Warren Buffett's Birth Chart: When Did the Money Really Come?
The richest investor of his time is, above all, a late bloomer. Scroll: his chart asked for patience, and shows the day his money chapter began.
Her birth chart ID
Warren Buffett
30 August 19303:00 pmOmaha, Nebraska
- ☉︎Sun Virgo
- ACRising Sagittarius
- ☽︎Moon Sagittarius
Birth time rated A: his houses can be read.
Morgan Housel counted it
96% of his fortune came after his mid-60s
81.5 of his 84.5 billion dollars, in 2020. In The Psychology of Money.
His life in 7 dates
Scroll down, the years slide by.
1942
At 11, he buys his first shares: three shares of Cities Service.
1951
He graduates from Columbia, where he studied with Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing.
1 May 1956
At 25, he starts his first partnership in Omaha, with money from family and friends.
1959
He meets Charlie Munger, his partner for the next 64 years.
1965
He takes control of Berkshire Hathaway, a struggling textile mill.
1967
Berkshire buys National Indemnity, an insurer. Its float becomes the engine of the group.
March 2008
Forbes names him the richest person in the world, for the first time, at 77.
His real chart
A chart built for slow growth.
Sagittarius rising
Sagittarius rising
26° Sagittarius: his 1st house.
His house of money
The next sign, Capricorn, is his 2nd house. Its ruler Saturn sits right there, at 5°, in its own sign. Patience, inside the house of money.
A second road
His Lot of Fortune is at 24° Pisces. Count 11 signs from it: Capricorn again. Two roads, one house of money.
Jupiter in the 8th
His chart ruler Jupiter is exalted at 14° Cancer, in his 8th house: other people's money. Insurance float, invested for decades.
Rule No. 1: never lose money. That is Saturn talking.
Saturn comes home
25, then 28: the money years.
Age 25, 1956
Age 25, 1956
25 divided by 12 leaves 1, plus 1: a 2nd house profection year, the house of money. On 1 May 1956 he starts his first partnership.
Saturn return, 1959
Keep scrolling: Saturn goes once around. In 1959 it is back on 5° Capricorn, in his house of money. That year he meets Charlie Munger.
His real chapters
14 November 1984: the money chapter opens.
Zodiacal releasing cuts a life into chapters, one sign each, counted from the Lot of Spirit. His is in Virgo. Scroll to live them.
Capricorn, his house of money, for 27 years. The same day, his Fortune clock enters Cancer, his 8th house.
- 1942First shares
- 1956First partnership
- 1959Charlie Munger
- 1965Berkshire
- 1967National Indemnity
- 2008Richest in the world
Three layers, one real life
2008: watch the clocks meet.
Zodiacal releasing
From Spirit: Capricorn, his house of money (1984 to 2011)
Zodiacal releasing
From Fortune: Cancer, his 8th house, with Jupiter (1984 to 2009)
Transit
Jupiter in Capricorn, on his Saturn on 12 Jan 2008
5 March 2008 Both money chapters are running, and Jupiter, the planet of growth, crosses the master of his money. Forbes names him the richest person in the world.
His chart asked for patience, and he gave it.
Your turn: find your house of money
- 1
Find your 2nd house, the sign right after your rising sign, and see where its ruler sits.
- 2
Find your Lot of Fortune and count 11 signs from it: that is your Place of Acquisition.
- 3
Find your profection year: your age divided by 12, keep the remainder, add 1.
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Questions people ask
What is Warren Buffett's zodiac sign?
Virgo. He was born on 30 August 1930 at 3:00 pm in Omaha, Nebraska, with the Sun at 7° Virgo, the Moon at 5° Sagittarius and Sagittarius rising.
What does Warren Buffett's birth chart say about money?
His 2nd house of money is Capricorn, and its ruler Saturn sits right there, in its own sign: wealth built slowly, by patience. His Place of Acquisition (11 signs from the Lot of Fortune) is the same house. His chart ruler Jupiter is exalted in Cancer in the 8th house of other people's money, which fits an empire built on insurance float.
At what age did Warren Buffett get rich?
Mostly late. According to Morgan Housel, 81.5 of his 84.5 billion dollars (2020) came after his mid-60s. In zodiacal releasing, both of his money chapters started on the same day, 14 November 1984, when he was 54.
When did Warren Buffett have his Saturn return?
In 1959, when Saturn came back to 5° Capricorn in his 2nd house of money (exact on 1 March, 5 June and 26 November 1959). That year he met Charlie Munger, who stayed his partner until 2023.
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