Image: Wikimedia CommonsArt · March 30, 1853 · Zundert
Vincent van Gogh's Birth Chart
Sun in Aries · Moon in Sagittarius
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. His suicide at 37 followed years of mental illness and poverty. 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.
Vincent van Gogh's Sun, in Aries
Your identity ignites at the start: you need causes, challenges and the freedom to go first.
Vincent van Gogh's Moon, in Sagittarius
Your spirit needs air and future: movement, laughter and a good reason to believe repair you.
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.
Vincent van Gogh'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 | Aries | 9°42′ |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 21°30′ |
| Mercury | Aries | 25°37′ |
| Venus | Pisces | 28°07′ |
| Mars | Pisces | 26°10′ |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 24°16′ |
| Saturn | Taurus | 15°58′ |
| Uranus | Taurus | 6°48′ |
| Neptune | Pisces | 12°14′ |
| Pluto | Taurus | 0°46′ |
Vincent van Gogh'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.
Bowl
Your planets fill half the chart: one half full, one empty, like something you seek to complete.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Fire and the Mutable modality.
Jupiter is the most connected planet in their chart: 6 aspects tie it to the rest.
Sun forms no aspects: it expresses its energy with total independence.
Three or more planets together in Taurus: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
Three or more planets together in Pisces: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
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