Arthur Rimbaud’s birth chart
PoetBorn October 20, 1854, Charleville, FranceDied November 10, 1891
Fair, charming and good with people.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
The Sun opposition Pluto (wide at 6.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Unsettled by conflict and soothed by kindness. Needs good company and a sense that things are fair. Tenderness through and through: he needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
The Moon conjunction Venus (wide at 3.9°)
How he loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
Venus quincunx Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
Searching and sharp. Asks the question nobody else will and keeps the answers close. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury sextile Jupiter (almost exact at 0.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Energetic and bold, driven by belief. Aims high and sets off with enthusiasm. Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars square Neptune (wide at 6.5°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his feelings and his heart (the Sun, the Moon and Venus) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Arthur Rimbaud was born the day before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 2% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-seven days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Arthur Rimbaud, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1884, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Arthur Rimbaud
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Arthur Rimbaud’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Libra
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What is Arthur Rimbaud’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Arthur Rimbaud was born on October 20, 1854, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.
What is Arthur Rimbaud’s Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Unsettled by conflict and soothed by kindness. Needs good company and a sense that things are fair.
What is Arthur Rimbaud’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on October 20, 1854. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Arthur Rimbaud’s Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
How does your chart compare with Arthur Rimbaud’s?
Set your chart beside Arthur Rimbaud’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Arthur Rimbaud’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Étienne Carjat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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