Novelist & poet

Hermann Hesse

Wrote Siddhartha and Steppenwolf, which were largely ignored in his lifetime and then sold in millions to the 1960s counterculture.

Born1877-07-02, Calw, GermanyA Monday
Died1962-08-09, Montagnola, SwitzerlandA Thursday, aged 85
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1877-07-02, Calw, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunCancer10°35′Direct
MoonPisces24°47′Direct
MercuryGemini22°12′Direct
VenusCancer25°50′Direct
MarsPisces11°37′Direct
JupiterSagittarius27°11′Retrograde
SaturnPisces20°21′Retrograde
UranusLeo22°22′Direct
NeptuneTaurus7°09′Direct
PlutoTaurus25°03′Direct

This is Hermann Hesse's chart for 1877-07-02, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1962-08-09, Montagnola, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Zurichthe 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
SunLeo16°22′Direct
MoonScorpio25°25′Direct
MercuryLeo27°30′Direct
VenusLibra0°48′Direct
MarsGemini21°28′Direct
JupiterPisces10°27′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius7°25′Retrograde
UranusLeo29°57′Direct
NeptuneScorpio10°47′Direct
PlutoVirgo9°02′Direct

This is Hermann Hesse's chart for 1962-08-09, 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 Hermann Hesse 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.