Karl Popper’s birth chart
Philosopher of scienceBorn July 28, 1902, Vienna, AustriaDied September 17, 1994
Warm, generous and made to be seen.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonTaurusThe Hearth
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
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. He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun opposition Jupiter (wide at 9.0°)
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.
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
Mercury quincunx Uranus (close at 1.9°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Venus conjunction Mars (close at 2.0°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart, his drive and his imagination (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Neptune) gather in Cancer, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Karl Popper was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 47% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, 36 days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Karl Popper, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1990, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1961. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Karl Popper
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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
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What is Karl Popper’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Karl Popper was born on July 28, 1902, with the 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.
What is Karl Popper’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 Popper’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 July 28, 1902. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Karl Popper’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.
How does your chart compare with Karl Popper’s?
Set your chart beside Karl Popper’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 Popper’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Franz Barta, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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