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Paul Gauguin’s birth chart

PainterBorn June 7, 1848, Paris, FranceDied May 8, 1903

Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.

  • SunGeminiThe Messenger
  • MoonVirgoor Leo
  • VenusGeminiThe Charmer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Gemini, the Messenger

    Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.

    The Sun sextile Uranus (wide at 4.5°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Virgo or Leo, the Mender

    Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time. His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.

    The Moon opposition Neptune (almost exact at 0.2°) · For a birth before 6:46 a.m., his Moon was in Leo.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Gemini, the Charmer

    Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.

    The Moon square Venus (close at 1.6°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

    Thinks through feeling and memory. Listens well and remembers exactly how something was said. He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.

    Mercury trine Neptune (wide at 4.1°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Leo or Cancer, the Leader

    Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it. His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.

    Mars quincunx Neptune (close at 2.4°) · For a birth before 3:51 a.m., his Mars was in Cancer.

  6. The shape of his chart

    Mars is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his drive touched everything else in it. Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Paul Gauguin was born six days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 38% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, thirteen days before the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Paul Gauguin, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1878, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Gemini

You and Paul Gauguin

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.

Paul Gauguin’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Paul Gauguin’s zodiac sign?

Gemini. Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it.

What is Paul Gauguin’s Moon sign?

Virgo or Leo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 6:46 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.

What is Paul Gauguin’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 June 7, 1848. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Paul Gauguin’s Venus sign?

Gemini, the Charmer. Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match.

How does your chart compare with Paul Gauguin’s?

Set your chart beside Paul Gauguin’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 Paul Gauguin’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, 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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