XLE · fund launch · 1998
Energy Select Sector is a Sagittarius
A chart that announces the destination before checking the map. Energy Select Sector is a fund holding one slice of the economy, born on the same morning as its sibling funds.
The birth certificate
Energy Select Sector's fund launch was on Wednesday, December 16, 1998. Financial astrology treats that moment as a birth and casts a chart for it, the same way it would for you.
Source: our hand-checked asset registry, at the New York open.
| Sun sign | Sagittarius, 24 degrees |
|---|---|
| Moon sign | Scorpio, waning crescent |
| Mercury | Sagittarius |
| Venus | Capricorn |
| Mars | Libra |
| Jupiter | Pisces |
| Saturn | Aries |
| Element and quality | Fire, Mutable |
| Life Path | 1 |
| BaZi year and Day Master | Earth Tiger, Yin Fire |
| Archetype | The Founder |
Sun in Sagittarius
XLE has its Sun in late Sagittarius (24 degrees in), the sign of the archer. Tradition says Sagittarius aims far, travels widely and promises big, and gives it Jupiter as its ruler. The less flattering half: it is optimistic in a way that needs supervision.
As an element, Fire. Fire signs run on enthusiasm: they start things, and they would like you to watch. As a quality, Mutable, which is the quality that closes each season and adapts to whatever comes next.
The rest of the sky
XLE's Moon is in Scorpio, a placement that feels everything and admits to none of it. The phase was a waning crescent, the last sliver before dark, read as rest and quiet preparation. Further out: Mercury in Sagittarius, Venus in Capricorn, Mars in Libra, Jupiter in Pisces and Saturn in Aries.
The numbers
Numerology gives Energy Select Sector Life Path 1, the self-starter who would rather lead than be consulted. The Chinese calendar gives it an Earth Tiger year (bold, restless and keen to arrive loudly), and its Day Master, the element of the day itself, is Yin Fire: fire warms the room and burns through fuel.
Numerology reads a name as well as a date. Spell out "Energy Select Sector", give each letter its number and reduce, and you get Expression 11/2: a master number, the visionary who picks up signals nobody else hears. The vowels alone give a Soul Urge of 4, the consonants a Personality of 7.
XLE as a person
Feed XLE's date to the archetype engine, the one that gives you your title, and it comes back The Founder. Whether that fits is a matter for its shareholders' group chat.
Your chart vs Energy Select Sector's
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Read XLE against your own chart
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Born the same day
Energy Select Sector shares its birthday, and so its whole chart, with 8 others, including:
Other Sagittarius charts
Questions people ask
What is Energy Select Sector's zodiac sign?
By its launch on December 16, 1998, Energy Select Sector is a Sagittarius, with its Moon in Scorpio and Life Path 1.
When was XLE born?
December 16, 1998, according to our hand-checked asset registry, at the New York open.
Can astrology predict XLE?
Not in any way we could measure. We tested charts against returns and published it: no signal. XLE's chart is a character sketch.
A personality read of a date, not a forecast, and not advice. How we tested charts against returns · Every birth chart