Jacques Cousteau’s birth chart
Naval officerBorn June 11, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, FranceDied June 25, 1997
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
The Sun conjunction Pluto (wide at 6.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return.
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch. Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
Venus conjunction Saturn (wide at 6.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks things through at his own pace. Practical, patient and very hard to talk out of a view. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mercury sextile Mars (wide at 4.6°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars opposition Uranus (almost exact at 0.7°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his discipline (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Jacques Cousteau was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 19% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, ten days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Jacques Cousteau, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1969 and 1970, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1940. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Jacques Cousteau
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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.
Jacques Cousteau’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Gemini
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What is Jacques Cousteau’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Jacques Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it.
What is Jacques Cousteau’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return.
What is Jacques Cousteau’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 June 11, 1910. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Jacques Cousteau’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch.
How does your chart compare with Jacques Cousteau’s?
Set your chart beside Jacques Cousteau’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 Jacques Cousteau’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: NASA employee, 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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