Critic

Walter Benjamin

German critic who died fleeing the Nazis.

Born
1892-07-15, Berlin, GermanyA Friday
Died
1940-09-26, Portbou, SpainA Thursday, aged 48
At birth
Sun in Cancer, Moon in Aries
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1892-07-15, Berlin, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer23°20′Direct
MoonAries2°09′Direct
MercuryLeo16°33′Direct
VenusCancer14°29′Retrograde
MarsAquarius16°34′Retrograde
JupiterAries23°32′Direct
SaturnVirgo25°25′Direct
UranusScorpio1°59′Direct
NeptuneGemini10°22′Direct
PlutoGemini9°19′Direct

This is Walter Benjamin's chart for 1892-07-15, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1940-09-26, Portbou, Spain · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Madridthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112☽♇♀♂♆☉☿♄℞♃℞♅℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra3°11′Direct
MoonCancer24°12′Direct
MercuryLibra19°32′Direct
VenusLeo18°28′Direct
MarsVirgo24°07′Direct
JupiterTaurus14°53′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus13°59′Retrograde
UranusTaurus25°53′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo25°32′Direct
PlutoLeo4°00′Direct

This is Walter Benjamin's chart for 1940-09-26, 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 Walter Benjamin 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.