Painter

Rembrandt van Rijn

About eighty self-portraits across forty years, which together are the most sustained record of one face ageing in Western art. Died insolvent.

Born1606-07-15, Leiden, NetherlandsA Saturday
Died1669-10-04, Amsterdam, NetherlandsA Friday, aged 63
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Scorpio
TimezoneEurope/AmsterdamHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1606-07-15, Leiden, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Amsterdam

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer22°31′Direct
MoonScorpio22°28′Direct
MercuryCancer2°24′Direct
VenusGemini6°57′Direct
MarsScorpio26°54′Direct
JupiterPisces1°40′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn2°48′Retrograde
UranusTaurus29°12′Direct
NeptuneVirgo9°12′Direct
PlutoTaurus0°02′Direct

Death Chart

1669-10-04, Amsterdam, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Amsterdam

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra11°42′Direct
MoonAquarius3°53′Direct
MercuryLibra18°36′Direct
VenusScorpio6°42′Direct
MarsVirgo11°39′Direct
JupiterCancer14°14′Direct
SaturnAquarius18°47′Retrograde
UranusPisces2°52′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn26°01′Retrograde
PlutoCancer1°54′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Rembrandt van Rijn 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.