Philosopher

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Opened The Social Contract with the line that man is born free and everywhere is in chains, and abandoned all five of his own children to a foundling hospital.

Born1712-06-28, Geneva, SwitzerlandA Tuesday
Died1778-07-02, Ermenonville, FranceA Thursday, aged 66
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1712-06-28, Geneva, 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
SunCancer6°40′Direct
MoonTaurus7°02′Direct
MercuryGemini15°29′Direct
VenusGemini19°53′Direct
MarsGemini10°16′Direct
JupiterAquarius5°32′Retrograde
SaturnLeo12°31′Direct
UranusVirgo3°51′Direct
NeptuneTaurus4°19′Direct
PlutoVirgo0°25′Direct

This is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's chart for 1712-06-28, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1778-07-02, Ermenonville, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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°32′Direct
MoonLibra20°32′Direct
MercuryGemini19°54′Direct
VenusLeo6°42′Direct
MarsCancer2°35′Direct
JupiterLeo25°18′Direct
SaturnScorpio8°42′Retrograde
UranusGemini16°57′Direct
NeptuneVirgo26°41′Direct
PlutoAquarius1°06′Retrograde

This is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's chart for 1778-07-02, 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 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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
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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.