Birth chart

Jean Cocteau

Actors1889 – 1963Born 5 July 1889 · Maisons-Laffittetime 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

Cancer

Moon

Virgo → Libra

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 conjunct Mars · orb 4°57′Sun square Uranus · orb 4°20′Sun conjunct North Node · orb 1°29′Sun opposite South Node · orb 1°29′Sun conjunct Chiron · orb 0°08′Mercury conjunct Lilith · orb 2°39′Venus conjunct Neptune · orb 5°30′Mars conjunct North Node · orb 3°29′Mars opposite South Node · orb 3°29′Mars conjunct Chiron · orb 5°06′Jupiter opposite Lilith · orb 4°27′Saturn sextile Uranus · orb 0°46′Uranus square Chiron · orb 4°12′Neptune conjunct Pluto · orb 2°46′North Node conjunct Chiron · orb 1°37′South Node opposite Chiron · orb 1°37′Sun — Cancer 13°34′ · +0.95°/day13°34′Mercury — Gemini 24°56′ · +0.38°/day24°56′Venus — Taurus 28°02′ · +0.92°/day28°02′Mars — Cancer 8°37′ · +0.66°/day8°37′Jupiter — Capricorn 2°02′ ℞ · −0.12°/day2°02′Saturn — Leo 18°40′ · +0.11°/day18°40′Uranus — Libra 17°54′ · +0.01°/day17°54′Neptune — Gemini 3°31′ · +0.03°/day3°31′Pluto — Gemini 6°17′ · +0.02°/day6°17′North Node — Cancer 12°05′ ℞ · −0.00°/day12°05′South Node — Capricorn 12°05′ ℞ · −0.00°/day12°05′Chiron — Cancer 13°42′ · +0.11°/day13°42′Lilith — Gemini 27°35′ · +0.11°/day27°35′
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 13°34′
MercuryGemini 24°56′
VenusTaurus 28°02′
MarsCancer 8°37′
JupiterCapricorn 2°02′
SaturnLeo 18°40′
UranusLibra 17°54′
NeptuneGemini 3°31′
PlutoGemini 6°17′
North NodeCancer 12°05′
South NodeCapricorn 12°05′
ChironCancer 13°42′
LilithGemini 27°35′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°08′
  • 1°29′
  • 1°29′
  • 1°37′
  • 1°37′
  • 4°57′
  • 4°20′
  • 0°46′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Air33%
Water33%
Earth23%
Fire10%

Leading: Air

Modalities

Cardinal50%
Mutable27%
Fixed23%

Leading: Cardinal

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