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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher (born Margaret Hilda Roberts; October 13, 1925, Grantham, United Kingdom, 09:00; died 2013), was a British stateswoman and prime minister. Thatcher held office as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Secretary of State for Education. Thatcher's honours include Dostyk Order of grade I, Order of the Precious Crown, 1st Class and Fellow of the Royal Society.

Margaret Thatcher’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Wood Ox, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Margaret Thatcher’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Pioneer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Margaret in the U.S.?

#112

US rank in 2025

~1,268,519

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

The SSA recorded 24,463 American girls and 80 boys named Margaret in 1925: 5th among girls and 727th among boys for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Margaret’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Margaret Hilda Roberts, not the name they published under.

7

Expression · depth and research

1

Soul Urge · independence

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on M (4) and closes on T (2). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Margaret’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern

Amber · Blush · Forest

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1925, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Margaret apart

The Order of Merit came in 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was 65.

Study took Margaret Thatcher to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School and City Law School.

The record gives stroke as the cause, and Royal Hospital Chelsea as the resting place.

Margaret Thatcher was born to Beatrice Ethel Stephenson and Alfred Roberts, married Denis Thatcher and raised 2 children.

Frank D. Gilroy shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, City Law School and Somerville College
Awards
Order of the White Lion (1999), Order of Merit (1990) and Presidential Medal of Freedom (1991)
Cause of death
stroke
Buried at
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
208

What the chart says

Margaret, according to the stars

Core essence

Margaret makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Margaret is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Margaret needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Margaret needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Margaret wants to be loved

Margaret wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Margaret and watch them fall for you again.

How Margaret creates

How Margaret makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Margaret creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Margaret is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Margaret is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Margaret fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Margaret's birth date. Working below.

Where Margaret sits

Six lines

Margaret’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Margaret

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Margaret

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Margaret

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Margaret

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Margaret

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Margaret

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth sky

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Read from the sky above Grantham at 09:00, Margaret Thatcher’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Grantham that night

Computed for 52.92°N, at the documented birth time.

Overhead at Grantham at the birth hour: Merak of Ursa Major, within 6.3° of the exact zenith.

Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Grantham sits at 52.9°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Grantham at all: they sit past the −37.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at waning crescent, 19% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun -20° down.

The name and the places

Born as
Margaret Hilda Roberts
Known as
Margaret Thatcher
Born in
Grantham, United Kingdom

The death is recorded at The Ritz London, City of Westminster in 2013.

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What Margaret's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Breaker 破軍 in 辰

Bureau 金四局 · Body Palace in Relationships

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Generator, profile 5/1

Sacral authority · Triple Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

69 / 100 · Unusual

Yod onto Uranus · 3-planet stellium in Libra · T-square onto Sun

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart.

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Margaret Thatcher in 15 seconds

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Margaret Thatcher's Sun was in Libra at the documented birth time.

What Libra means →

Wood Ox

Says little. Finishes everything.

Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 4

Structure is comfort.

Margaret Thatcher's birth date, October 13, 1925, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Margaret’s chart

Margaret’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.3° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.5° orbJupiter opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.7° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 1° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 3.4° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 4.3° orbMoon fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 4.4° orbSun opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.7° orbSun in Libra · 19°30′ · house 12☉19°Moon in Leo · 28°38′ · house 10☽28°Mercury in Libra · 23°47′ · house 12☿23°Venus in Sagittarius · 2°04′ · house 2♀2°Mars in Libra · 9°28′ · house 12♂9°Jupiter in Capricorn · 14°29′ · house 3♃14°Saturn in Scorpio · 13°46′ · house 1♄13°Uranus in Pisces · 22°29′ · house 5 · retrograde♅℞22°Neptune in Leo · 24°14′ · house 10♆24°Pluto in Cancer · 14°45′ · house 9♇14°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCSco 15°17′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCTau 15°17′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCVir 3°52′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICPsc 3°52′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantScorpio
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • JupiteroppositionPlutoapplying · 0.3° orb

    Margaret’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.

  • MercurysextileNeptuneapplying · 0.5° orb

    Margaret’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • JupitersextileSaturnapplying · 0.7° orb

    Margaret’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • SaturntrinePlutoapplying · 1.0° orb

  • MoonsquareVenusapplying · 3.4° orb

  • SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 4.3° orb

  • MoonconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 4.4° orb

  • SunsextileNeptuneapplying · 4.7° orb

  • SunsquarePlutoseparating · 4.8° orb

  • MoonsextileMercuryseparating · 4.9° orb

  • SunsquareJupiterseparating · 5.0° orb

  • MarssquareJupiterapplying · 5.0° orb

  • MarssquarePlutoapplying · 5.3° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Margaret’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 26°21′ · House 6

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 11°16′ · House 10

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 11°28′ · House 11

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 20°50′ · House 9

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 3°24′ · House 10

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea square Sun 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 1.3°
  • Hygiea trine Uranus 1.6°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 1.8°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.1°
  • Chiron trine Moon 2.3°
  • Eros sextile Saturn 2.3°
  • Ceres square Saturn 2.5°
  • Chiron opposition Mercury 2.6°
  • Hygiea square Mercury 2.9°

Margaret’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☉ Sun9 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Leo; disposes Moon, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto8 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Scorpio; disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 1 major aspect

Configurations in Margaret’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Sun · Jupiter, Pluto, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Jupiter, Pluto, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Uranus · Mercury, Neptune, UranusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mars semi-square Neptune 0.2°
  • Moon sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.9°
  • Moon semi-square Pluto 1.1°
  • Mercury quincunx Uranus 1.3°
  • Uranus quincunx Neptune 1.8°

Margaret’s houses

Margaret’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1ScorpioPluto in Cancer, house 9Saturnself, body, how you arrive
2SagittariusJupiter in Capricorn, house 3Venusmoney, possessions, self-worth
3CapricornSaturn in Scorpio, house 1Jupitermind, siblings, the local world
4AquariusUranus in Pisces, house 5emptyhome, family, roots
5PiscesNeptune in Leo, house 10Uranuscreativity, romance, play
6AriesMars in Libra, house 12emptywork, habits, health
7TaurusVenus in Sagittarius, house 2emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8GeminiMercury in Libra, house 12emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9CancerMoon in Leo, house 10Plutobelief, travel, higher learning
10LeoSun in Libra, house 12Moon, Neptunecareer, reputation, public life
11VirgoMercury in Libra, house 12emptyfriends, community, the future
12LibraVenus in Sagittarius, house 2Sun, Mercury, Marsthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

Born the same day as Margaret

Frank D. Gilroy was born on October 13, 1925 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. At 52.9°N, Grantham keeps Vega, Capella and Deneb above the horizon every night of the year. Same sky, different lives.

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Margaret’s cards

Computed from October 13, 1925. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Pioneer

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

4 · Architect

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Hour

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Margaret’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7416 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Rob Bogaerts, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Quick answers about Margaret Thatcher’s chart

What zodiac sign was Margaret Thatcher?
Margaret Thatcher was a Libra: born October 13, 1925, which puts the Sun in Libra at the documented birth time.
What was Margaret Thatcher's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 13, 1925 birth.
What time was Margaret Thatcher born?
09:00 local time in Grantham, United Kingdom, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What was Margaret Thatcher's rising sign?
Scorpio rising, calculated from the documented 09:00 birth time in Grantham, United Kingdom (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
How tall was Margaret Thatcher?
Margaret Thatcher was 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What was Margaret Thatcher's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What was Margaret Thatcher's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 26°, in the sixth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Margaret Thatcher's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 3°, in the tenth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Margaret Thatcher's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Leo; disposes Moon, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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