Louise Brown (July 25, 1978)

Doesn’t time fly! With all the hoo-ha going on in the United States over women’s reproductive rights, it’s timely to look back at the birth of the first ‘test-tube’ baby. I wonder if her birth chart will tell the tale.

The timing of this chart was already on my computer program. Strange that it should be just 13 minutes before midnight. I write ‘strange’ because this child was delivered by C-section. It implies that the birth may have been difficult for the mother (an understatement, for sure: Moon in the 12th House).

There are no inconjuncts. The most interesting aspect is a close conjunction between Mercury and Saturn in Leo. Notice, too, that 29° figures strongly in her chart.

Mercury Conjunct Saturn

Something about the quality of your mind makes you seem older than you are. There is a serious side to your personality, and you are attracted to subjects that are usually of interest only to adults. Whatever you study must seem important to the whole world, not just to you personally. For this reason, you may prefer talking with people who are older, and you may judge yourself by adult standards.

Planets in Youth (page 162) by Robert Hand (1977)

Or, to put it another way, her birth may have caused a lot of intense interest by scientists, politicians and clergy the world over. That’s one way to make your mark.