Anthropologist
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Applied structural linguistics to myth and kinship and changed anthropology. He lived to a hundred.
Claude Lévi-Strauss was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the Collège de France between 1959 and 1982, was elected a member of the Académie française in 1973 and was a member of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He received numerous honors from universities and institutions throughout the world.
- Born
- 1908-11-28, Brussels, BelgiumA Saturday
- Died
- 2009-10-30, Paris, FranceA Friday, aged 100
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1908-11-28, Brussels, Belgium · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Brusselsthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 5°52′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 4°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 21°55′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 0°03′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 1°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 12°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 3°25′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 14°43′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 16°42′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 25°11′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2009-10-30, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 7°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 26°19′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 3°23′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 19°18′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 6°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 17°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 0°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 23°07′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 23°41′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 1°16′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Claude Lévi-Strauss 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.
