 16°10′ · Moon Capricorn (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus 16°10′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Capricorn (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Taurus 23°39′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Gemini 10°46′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Leo 20°13′ | — | — | direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn 3°02′ | — | fall | retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer 25°01′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Uranus | Leo 28°03′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Taurus 0°32′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Leo 27°57′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Uranus ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 0.1°)
- Sun □ Mars (square, orb 4.1°)
- Mercury ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 1.4°)
- Mercury □ Mars (square, orb 3.4°)
- Jupiter △ Neptune (trine, orb 2.5°)
- Uranus △ Neptune (trine, orb 2.5°)
- Neptune △ Pluto (trine, orb 2.6°)
- Venus △ North Node (trine, orb 3.5°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Earth (己). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 辛卯 Xīn Mǎo | 癸巳 Guǐ Sì | 己酉 Jǐ Yǒu |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.4 | 1711 | 壬辰 | directWealth |
| 10.4 | 1721 | 辛卯 | eatingGod |
| 20.4 | 1731 | 庚寅 | hurtingOfficer |
| 30.4 | 1741 | 己丑 | friend |
| 40.4 | 1751 | 戊子 | robWealth |
| 50.4 | 1761 | 丁亥 | indirectResource |
| 60.4 | 1771 | 丙戌 | directResource |
| 70.4 | 1781 | 乙酉 | sevenKillings |
Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)
Moon-dependent Vedic calculations are unavailable without an exact birth time; no local-noon Moon, nakshatra or dasha is published.
Vimshottari mahadashas
| Period lord | From | To | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable without an exact birth time | |||