Birth chart

Charles Baudelaire

Writers1821 – 1867Born 9 April 1821 · former 11th arrondissement of Paristime unknown

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Time unknown — no reliable birth time, so houses and the Ascendant are left out and the Moon is shown as a range.

Every figure gets a data-confidence rating for its birth time. Where the time is unknown, we compute a partial chart rather than guess. How we build this base

Sun

Aries

Moon

Cancer

Rising

Unknown

The Ascendant needs an exact birth time, which we don't have for this chart.

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Saturn · orb 2°26′Mercury conjunct Mars · orb 2°47′Mercury conjunct Pluto · orb 1°22′Venus conjunct Jupiter · orb 1°41′Venus square Uranus · orb 4°41′Venus square Neptune · orb 4°45′Venus conjunct Chiron · orb 4°22′Venus opposite Lilith · orb 2°59′Mars square Uranus · orb 2°58′Mars square Neptune · orb 2°54′Mars conjunct Pluto · orb 1°25′Mars conjunct Chiron · orb 3°17′Jupiter opposite Lilith · orb 1°18′Uranus conjunct Neptune · orb 0°04′Uranus square Pluto · orb 4°23′Uranus square Chiron · orb 0°19′Neptune square Pluto · orb 4°19′Neptune square Chiron · orb 0°23′Pluto conjunct Chiron · orb 4°42′Sun — Aries 19°17′ · +0.98°/day19°17′Mercury — Pisces 27°22′ · +0.10°/day27°22′Venus — Aries 7°49′ · +1.24°/day7°49′Mars — Aries 0°09′ · +0.78°/day0°09′Jupiter — Aries 9°29′ · +0.24°/day9°29′Saturn — Aries 16°51′ · +0.13°/day16°51′Uranus — Capricorn 3°07′ ℞ · −0.00°/day3°07′Neptune — Capricorn 3°03′ ℞ · −0.00°/day3°03′Pluto — Pisces 28°44′ · +0.02°/day28°44′North Node — Pisces 13°07′ · +0.00°/day13°07′South Node — Virgo 13°07′ · +0.00°/day13°07′Chiron — Aries 3°26′ · +0.06°/day3°26′Lilith — Libra 10°48′ · +0.11°/day10°48′
AspectsAngles (ASC/MC)· Hover a planet or aspect for details

Positions from a Swiss-ephemeris engine · houses & angles omitted (time unknown)

Reading the placements

These notes describe the chart, not the person — a lens for reflection.

Sun in Aries

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is the part of you that wants to be expressed — your core sense of 'I'. In Aries it tends to move first and reflect later: a pull toward starting things, meeting life directly, and trusting your own initiative. Others often read this as courage, sometimes as impatience, and often both in the same afternoon. The invitation is less about taming the drive than noticing where it serves you and where a slower breath would serve you too. You keep waiting on a go-ahead that, with this placement, was always yours to hand yourself the moment you moved.

Moon in Cancer

In the astrological tradition, the Moon governs care, memory, and the wish to belong — and Cancer is the sign it rules, so those themes run strong. Your feelings move in tides. Closeness fills you; a small slight can pull you inward, behind a shell that protects a genuinely soft center. You steady yourself by tending to people and places, by cooking, remembering, keeping what matters close. The care you give others is real and needed. It helps to aim some of it back at yourself, so nurturing does not quietly become the only way you know you are safe. Gentleness offered this freely to others is worth, now and then, turning back toward the one who keeps giving it.

The astronomy

The raw computed positions behind this chart — the same numbers any ephemeris would give.

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunAries 19°17′
MercuryPisces 27°22′
VenusAries 7°49′
MarsAries 0°09′
JupiterAries 9°29′
SaturnAries 16°51′
UranusCapricorn 3°07′
NeptuneCapricorn 3°03′
PlutoPisces 28°44′
North NodePisces 13°07′
South NodeVirgo 13°07′
ChironAries 3°26′
LilithLibra 10°48′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°04′
  • 0°19′
  • 0°23′
  • 2°26′
  • 1°18′
  • 1°22′
  • 1°25′
  • 1°41′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Fire67%
Water20%
Earth13%
Air0%

Leading: Fire

Modalities

Cardinal80%
Mutable20%
Fixed0%

Leading: Cardinal

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