Painter & printmaker

Albrecht Durer

Made engravings of a technical standard nobody has matched, and painted a self-portrait at twenty-eight in the pose usually reserved for Christ.

Born1471-05-21, Nuremberg, GermanyA Sunday
Died1528-04-06, Nuremberg, GermanyA Friday, aged 56
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1471-05-21, Nuremberg, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus29°38′Direct
MoonPisces4°05′Direct
MercuryTaurus5°18′Direct
VenusGemini10°29′Direct
MarsAries7°45′Direct
JupiterVirgo24°31′Retrograde
SaturnGemini0°23′Direct
UranusLibra22°23′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio11°58′Retrograde
PlutoVirgo10°16′Retrograde

This is Albrecht Durer's chart for 1471-05-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1528-04-06, Nuremberg, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries16°17′Direct
MoonCancer13°07′Direct
MercuryAries11°46′Direct
VenusPisces0°45′Direct
MarsTaurus18°38′Direct
JupiterCancer15°27′Direct
SaturnTaurus1°46′Direct
UranusGemini17°34′Direct
NeptunePisces17°47′Direct
PlutoCapricorn24°29′Direct

This is Albrecht Durer's chart for 1528-04-06, the day they died, cast the same way a birth chart is cast. Cast one for any recorded date. It predicts nothing: the date is one you already have.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Albrecht Durer was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.