Famous birth charts · Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig’s chart in full
Born November 28, 1881, Vienna, Austria. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
6°24′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 2:12 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
5°48′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
16°59′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
16°10′
Mars in Cancerretrograde
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
14°43′
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Jupiter in Taurusretrograde
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
19°10′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
6°55′
Uranus in Virgo
18°16′
Neptune in Taurusretrograde
14°35′
Pluto in Taurusretrograde
28°11′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
9°03′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
19°18′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
18°12′
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 optimism, his discipline, his imagination and his intensity (Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto) gather in Taurus, 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.
Mars sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
The Sun quincunx Saturn almost exact at 0.5°
The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.
The Sun square the Moon almost exact at 0.6°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Mercury conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.8°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Jupiter trine Uranus almost exact at 0.9°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.3°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
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Venus trine Mars close at 1.4°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus opposition Neptune close at 1.6°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Venus sextile Uranus close at 2.1°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Saturn quincunx North Node close at 2.1°
Responsibility and growth needed steady balancing, and he learned which duties to keep.
Mercury opposition Jupiter close at 2.2°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Mercury trine Mars close at 2.3°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 2.4°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
The Sun conjunction North Node close at 2.6°
His identity and his direction in life lined up: the more fully he became himself, the further he went.
Venus opposition Jupiter close at 3.0°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Mars sextile Uranus wide at 3.5°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 3.7°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 4.4°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune wide at 4.6°
A dreamer’s faith: he believed in something larger, and his compassion and his hopes went together.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 7.7°
He took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and his ideals had to prove themselves.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 8.2°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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