Ren%C3%A9 Descartes
Born March 31, 1596
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Ren%C3%A9 Descartes, Philosopher
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Birth Chart
Planet Positions
Aspects
Planetary positions are calculated using a noon reference time. Houses, the Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, and IC are not shown. The Moon's exact position may vary depending on the actual birth time.
Q Sun in Aries
In Aries the Sun gives much mental energy and quick wit, Natives of this sign are natural leaders, more or less headstrong or impulsive, ambitious, full of enterprise and new ideas. They do not like to be under the direction of a master and are inclined to be fiery and quick tempered, quick to resent abuse or imposition, but forgiving and do not hold a grudge long. Their great love of freedom and justice, coupled with their enthusiasm and self-will, makes them liable to go to extremes through indignation, hasty speech or lack of discretion. They possess penetrating will power are persistent, determined and not easily discouraged. Are philosophical by nature, admire scientific thought and are at their best when at the head of things, such as director, instructor, superintendent or manager. Mars is the planetary ruler of the sign Aries.
Longitudinal Aspects
Sun Semisextile Moon
Energetic and driven; ambitious; possesses qualities that enhance relationships, including loyalty and sensitivity; mutual understanding; strong maternal instinct; domestic; cheerfully serene; enjoys good health; musically inclined; prosperous, especially where a good aspect from Jupiter exists.
Moon Semisquare Mars
Inclined toward knee-jerk reactions; prone to conflict due to a lack of control of one's emotions. This is especially the case when the moon is in the tenth house; a turbulent home life; a tendency to say hurtful things in the heat of passion, only to regret them later; discussions of serious personal matters are best avoided until moments of intense emotion have passed.
Mercury Trine Saturn
Strong ability to concentrate mentally, and a disciplined mind; mind over body; this pairing represents the profession and study of psychology because it is the study of control of the mind; single-minded and obsessed with achieving a goal; when this pairing is quadralized with a Jupiter pairing it can create genius.
Mercury Semisquare Chiron
** Turbulent Aspect ** It is the most powerful aspect in helping someone to be a charismatic speaker (Evita Person was born with this), writer, or singer. This aspect also promotes a New Age outlook and makes the native highly intelligent, adventuresome, and self-reliant.
Venus (Ruler) Semisquare Mars
Very fond of pleasure; impulsive and amorous; difficulty through excesses and the opposite sex. Loss through over-liberal tendencies or carelessness and extravagance; also through fires, partnerships and too freely entering business or speculative enterprises. At times the social popularity or standing will be adversely affected; danger through dishonesty or loss; opposition through friends or jealousy, separation and enmity. Trouble through marriage and partnerships. If Venus or Mars were in a water sign, the tendency is to gratify the tastes and pleasurable emotions in dissipating habits.
Venus (Ruler) Conjunction Lilith
Venus (Ruler) Opposition Priapus
Mars Semisquare Lilith
Mars Sesquiquadrate Priapus
Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn
Losses through litigation, trustees, banks, etc. An unfortunate aspect for money success in business or occupation; threatens trouble, pecuniary or otherwise, through the father, neighbors, companies; downfall or setback by loss of money, property and credit; through miscalculation, poor judgment or speculations; trouble in connection with education and travel. Impressionable, indecisive, and mistrustful; not sufficient hope, confidence and self-will; inclined to give into circumstances and environments too readily; possibly through ill health. Danger of opposition, limitations, enmity and treachery; subject to charity, or imprisonment. Difficulty through or on account of dishonesty and misrepresentation; danger through floods, earthquakes, epidemics.
Jupiter Conjunction Uranus
Super fame; talented at dealing with the public and audiences; great natural ability in areas ruled by Uranus, including the general public, politics, entertainment industry (especially movies and broadcasting), telecommunications and any public performance including political speeches acting and modeling, flying and space travel, technology and other agents of change; Uranus also rules recognition so this pairing means being fully recognized and credited for achievements.
Jupiter Trine Neptune
Super talented in artistic ways; success through artistry; highly inspired and original because Neptune rules inspiration and originality; remarkably enduring and long-lasting (because Neptune rules whatever is long lasting); very blessed or talented in areas ruled by Neptune, including health, medicine, natural resources, inheritances, patents and copyrights, talent of all types, including acting skills, poetry, singing, musical ability; successful and enduring ingenious ideas, because Neptune rules both ideas and inspiration, as well as whatever is long-lasting.
Jupiter Sextile Chiron
This is one of the most powerful of all aspects, as this Super Aspect provides the native with a fabulous public image and a commanding presence, which instills confidence and wins trust. It foretells a great destiny and career and can result in noteworthy success, ultimate intuitive genius, and success through charisma in anything ruled by Chiron. No matter how powerful and helpful one aspect is, though, there is no substitute for hard work, determination, and tenacity.
Jupiter Conjunction North Node
Jupiter Opposition South Node
Saturn Sesquiquadrate Uranus
The tendencies and desires are the same as before mentioned, but the subject has not the capacity and ability to direct the forces to the same successful results and meets with general misfortune through things mentioned and indicated by the houses these planets occupy. This aspect has an injurious effect on the health at some tie, weakening the parts of the body denoted by the signs occupied, especially by Saturn, producing a heavy, complicated and serious sickness, either long drawn our or else incurable. Liability to accidents by falls, falling object, collisions, acts of nature, riots or uprising and disregard for the rights for feeling of others. Mentally it gives singular, imaginative, eccentric and peculiar attitudes sudden temper, impulsive, aggressive acts. Radical or destructive tendencies. In a very weak or adverse chart, may invert the abilities and become thoroughly bad, treacher5ous, violent, or the aspect may manifest indolence, idleness, with an improvident attitude, satisfied only in catering to the tastes and emotions. Disrespect for laws.
Saturn Sesquiquadrate Pluto
As with other negative Pluto aspects; jealousy, lust, dominance. The native strives for personal power and may withdraw himself from normal human contacts in order to achieve this aim. Destructive tendencies. Frustrated drives. Dishonesty regarding emotional interaction. Miscalculations of desire.
Saturn Trine Lilith
Saturn Sextile Priapus
Uranus Trine Neptune
Ability to present artistic talent to the world, and to perform to large audience, this is a common pairing for performers in the entertainment industry; ability to bring new ideas to the world, including new religious ideas, scientific notions, and any idea that is innovative or creative; for athletes, this is an energy and coordination enhancer to the other pairing in an M/Q, ESPECIALLY IF THE OTHER PAIRING INCLDUES Mars, Mercury, or Sun.
Uranus Sextile Chiron
This is a very powerful and helpful aspect, but unfortunately, it occurs too rarely (about every five years). It is most helpful when the native directs the aspect to achieve great fame and success in an area ruled by Chiron or Uranus. A person with this aspect has the ultimate in hypnotic charisma.
Uranus Conjunction North Node
Uranus Opposition South Node
Neptune Trine Pluto
Power from ideas, religion, the sex act (as opposed to lovemaking) and anything ruled by Neptune; the ability to inject religion or ideas into a power struggle; adept at seizing power through religion or ideas; big business from original ideas, talent artistry or other Neptunian symbolisms (it also means success form such activities because Pluto rules big business, and you cannot attain big business without success); for athletes, this is also an energy and coordination enhancer to the other pairing in an M/Q, especially if the other pairing includes Mars, Mercury, or Sun. Also obsessive or powerful and long lasting sexual desire lust and stamina.
Neptune Sextile Chiron
This is a Cinderella aspect. Interpretations: long-term financial security through marriage, long-term family ties, long-term charisma, lasting noteworthiness, New Age ideas and inspirations, and becoming a real live Cinderella. It works on men, also. Since Neptune is the most feminine planet, this aspect imparts a soft, feminine charisma that is very appealing. Princess Diana was born with this aspect. It is also a Romance Aspect. The native believes in real-life Cinderellas and dreams about marrying a form of royalty.
Neptune Trine North Node
Neptune Sextile South Node
Pluto Sextile Chiron
This is a Super Aspect. Interpretations: noteworthy success, a highly profitable career, power from marriage or the family, and a person of power and vision.
Chiron Semisquare Lilith
Chiron Sesquiquadrate Priapus
Declination Aspects
Sun Parallel Jupiter
Gifted in the professions ruled by Jupiter, including education, law, and publishing; given to philanthropy; a very fortunate person; a spirit of abundance and generosity, tempered by wisdom; a skilled negotiator and arbitrator; a tactful person; a very skilled planner; patient; leaves little to chance; an inspiring leader and a champion; willing to die for a cause, yet a person of peace; someone who will not rock the boat except to address egregious grievances; a good family person; someone who is responsible and honorable.
Sun Parallel Uranus
Attracted to fame; a public personality; an innovative person; original thinker; a thirst for freedom; interest in the occult and all things extraordinary; a person at ease and talented with whatever is ruled by Uranus, including astrology, mass media, entertainment; publicity; usually somewhat iconoclastic and cynical about the status quo; Uranus rules adaptability and change on a grand scale---and globalization; this adaptability if often accompanied by an unwillingness to die for any cause, and a weak sense of patriotism.
Moon Parallel Neptune
Inclines to success in things ruled by Neptune and as indicated by the sign and house it occupies; good for boating, swimming, shipping, dealing in liquids, choice food stuffs, canned goods, delicacies and things calculated to please the tastes of the public. Strong inspirational and imaging faculty; mediumistic qualities; fond of investigating Spiritualism, psychicism and the mysterious in nature, or some form of the Occult. Would make a good psychometrist, having active emotions and impressionability. If Venus or Mercury is also in good aspect it shows inspiration for art, music, singing, writing, speaking or acting.
Moon Parallel Chiron
This signifies a strong desire for marriage and children, someone who is highly intuitive and resourceful. It is a female Romance Aspect, and if the native is a woman, all she thinks about is her Prince Charming or meeting one. She feels completely unfulfilled without one in her life.
Mercury Parallel Venus (Ruler)
Intelligent; good communicator, deft in articulating a point because this pairing a symbolizes beauty of speech and communication; a beautiful voice and success at singing; good reflexes and coordination; money form sources ruled by mercury, including transportation and transport vehicles, communication and teaching, photography, telecommunications and the equipment thereof, anything that improves or enhances vision.
Venus (Ruler) Parallel Saturn
Desire to have control over money and personal relationships, if this paring is quadralized with a Jupiter pairing, there is ability to make money; money from discipline, such persons place the value of money higher than the personal life; not stylish and not fashionable, such persons will not dress like the models on the cover of Vogue magazine; sometimes this person is unable to truly love anyone and is generally less emotional than most.
Jupiter Parallel Uranus
Super fame; talented at dealing with the public and audiences; great natural ability in areas ruled by Uranus, including the general public, politics, entertainment industry (especially movies and broadcasting), telecommunications and any public performance including political speeches acting and modeling, flying and space travel, technology and other agents of change; Uranus also rules recognition so this pairing means being fully recognized and credited for achievements.
Neptune Parallel Chiron
This is a Cinderella aspect. Interpretations: long-term financial security through marriage, long-term family ties, long-term charisma, lasting noteworthiness, New Age ideas and inspirations, and becoming a real live Cinderella. It works on men, also. Since Neptune is the most feminine planet, this aspect imparts a soft, feminine charisma that is very appealing. Princess Diana was born with this aspect. It is also a Romance Aspect. The native believes in real-life Cinderellas and dreams about marrying a form of royalty.
