Birth chart

Hermann Hesse

Writers1877 – 1962Born 2 July 1877 · Calwtime unknown

How sure are we about this chart?S5

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

Cancer

Moon

Pisces → Aries

The Moon changed signs that day — without a birth time we show the range, not a guess.

Rising

Unknown

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

Chart wheel

Sun trine Mars · orb 1°02′Sun sextile Neptune · orb 3°26′Mercury opposite Jupiter · orb 4°59′Mercury square Saturn · orb 1°51′Mercury sextile Uranus · orb 0°10′Mercury trine Lilith · orb 3°13′Venus sextile Pluto · orb 0°48′Jupiter trine Uranus · orb 4°49′Uranus square Pluto · orb 2°41′Uranus opposite Lilith · orb 3°23′Neptune trine South Node · orb 4°20′Neptune conjunct Chiron · orb 3°20′North Node sextile Chiron · orb 0°60′South Node trine Chiron · orb 0°60′Sun — Cancer 10°35′ · +0.95°/day10°35′Mercury — Gemini 22°12′ · +1.64°/day22°12′Venus — Cancer 25°50′ · +1.22°/day25°50′Mars — Pisces 11°37′ · +0.38°/day11°37′Jupiter — Sagittarius 27°11′ ℞ · −0.12°/day27°11′Saturn — Pisces 20°21′ ℞ · −0.00°/day20°21′Uranus — Leo 22°22′ · +0.05°/day22°22′Neptune — Taurus 7°09′ · +0.02°/day7°09′Pluto — Taurus 25°03′ · +0.02°/day25°03′North Node — Pisces 2°49′ · +0.02°/day2°49′South Node — Virgo 2°49′ · +0.02°/day2°49′Chiron — Taurus 3°49′ · +0.03°/day3°49′Lilith — Aquarius 18°58′ · +0.11°/day18°58′
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 Cancer

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core self, and in Cancer it grows through feeling and belonging. There's a pull toward care, memory, home, and protecting what's tender — yours and other people's. This placement is often experienced as warm and deeply loyal, and sometimes as a shell that goes up when things feel unsafe. The theme worth exploring is the difference between protecting yourself and hiding: both look similar from the outside. Protecting yourself and hiding can pass for one another until you let a little of the tenderness be seen, which is the moment they finally part ways.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunCancer 10°35′
MercuryGemini 22°12′
VenusCancer 25°50′
MarsPisces 11°37′
JupiterSagittarius 27°11′
SaturnPisces 20°21′
UranusLeo 22°22′
NeptuneTaurus 7°09′
PlutoTaurus 25°03′
North NodePisces 2°49′
South NodeVirgo 2°49′
ChironTaurus 3°49′
LilithAquarius 18°58′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 1°02′
  • 0°10′
  • 0°60′
  • 1°51′
  • 3°26′
  • 0°48′
  • 0°60′
  • 2°41′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Water57%
Fire17%
Earth13%
Air13%

Leading: Water

Modalities

Mutable47%
Cardinal33%
Fixed20%

Leading: Mutable

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