Famous birth charts · Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger’s chart in full
Born September 26, 1889, Meßkirch, Germany. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
3°32′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
20°32′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
28°58′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
29°10′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
1°59′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
Jupiter moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 4:32 a.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
0°02′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
28°51′
Uranus in Libra
21°11′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
4°28′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
6°52′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
7°55′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
21°13′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
6°47′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his identity, his feelings, his mind and his independence (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Mercury sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury sextile Venus almost exact at 0.2°
A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Venus conjunction Saturn almost exact at 0.3°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Moon conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Restless feelings: he felt most at home where things were new.
Venus trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
The Sun trine Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
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Mercury sextile Jupiter close at 1.1°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Jupiter trine Saturn close at 1.2°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 1.9°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Neptune conjunction Pluto close at 2.4°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Mars square Neptune close at 2.5°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Venus conjunction Mars close at 2.8°
Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Mercury sextile Mars close at 3.0°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 3.1°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 3.3°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 3.5°
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 square North Node wide at 4.4°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Mars square Pluto wide at 4.9°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Venus square Neptune wide at 5.3°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 5.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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