Image: Wikimedia CommonsPolitics & history · September 5, 1638 · Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Louis XIV of France's Birth Chart
Sun in Virgo · Moon in Leo ≈
Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King", and "Louis the Great" which portrayed him as supreme leader. He presided over a great expansion of the French colonial empire and a patronage of arts in his court at the Palace of Versailles that defined the Baroque style of French architecture. His reign of 72 years and 110 days remains the longest of any sovereign monarch in history. Wikipedia
Section I · The core
The two luminaries
Two lights set the tone of the whole chart: the Sun, the identity; the Moon, the emotional world.
Louis XIV of France's Sun, in Virgo
Your centre is craft: improving what you touch, serving with precision, finding the sacred in detail.
Louis XIV of France's Moon, in Leo
Your heart needs to be seen: loyalty and sincere recognition are your emotional nourishment.
Without an exact birth time, the Moon could fall in the neighbouring sign: it changed sign that day.
Section II · The map
Their natal wheel
The sky on the day they were born. The outer ring is the twelve signs; the lines across the centre, the aspects between planets. Without a birth time, houses and the Ascendant aren't drawn.
Section III · The detail
Planets and aspects
The exact numbers behind the drawing. Each table expands one layer of the wheel.
Louis XIV of France's placements
We compute the placements for the day of birth. Without the exact time the Ascendant and houses can't be fixed, but each planet's sign is reliable.
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 12°49′ |
| Moon | Leo | 6°15′ |
| Mercury | Virgo | 24°02′ |
| Venus | Leo | 4°02′ |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 25°29′ |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 2°42′ |
| Saturn | Aquarius ℞ | 0°59′ |
| Uranus | Libra | 21°20′ |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 18°35′ |
| Pluto | Gemini ℞ | 0°27′ |
Louis XIV of France's aspects
Each aspect is an angle between two planets; it defines how they speak to each other. Aspects to the Moon are approximate: they depend on the exact birth time.
Elements and modalities
How their energy is split across the four elements and the three modalities.
Section IV · The signature
The signature of their sky
The whole at a glance: how the planets are spread, and the accents that set the overall tone of the chart.
Bucket
A group of planets with a single one opposite: that 'handle' planet becomes the channel of the whole chart.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Fire and the Fixed modality.
Saturn is the most connected planet in their chart: 5 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three planets in trine forming a triangle: a talent that flows almost effortlessly.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
An opposition with a third planet square to both: the chart's engine of tension and achievement.
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