Birth chart

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Musicians1840 – 1893Born 7 May 1840 · Votkinsktime 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

Taurus

Moon

Cancer → Leo

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 0°40′Sun opposite Jupiter · orb 3°17′Sun sextile Uranus · orb 2°38′Sun square Neptune · orb 2°00′Mercury conjunct Venus · orb 5°06′Mercury trine Saturn · orb 0°05′Mercury conjunct Pluto · orb 1°30′Mars opposite Jupiter · orb 2°37′Mars sextile Uranus · orb 3°18′Mars square Neptune · orb 1°20′Jupiter square Neptune · orb 1°16′Saturn square Uranus · orb 1°13′Saturn trine Pluto · orb 1°35′North Node trine Chiron · orb 2°45′North Node square Lilith · orb 3°41′South Node sextile Chiron · orb 2°45′South Node square Lilith · orb 3°41′Sun — Taurus 16°48′ · +0.97°/day16°48′Mercury — Aries 20°34′ · +1.04°/day20°34′Venus — Aries 25°40′ · +1.22°/day25°40′Mars — Taurus 16°08′ · +0.73°/day16°08′Jupiter — Scorpio 13°32′ ℞ · −0.13°/day13°32′Saturn — Sagittarius 20°39′ ℞ · −0.05°/day20°39′Uranus — Pisces 19°26′ · +0.04°/day19°26′Neptune — Aquarius 14°48′ · +0.01°/day14°48′Pluto — Aries 19°04′ · +0.02°/day19°04′North Node — Pisces 3°29′ ℞ · −0.03°/day3°29′South Node — Virgo 3°29′ ℞ · −0.03°/day3°29′Chiron — Cancer 6°14′ · +0.08°/day6°14′Lilith — Sagittarius 7°10′ · +0.11°/day7°10′
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 Taurus

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core sense of self, and in Taurus it grows through steadiness. There's a pull toward what is solid and real — comfort, the senses, things that last, a pace that can't be rushed. People often experience this placement as calm and dependable, and sometimes as a deep reluctance to change what already works. The theme worth exploring is where steadiness ends and standing still begins — the way staying put can hold you up in one moment and quietly hold you back in the next. Rootedness and inertia look identical from the outside, and telling what you keep because it is yours from what you keep because it is genuinely good for you is the whole quiet art here.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunTaurus 16°48′
MercuryAries 20°34′
VenusAries 25°40′
MarsTaurus 16°08′
JupiterScorpio 13°32′
SaturnSagittarius 20°39′
UranusPisces 19°26′
NeptuneAquarius 14°48′
PlutoAries 19°04′
North NodePisces 3°29′
South NodeVirgo 3°29′
ChironCancer 6°14′
LilithSagittarius 7°10′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°40′
  • 0°05′
  • 2°00′
  • 3°17′
  • 1°30′
  • 1°13′
  • 1°16′
  • 1°20′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Fire43%
Earth33%
Water17%
Air7%

Leading: Fire

Modalities

Fixed50%
Cardinal33%
Mutable17%

Leading: Fixed

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