Famous birth charts · Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht’s chart in full
Born February 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
21°47′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 12:54 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
6°13′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
29°05′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
20°27′
Mars in Capricorn
Mars moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 4:17 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
29°52′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
9°50′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
11°01′
Uranus in Sagittarius
3°15′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
19°50′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
12°46′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
26°36′
Chiron in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Chiron is a wariness about trust that runs deep, and the strength to stay close when others are at their lowest.
28°38′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
17°41′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Venus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Mercury conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.8°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Jupiter sextile Saturn close at 1.2°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
The Sun conjunction Venus close at 1.3°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
Saturn opposition Pluto close at 1.8°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
The Sun trine Neptune close at 1.9°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
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Mercury conjunction North Node close at 2.5°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
Jupiter trine Pluto close at 2.9°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Mars conjunction North Node wide at 3.3°
Driven towards his path: he went after the life he wanted with real force.
Mars sextile Uranus wide at 3.4°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mercury sextile Uranus wide at 4.2°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 7.1°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 7.8°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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