Painter

El Greco

Trained as a Byzantine icon painter in Crete and ended in Toledo painting elongated figures in acid colours that nobody understood until the modernists arrived.

Born1541-10-01, Heraklion, GreeceA Wednesday
Died1614-04-07, Toledo, SpainA Monday, aged 72
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1541-10-01, Heraklion, Greece · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Athensthe 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
SunLibra7°42′Direct
MoonLibra29°24′Direct
MercuryLibra13°11′Retrograde
VenusLibra22°24′Direct
MarsLeo27°30′Direct
JupiterVirgo16°43′Direct
SaturnLibra27°08′Direct
UranusLeo23°38′Direct
NeptuneAries17°14′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius13°11′Retrograde

This is El Greco's chart for 1541-10-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1614-04-07, Toledo, Spain · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Madridthe 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
SunAries17°28′Direct
MoonPisces29°39′Direct
MercuryAries22°23′Direct
VenusTaurus23°58′Direct
MarsPisces13°03′Direct
JupiterLibra22°10′Retrograde
SaturnAries5°02′Direct
UranusGemini27°14′Direct
NeptuneVirgo26°46′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus5°49′Direct

This is El Greco's chart for 1614-04-07, 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 El Greco 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.