Famous birth charts · Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer’s chart in full
Born February 22, 1788, Gdańsk, Poland. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
3°33′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
15°45′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
12°10′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
3°36′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
8°32′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
16°44′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
1°37′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
26°47′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
20°52′
Pluto in Aquarius
16°17′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
23°24′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
12°56′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his feelings (the Moon in Virgo) and his mind (Mercury in Pisces) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Gemini) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his optimism, his imagination and his intensity (Jupiter in Gemini, Neptune in Libra and Pluto in Aquarius) make the triangle, so these came to him naturally.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Jupiter trine Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
The Moon square Jupiter close at 1.0°
His feelings ran large: he wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Sun conjunction Saturn close at 1.9°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 2.5°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
The Moon opposition Mercury wide at 3.6°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Mercury trine Mars wide at 3.6°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
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Jupiter trine Neptune wide at 4.1°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 4.6°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Neptune trine Pluto wide at 4.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus square Mars wide at 4.9°
In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
The Sun trine Mars wide at 5.0°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 5.9°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Jupiter opposition North Node wide at 6.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 6.9°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.6°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
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