Karl Marx’s birth chart
PhilosopherBorn May 5, 1818, Trier, GermanyDied March 14, 1883
Steady as bedrock.
- SunTaurusThe Gardener
- MoonTaurusThe Hearth
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Taurus, the Gardener
Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after. His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun trine Jupiter (close at 1.4°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year. Steady feelings: he kept calm under strain, and he loved in ways that lasted.
The Moon sextile Saturn (almost exact at 0.2°)
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. What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
Venus quincunx Neptune (close at 1.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
Quick, witty and endlessly curious. Picks up a subject fast and can talk about ten things at once. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 5.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. Effort and restlessness kept catching each other off guard, and his plans changed at short notice.
Mars quincunx Uranus (close at 1.5°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his feelings and his heart (the Sun, the Moon and Venus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Karl Marx was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, 45 days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Karl Marx, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1877 and 1878, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1848. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Taurus
You and Karl Marx
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Taurus
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Karl Marx’s zodiac sign?
Taurus. Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after.
What is Karl Marx’s Moon sign?
Taurus, the Hearth. Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
What is Karl Marx’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 May 5, 1818. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Karl Marx’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 Karl Marx’s?
Set your chart beside Karl Marx’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 Karl Marx’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 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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