Artist
Joseph Beuys
Spent a week in a room with a coyote, planted seven thousand oaks, and told a story about being rescued by Tatars with felt and fat that was probably not true.
Joseph Heinrich Beuys was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings.
- Born
- 1921-05-12, Krefeld, GermanyA Thursday
- Died
- 1986-01-23, Dusseldorf, GermanyA Thursday, aged 64
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1921-05-12, Krefeld, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 21°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 22°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 23°33′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 23°54′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Gemini | 4°27′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 8°59′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 18°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 9°12′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 11°04′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 7°18′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1986-01-23, Dusseldorf, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 3°08′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 3°27′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 27°25′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 4°03′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 24°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 23°17′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 7°17′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 20°42′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 4°24′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 7°16′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Joseph Beuys 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.