Poet
Fernando Pessoa
Wrote under more than seventy invented identities with their own biographies and styles, and left a trunk containing twenty-five thousand unpublished pages.
Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese literature. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.
- Born
- 1888-06-13, Lisbon, PortugalA Wednesday
- Died
- 1935-11-30, Lisbon, PortugalA Saturday, aged 47
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1888-06-13, Lisbon, Portugal · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Lisbonthe zone used then
Europe/LisbonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 22°51′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 6°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 17°11′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 15°06′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 14°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 28°48′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 4°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 13°08′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 0°38′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 4°54′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1935-11-30, Lisbon, Portugal · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Lisbonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 7°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 1°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 1°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 21°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 24°49′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 4°45′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 3°57′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 2°14′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 16°40′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 27°12′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Fernando Pessoa 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.