Philosopher & mathematician

Rene Descartes

Gave philosophy its starting point and geometry its coordinates. He died in Stockholm after Queen Christina insisted on lessons at five in the morning in a Swedish winter.

Born1596-03-31, Descartes, FranceA Sunday
Died1650-02-11, Stockholm, SwedenA Friday, aged 53
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1596-03-31, Descartes, 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
SunAries10°56′Direct
MoonTaurus10°01′Direct
MercuryAries29°47′Direct
VenusTaurus6°14′Direct
MarsGemini22°13′Direct
JupiterAries15°29′Direct
SaturnVirgo2°06′Retrograde
UranusAries14°42′Direct
NeptuneLeo16°33′Retrograde
PlutoAries18°34′Direct

This is Rene Descartes's chart for 1596-03-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1650-02-11, Stockholm, Sweden · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Stockholmthe 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
SunAquarius22°58′Direct
MoonGemini24°43′Direct
MercuryAquarius25°19′Direct
VenusAquarius3°23′Direct
MarsPisces6°09′Direct
JupiterScorpio9°19′Direct
SaturnGemini23°28′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius17°11′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius16°47′Direct
PlutoGemini9°07′Retrograde

This is Rene Descartes's chart for 1650-02-11, 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 Rene Descartes 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.