Image: Wikimedia CommonsArt · October 1, 1541 · Heraklion
El Greco's Birth Chart
Sun in Libra · Moon in Scorpio ≈
Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. El Greco was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters often adding the word Κρής, which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek. 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.
El Greco's Sun, in Libra
Your identity seeks balance and harmony: beauty, fair agreement and the art of being in relationship. Your purpose flourishes when you build bridges, weigh nuances and look for the right balance in relationships.
El Greco's Moon, in Scorpio
You feel with a passionate, intuitive intensity: all or nothing, with an emotional memory that neither forgets nor betrays. Your security comes from deep loyalty, emotional honesty and the ability to regenerate after any crisis.
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.
El Greco'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 | Libra | 7°47′ |
| Moon | Scorpio | 0°22′ |
| Mercury | Libra ℞ | 13°07′ |
| Venus | Libra | 22°30′ |
| Mars | Leo | 27°33′ |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 16°44′ |
| Saturn | Libra | 27°09′ |
| Uranus | Leo | 23°39′ |
| Neptune | Aries ℞ | 17°15′ |
| Pluto | Aquarius ℞ | 13°12′ |
El Greco'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.
Seesaw
Your planets gather in two opposite groups: you live in the push and pull between them.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Air and the Cardinal modality.
Uranus is the most connected planet in their chart: 5 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Libra: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
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