Marcel Duchamp’s birth chart
PainterBorn July 28, 1887, Blainville-Crevon, FranceDied October 2, 1968
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him. A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
The Sun sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. 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 (close at 1.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Fights hardest for the people closest to him. Works best for a cause that feels personal. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars square Uranus (close at 1.6°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touched everything else in it.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Marcel Duchamp was born six days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 60% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 36 days after the June solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Marcel Duchamp was born, as it was on 68 days of 1887. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Marcel Duchamp, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1946, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1916 and 1917. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Marcel Duchamp
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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.
Marcel Duchamp’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Marcel Duchamp’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Marcel Duchamp was born on July 28, 1887, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.
What is Marcel Duchamp’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.
What is Marcel Duchamp’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, 1887. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Marcel Duchamp’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How does your chart compare with Marcel Duchamp’s?
Set your chart beside Marcel Duchamp’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 Marcel Duchamp’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Unknown author, 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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