Barack and Michelle Obama Synastry at a Glance
Barack and Michelle Obama’s synastry has 28 contacts between the two charts, a little under the 31.1 average of two random people. Its two tightest contacts are trines, his Sun to her Jupiter and his Moon to her Mars, each within a fifth of a degree.
Barack Obama’s birth time is on a published certificate; Michelle Obama’s has never been released. Her side of the synastry is cast for noon in Chicago, which keeps every planet contact but leaves out her Ascendant and houses.
He was born with the Sun at Leo 12°33′ and an Aquarius Ascendant at 18°05′. Her Sun is at Capricorn 26°40′; her Moon was in Aquarius or Pisces, depending on the hour.
Fewer contacts, not fewer links
With no time for her, contacts to her Ascendant cannot be counted, which lowers the total a little. The synastry that remains is mostly between planets, and most of it is tight.
His Sun Trine Her Jupiter, 0.06° From Exact
His Sun at Leo 12°33′ and her Jupiter at Aries 12°37′ are 0.06° from an exact trine, the tightest contact in their synastry.
What a Sun–Jupiter trine is read as
Jupiter is read as growth, confidence and generosity. On the Sun, it is read as one person enlarging the other’s sense of what is possible.
Fire to fire
Leo and Aries are both fire signs, so the trine joins two placements of the same element.
How common it is
15.2% of random pairs have a Sun–Jupiter trine. It is common; being this close to exact is not.
His Moon Trine Her Mars
His Moon at Gemini 3°21′ trines her Mars at Aquarius 3°32′ within 0.17°. This contact rests on his birth time, which is published, and on her Mars, which moves too slowly to depend on hers.
What a Moon–Mars trine is read as
The Moon is feeling, Mars is drive. A trine between them is read as emotional energy that turns into action easily, and as directness that does not bruise.
Base rate
16.7% of random pairs have a Moon–Mars trine.
His Mercury opposite her Mars
His Mercury at Leo 2°20′ opposes the same Mars within 1.19°, read as lively and sometimes sharp debate. 10.2% of random pairs share that synastry contact.
Venus Trine Venus
His Venus at Cancer 1°48′ and her Venus at Pisces 0°47′ are in a trine 1.02° from exact. Both are in water signs.
What a Venus–Venus trine is read as
Venus is what a person values and enjoys. A trine between two Venuses is read as shared taste and similar ways of showing affection.
How rare it is
Only 8.3% of random pairs have a Venus–Venus trine, the least common of their tightest contacts.
His Venus and her Moon
His Venus also trines her Moon, 1.28° at noon. Her Moon is approximate, so this synastry contact could be tighter or wider, and if she was born in the early morning her Moon was still in Aquarius.
His Saturn on Her Sun
His Saturn at Capricorn 25°20′ sits 1.34° from her Sun at Capricorn 26°40′. Saturn on the Sun is one of the contacts astrologers most often read as commitment.
Structure and responsibility
Saturn contacts are read as responsibility, limits and endurance. On the Sun they are read as one person giving the other’s goals a firm frame, which can feel like support or like weight.
Base rate
9.2% of random pairs have a Saturn–Sun conjunction.
His Jupiter on her Mars
His Jupiter at Aquarius 0°51′ is also 2.67° from her Mars, read as encouragement for her drive. 7.3% of random pairs share that contact.
His Ascendant Square Her Neptune
His Ascendant at Aquarius 18°05′ squares her Neptune at Scorpio 17°33′ within 0.54°. It is the only one of their tightest contacts that needs a birth time, and it is his.
What it is read as
Neptune on the Ascendant is read as seeing the other person through an idealised lens, with the risk of seeing what one hopes to see. 14.1% of random pairs have this square.
One-sided angles
Every angle contact in this synastry runs to his Ascendant. Hers is unknown, so contacts to it cannot be drawn.
What Changes Without Michelle Obama’s Birth Time
No birth time for Michelle Obama has ever been published. Her chart is cast for noon on 17 January 1964 in Chicago.
Her Moon changed sign that day
Her Moon moved from Aquarius 24° at midnight into Pisces a little before noon and reached Pisces 7° by the end of the day. Any reading of her Moon sign is a guess between the two.
What holds and what does not
Her Sun, Venus and Mars hold to within a degree, so their contacts are reliable. Her Ascendant, houses and the angles of the composite and Davison charts are left out.
The Moon–Moon square
At noon their Moons are in a square 2.85° wide. That synastry contact depends on her Moon’s exact position and is marked approximate.
Her Moon Through the Day: What Changes in the Synastry
Because her Moon crossed from Aquarius into Pisces, the Moon contacts in their synastry depend on an hour no one has published. Recasting her chart for the first and last minute of the day shows the range.
Born just after midnight
Her Moon would be at Aquarius 24°00′, and his Uranus would oppose it within 1.27°. The Venus trine to her Moon would widen to 7.79°.
Born just before midnight
Her Moon would be at Pisces 7°04′, opposed by his Pluto within 0.08° and trined by his Neptune within 1.54°. The noon chart shows neither.
What to take from it
Read her Moon contacts as possible, not certain. The trines between his Sun and her Jupiter and between his Moon and her Mars hold at every hour.
The Composite Chart: A Scorpio Sun
Their composite Sun is at Scorpio 4°37′, with Venus at Taurus 1°17′ and the Moon at Aries 16°56′, approximate. There is no composite Ascendant without her birth time.
Scorpio and Taurus
A Scorpio composite Sun is read as a private, intense core to the relationship; Venus in Taurus, opposite it, as steadiness in what the two of them value.
The tightest composite aspects
Composite Venus trines Uranus within 1.15°, and the composite Moon opposes Mercury within 1.66°. The composite Sun repeats the synastry theme with a trine to Jupiter, 2.12° wide.
The Davison Chart: Over the Pacific, October 1962
Their Davison chart is cast for 26 October 1962 at 23:42 UT, halfway in time between their births. Halfway between Honolulu and Chicago lies the Pacific Ocean, at 31.59° N, 122.73° W, west of California.
A Scorpio Sun again
The Davison Sun is at Scorpio 3°05′, about one and a half degrees from the composite Sun. The births are 2.5 years apart, two to the nearest year, an even number, so the two midpoint Suns agree.
Its tightest aspects
The Davison Moon sits on Mercury within 0.08°, and the Davison Sun trines Jupiter within 0.26°, the same pair as their tightest synastry contact. The Moon is a waning crescent.
An approximate Moon
Without her birth time, the Davison moment is only known to within half a day, so its Moon is marked approximate.
Where Their Birth Data Comes From
One side of this synastry rests on an official document, the other on a birth date.
Barack Obama: the long-form certificate
The White House released his Hawaii Certificate of Live Birth on 27 April 2011. It gives the hour as 7:24 p.m. and the place as Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital, Honolulu.
Michelle Obama: date and place
She was born on 17 January 1964 in Chicago. No time appears in any published source, and astrology databases list her as X, date only.
Married Since 1992
They met in June 1989 at the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin, where she was assigned as his adviser for the summer. They were engaged in 1991 and married on 3 October 1992 in Chicago.
What the synastry adds
Their synastry shows a tight Sun–Jupiter trine, a Moon–Mars trine and a Venus–Venus trine, with Saturn on her Sun. It describes how their charts meet; it does not explain a marriage of more than three decades.
To compare your own charts, use the synastry chart, the composite chart calculator or the Davison chart calculator.
Barack and Michelle Obama Synastry FAQ
›What does Barack and Michelle Obama’s synastry show?
Twenty-eight contacts between their charts, a little under the average for two random people. The tightest is his Sun trine her Jupiter, 0.06° from exact, followed by his Moon trine her Mars within 0.17°.
›Where does Barack Obama’s birth time come from?
From his Hawaii Certificate of Live Birth, released by the White House on 27 April 2011, which gives 7:24 p.m. on 4 August 1961 at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu.
›What is Michelle Obama’s Moon sign?
Either Aquarius or Pisces. Her birth time has never been published, and the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces on the day she was born, a little before noon.
›Do the Obamas have a Venus contact?
Yes. Their Venuses are in a trine 1.02° wide, Cancer to Pisces, a contact 8.3% of random pairs share.
›Where is their Davison chart?
Over the Pacific Ocean west of California, at 31.59° N, 122.73° W, on 26 October 1962 at 23:42 UT, halfway between Honolulu and Chicago and between their two births.
›Can I compare my chart with a partner’s the same way?
Yes. The synastry, composite and Davison calculators on this site are free and use the same engine as this page.
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