Philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer
Argued the world is driven by blind will and that this is mostly bad news. He was ignored for thirty years and then extremely influential on Nietzsche, Wagner and Freud.
Arthur Schopenhauer, also known as the “Philosopher of Pessimism”, was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic, metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism.
- Born
- 1788-02-22, Gdansk, PolandA Friday
- Died
- 1860-09-21, Frankfurt, GermanyA Friday, aged 72
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1788-02-22, Gdansk, Poland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Warsawthe zone used then
Europe/WarsawThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 3°32′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 15°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 12°10′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 3°35′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 8°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 16°44′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 1°37′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 26°47′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 20°51′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 16°17′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1860-09-21, Frankfurt, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 28°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 22°28′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 28°07′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 12°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 26°29′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 17°53′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 3°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 12°01′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 27°57′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 9°11′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Arthur Schopenhauer was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.