Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

Wrote the Duino Elegies over ten years and finished them in a burst of a few weeks. Letters to a Young Poet is still handed to people who want to write.

Born1875-12-04, Prague, Czech RepublicA Saturday
Died1926-12-29, Montreux, SwitzerlandA Wednesday, aged 51
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1875-12-04, Prague, Czech Republic · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Praguethe 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
SunSagittarius11°56′Direct
MoonAquarius23°02′Direct
MercuryScorpio29°58′Direct
VenusCapricorn0°03′Direct
MarsAquarius28°48′Direct
JupiterScorpio18°31′Direct
SaturnAquarius20°49′Direct
UranusLeo19°57′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus0°38′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus22°18′Retrograde

This is Rainer Maria Rilke's chart for 1875-12-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1926-12-29, Montreux, 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
SunCapricorn6°58′Direct
MoonScorpio1°47′Direct
MercurySagittarius20°11′Direct
VenusCapricorn16°08′Direct
MarsTaurus7°31′Direct
JupiterAquarius25°47′Direct
SaturnSagittarius2°59′Direct
UranusPisces25°45′Direct
NeptuneLeo26°45′Retrograde
PlutoCancer15°01′Retrograde

This is Rainer Maria Rilke's chart for 1926-12-29, 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 Rainer Maria Rilke 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.