Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong carried the Sun in Leo, and there is no better place for it: the lion-king at full strength, the star at the centre around whom everyone orbits. That Sun sat in his first house, the realest, most uncensored throne of all, so he was born simply to be seen and to shine by being himself. Yet the quiet paradox of Armstrong was that a strong lion never needs to roar. He grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio, studied aeronautical engineering at Purdue, flew Panthers off a carrier in Korea, then tested the screaming X-15 at the edge of the sky.

His Moon in Sagittarius explains the rest: the peace of mind found only through freedom, expansion, and the open road, the born explorer whose spirit needed somewhere new to go. Where could such a Moon possibly go but the Moon itself? On the twentieth of July, 1969, he became the first human to set foot on another world, speaking of one small step and one giant leap to 530 million watching hearts. A Cancer Ascendant gave him a gentle, guarded, humble face for that colossal fame. He shone, and then he simply came home.