Arthur Schopenhauer’s birth chart
PhilosopherBorn February 22, 1788, Gdańsk, PolandDied September 21, 1860
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusAriesThe Chaser
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen. Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
The Sun conjunction Saturn (close at 1.9°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time. His feelings ran large: he wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Moon square Jupiter (close at 1.0°)
How he loved
Venus in Aries, the Chaser
Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested. In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Venus square Mars (wide at 4.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Pisces, the Poet
Thinks in pictures and feelings. Understands people without needing many words. His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
The Moon opposition Mercury (wide at 3.6°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mercury trine Mars (wide at 3.6°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Pisces, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Arthur Schopenhauer was born the day after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 99% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-six days before the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Arthur Schopenhauer, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1847, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1817. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
You and Arthur Schopenhauer
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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 Schopenhauer’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Arthur Schopenhauer’s zodiac sign?
Pisces. Arthur Schopenhauer was born on February 22, 1788, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen.
What is Arthur Schopenhauer’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time.
What is Arthur Schopenhauer’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 February 22, 1788. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Arthur Schopenhauer’s Venus sign?
Aries, the Chaser. Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested.
How does your chart compare with Arthur Schopenhauer’s?
Set your chart beside Arthur Schopenhauer’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 Schopenhauer’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Johann Schäfer, 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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