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Johannes Brahms’ birth chart

ComposerBorn May 7, 1833, Hamburg, GermanyDied April 3, 1897

Calm, patient and loyal.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonSagittariusor Capricorn
  • VenusGeminiThe Charmer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Taurus, the Gardener

    Calm, patient and loyal. Grows good things slowly and keeps them for years. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.

    The Sun sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.1°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn, the Free Spirit

    Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.

    For a birth after 2:43 p.m., his Moon was in Capricorn.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Gemini, the Charmer

    Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night. A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.

    Venus trine Neptune (close at 2.4°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Aries, the Spark

    A sharp, impatient mind. Cuts straight to the point and likes a good argument. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.

    Mercury sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.3°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Cancer, the Defender

    Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.

    Mars square Jupiter (wide at 3.5°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his mind, his optimism and his intensity (Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, fire signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Johannes Brahms was born three days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 87% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, 45 days before the June solstice.

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Johannes Brahms was born, as it was on 43 days of 1833. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Johannes Brahms, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1891, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1861 and 1862. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Taurus

You and Johannes Brahms

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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.

Johannes Brahms’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Johannes Brahms’ zodiac sign?

Taurus. Johannes Brahms was born on May 7, 1833, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Calm, patient and loyal. Grows good things slowly and keeps them for years.

What is Johannes Brahms’ Moon sign?

Sagittarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 2:43 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.

What is Johannes Brahms’ 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 May 7, 1833. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Johannes Brahms’ Venus sign?

Gemini, the Charmer. Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.

How does your chart compare with Johannes Brahms’?

Set your chart beside Johannes Brahms’ 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 Johannes Brahms’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: C. Brasch , Berlin ( biography ), 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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