Painter

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Painted peasants, proverbs and catastrophes with equal attention, and put the fall of Icarus in the corner of a field where nobody notices it.

Born1525-06-01, Breda, NetherlandsA Monday
Died1569-09-09, Brussels, BelgiumA Tuesday, aged 44
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1525-06-01, Breda, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Amsterdamthe 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
SunGemini10°09′Direct
MoonGemini11°28′Direct
MercuryGemini14°55′Direct
VenusTaurus20°43′Direct
MarsLibra7°12′Direct
JupiterTaurus3°35′Direct
SaturnAries2°41′Direct
UranusGemini8°01′Direct
NeptunePisces12°30′Direct
PlutoCapricorn18°53′Retrograde

This is Pieter Bruegel the Elder's chart for 1525-06-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1569-09-09, Brussels, Belgium · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Brusselsthe 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
SunVirgo16°23′Direct
MoonTaurus0°05′Direct
MercuryVirgo9°06′Retrograde
VenusLeo4°58′Direct
MarsCancer20°36′Direct
JupiterCapricorn2°47′Direct
SaturnLibra9°27′Direct
UranusSagittarius25°40′Direct
NeptuneGemini21°17′Direct
PlutoPisces20°37′Retrograde

This is Pieter Bruegel the Elder's chart for 1569-09-09, 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 Pieter Bruegel the Elder 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.