Birth chart

Guy de Maupassant

Writers1850 – 1893Born 5 August 1850 · Tourville-sur-Arquestime 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.

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Sun

Leo

Moon

Cancer

Rising

Unknown

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

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Mercury · orb 5°21′Sun conjunct North Node · orb 2°04′Sun opposite South Node · orb 2°04′Mercury trine Saturn · orb 3°01′Mercury conjunct North Node · orb 3°17′Mercury opposite South Node · orb 3°17′Venus conjunct Mars · orb 2°40′Venus conjunct Jupiter · orb 1°18′Mars conjunct Jupiter · orb 3°58′Uranus conjunct Pluto · orb 0°28′Uranus square Lilith · orb 3°46′Neptune square Chiron · orb 1°40′Pluto square Lilith · orb 4°13′Chiron sextile Lilith · orb 0°31′Sun — Leo 12°37′ · +0.96°/day12°37′Mercury — Leo 17°59′ · +1.99°/day17°59′Venus — Virgo 21°19′ · +1.17°/day21°19′Mars — Virgo 18°39′ · +0.63°/day18°39′Jupiter — Virgo 22°37′ · +0.19°/day22°37′Saturn — Aries 20°59′ ℞ · −0.00°/day20°59′Uranus — Taurus 0°19′ · +0.00°/day0°19′Neptune — Pisces 6°16′ ℞ · −0.02°/day6°16′Pluto — Aries 29°51′ ℞ · −0.00°/day29°51′North Node — Leo 14°42′ ℞ · −0.00°/day14°42′South Node — Aquarius 14°42′ ℞ · −0.00°/day14°42′Chiron — Sagittarius 4°35′ ℞ · −0.00°/day4°35′Lilith — Aquarius 4°04′ · +0.11°/day4°04′
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 Leo

In the astrological tradition, the Sun rules Leo, so here it's at home: the self that wants to shine, create, and be recognized for what it brings. There's warmth, generosity, and a real need to express something that feels personally yours. Others often read this as confidence, sometimes as a hunger for the spotlight. The theme worth exploring is the source of your warmth: whether it comes from being seen or from the joy of creating whether or not anyone's watching. Your truest work tends to be the thing you would still make with no one watching and no applause waiting at the end of it.

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
SunLeo 12°37′
MercuryLeo 17°59′
VenusVirgo 21°19′
MarsVirgo 18°39′
JupiterVirgo 22°37′
SaturnAries 20°59′
UranusTaurus 0°19′
NeptunePisces 6°16′
PlutoAries 29°51′
North NodeLeo 14°42′
South NodeAquarius 14°42′
ChironSagittarius 4°35′
LilithAquarius 4°04′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°28′
  • 2°04′
  • 2°04′
  • 1°18′
  • 5°21′
  • 0°31′
  • 1°40′
  • 2°40′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Fire50%
Earth43%
Water7%
Air0%

Leading: Fire

Modalities

Mutable43%
Fixed40%
Cardinal17%

Leading: Mutable

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