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Joseph Brodsky: birth chart

Poet

Timezone records for this place before 1970 are uncertain, so any clock time on this page may be off. The rising sign and the time a body changes sign depend on it.

The chart

Birth time documented · Rodden rating A

Calculated here with Swiss Ephemeris from the date, place and time above.

Sun, Moon and rising

  • Sun♊︎ Gemini 3°13′
  • Moon♑︎ Capricorn 11°53′
  • Rising♎︎ Libra 18°31′

Placements

Placements
BodySign and degreeHouse
☉ Sun♊︎ Gemini 3°13′8
☽ Moon♑︎ Capricorn 11°53′3
☿ Mercury♊︎ Gemini 6°34′8
♀ Venus♋︎ Cancer 10°48′9
♂ Mars♋︎ Cancer 4°29′9
♃ Jupiter♉︎ Taurus 1°51′7
♄ Saturn♉︎ Taurus 8°06′7
♅ Uranus♉︎ Taurus 22°40′8
♆ Neptune♍︎ Virgo 22°45′ (retrograde)11
♇ Pluto♌︎ Leo 0°58′10

Tight aspects

Aspects with an orb of 3° or less, tightest first.

AspectOrb
Uranus △ trine Neptune0°05′
Saturn ⚼ sesquiquadrate Neptune0°21′
Jupiter □ square Pluto0°53′
Moon ☍ opposition Venus1°05′
Sun ⚺ semisextile Mars1°16′
Sun ⚺ semisextile Jupiter1°21′
Mercury ⚺ semisextile Saturn1°32′
Sun ⚹ sextile Pluto2°14′
Mars ⚹ sextile Jupiter2°37′
Venus ⚹ sextile Saturn2°41′

What these placements mean in general

These are the general texts for each placement, built from the traditional meanings of the body and the sign. They are the same on every chart that has the placement and do not describe the person on this page.

Sun in Gemini

Sun is associated with identity, vitality, purpose, will, recognition. Gemini is traditionally associated with taking in more information than can be acted on and sorting it out loud.

Moon in Capricorn

Moon is associated with feeling, need, habit, memory, care. Capricorn is traditionally associated with measuring effort against results over long periods and organising life around what will still be standing later.

Data source

Date of birthMay 24, 1940
Place of birthLeningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Russia
Birth time16:50, local time
ReliabilityThe date and place are confirmed by two or more sources. The birth time was stated by the person or the family; no document was seen (rating A).
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