Poet & critic
Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du mal was prosecuted for obscenity and six of its poems stayed banned in France until 1949. He also more or less invented modern art criticism.
Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics, and are based on observations of real life.
- Born
- 1821-04-09, Paris, FranceA Monday
- Died
- 1867-08-31, Paris, FranceA Saturday, aged 46
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1821-04-09, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 19°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 20°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 27°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 7°49′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 0°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 9°29′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 16°51′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 3°07′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 3°03′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Pisces | 28°44′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1867-08-31, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 7°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 3°01′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 23°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 0°47′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 13°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 1°52′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 18°43′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 11°52′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 14°35′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 16°04′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Charles Baudelaire 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.