Statesman & cardinal

Cardinal Richelieu

Ran France for Louis XIII for eighteen years, broke the power of the nobility and the Huguenots, and founded the Academie francaise.

Born1585-09-09, Paris, FranceA Monday
Died1642-12-04, Paris, FranceA Thursday, aged 57
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1585-09-09, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunVirgo16°31′Direct
MoonPisces21°04′Direct
MercuryVirgo25°44′Direct
VenusLeo3°33′Direct
MarsScorpio1°54′Direct
JupiterGemini10°41′Direct
SaturnAries17°50′Retrograde
UranusPisces2°37′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer26°19′Direct
PlutoAries8°29′Retrograde

This is Cardinal Richelieu's chart for 1585-09-09, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1642-12-04, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunSagittarius12°31′Direct
MoonTaurus20°46′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°56′Retrograde
VenusCapricorn29°47′Direct
MarsTaurus2°06′Direct
JupiterPisces9°49′Direct
SaturnPisces18°23′Direct
UranusScorpio14°09′Direct
NeptuneScorpio29°55′Direct
PlutoGemini3°06′Retrograde

This is Cardinal Richelieu's chart for 1642-12-04, 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 Cardinal Richelieu 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
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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.