Sun in Pisces 4th House, Moon in Sagittarius 12th House, with Capricorn Rising.
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Rupert Murdoch built the most far-reaching media empire of his era, and his chart carries an unexpected softness beneath the steel. Born in Melbourne on 11 March 1931, he holds the Sun in Pisces, the twelfth and most unknowable archetype, the sign of the sponge that absorbs every current around it. That Sun sits in the fourth house of home, lineage and the father, and the story fits: after his father died in 1952 he took over a small Adelaide paper, The News, and shone through what the family left him, finishing a chapter that began at the hearth before he turned it into an ambition that spanned the globe.
His Moon in Sagittarius seeks its peace of mind through expansion and the open road, the restless custom of freedom that drove the endless acquisitions across Australia, Britain and America. Placed in the twelfth house, it is a hidden, unknowable moon, detached, hard to read, comfortable where the bodies are buried. Capricorn rises, the Saturn-ruled mask of the patient boss, the crocodile who waits for the position of power. It should be said plainly: his outlets faced phone-hacking scandals and repeated accusations of biased coverage. A chart describes temperament, the reach and the reserve, never the choices made with them.
Date: 11 March 1931
Time: 23:59
Latitude: -37.8136276°
Longitude: 144.9630576°
Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia
The accuracy of the natal data for this archive is rated AA (Accurate). Data as recorded by the family or state, a birth certificate, birth record, or a quote of the official record. The best available accuracy.
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Ascendant in Capricorn
Sun in Pisces
Sun in the 4th House
Aspects (Hard) Sun-Conjunction-Mercury
Lord of 2nd House in 1st House
Northnode in Aries, Southnode in Libra
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The Four Pillars of Destiny (八字) for this birth: a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch, with its zodiac animal, for each pillar.
日主 · Day Master
Adaptable and gentle, like grass and vines: resilient, diplomatic and quietly persistent, thriving by bending rather than breaking.
Year
Xin
Yin Metal
Wei
Goat · Earth
納音 路旁土
藏干 Hidden Stems
Ji 偏財 Indirect Wealth
Ding 食神 Eating God
Yi 比肩 Companion
Month
Xin
Yin Metal
Mao
Rabbit · Wood
納音 松柏木
藏干 Hidden Stems
Yi 比肩 Companion
Day
Yi
Yin Wood
Chou
Ox · Earth
納音 海中金
藏干 Hidden Stems
Ji 偏財 Indirect Wealth
Gui 偏印 Indirect Resource
Xin 七殺 Seven Killings
Hour
Bing
Yang Fire
Zi
Rat · Water
納音 澗下水
藏干 Hidden Stems
Gui 偏印 Indirect Resource
from age 2
Geng Yin
Metal · Tiger
from age 12
Ji Chou
Earth · Ox
from age 22
Wu Zi
Earth · Rat
from age 32
Ding Hai
Fire · Pig
from age 42
Bing Xu
Fire · Dog
from age 52
Yi You
Wood · Rooster
from age 62
Jia Shen
Wood · Monkey
from age 72
Gui Wei
Water · Goat
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