Claude Debussy’s birth chart

What his chart says about him

1. Who he was

   ☉Sun in Leo, the Bright One

   Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too. More sensitive to criticism than it looks. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.

   The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 3.1°)

2. What he needed

   ☽Moon in Cancer or Leo, the Nest-Maker

   Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.

   For a birth after 9:56 p.m., his Moon was in Leo.

3. How he loved

   ♀Venus in Leo, the Romantic

   Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.

   Venus sextile Jupiter (close at 1.9°)

4. How he thought

   ☿Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst

   Precise, practical and clever. Notices the detail everyone else missed. Meaning came to him before the words did, and clear speech followed the feeling.

   Mercury quincunx Neptune (close at 1.2°)

5. What drove him

   ♂Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer

   Pure forward motion. Brave, competitive and happiest in the middle of the action. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.

   Mars sextile Uranus (close at 1.8°)

6. The shape of his chart

   In his chart, his mind, his optimism and his discipline (Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, fire and earth signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm, and the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Claude Debussy’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect