Franz Schubert — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1797-01-31 (time unknown) · Vienna, Austria
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives the date and the house of birth but no hour; secondary accounts say only 'early afternoon', which is too vague to record as a time.
Austrian composer of more than six hundred lieder, the Unfinished Symphony and the String Quintet in C, active in Vienna in the early Romantic period. The birth date is well attested but no clock time is recorded; accounts describing an afternoon birth are approximations and have not been entered as a time.
Reading the chart
Aquarius Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mars carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Yod: Uranus sextile Neptune, both quincunx Mars — an adjustment pattern focused on Mars.
Air is the leading element (49% weighted), while fire is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Fixed modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is sustaining — consolidating and holding course.
Sun at 12°09′ Aquarius: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates independently, systemically, at an observing distance — the keynote is perspective. In detriment: it works away from home, which often produces adaptive, hard-won skill rather than weakness.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 343.6055° → 356.0282° (Pisces).
Yod: Uranus sextile Neptune, both quincunx Mars — an adjustment pattern focused on Mars.
Yod: Sun sextile Mars, both quincunx Uranus — an adjustment pattern focused on Uranus.
Stellium in Aquarius: Sun, Mercury, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Sun square Neptune (orb 1°28′, separating): Sun and Neptune grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Mercury conjunction Pluto (orb 1°36′, separating): Mercury and Pluto fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Venus trine Uranus (orb 0°56′, separating): Venus and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Aquarius 12°09′ · Moon Pisces (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius 12°09′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Moon | Pisces (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Aquarius 29°47′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Capricorn 12°50′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Aries 10°12′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces 15°40′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Saturn | Gemini 21°17′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo 11°54′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio 10°41′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius 28°11′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Sun □ Neptune (square, orb 1.5°)
- Mercury ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 1.6°)
- Venus △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.9°)
- Mercury △ North Node (trine, orb 1.2°)
- Venus □ Mars (square, orb 2.6°)
- Sun ⚹ Mars (sextile, orb 1.9°)
- Jupiter ☍ Uranus (opposition, orb 3.8°)
- Uranus ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 1.2°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Wood (乙). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 丙辰 Bǐng Chén | 辛丑 Xīn Chǒu | 乙巳 Yǐ Sì |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | 1797 | 壬寅 | directResource |
| 10.9 | 1807 | 癸卯 | indirectResource |
| 20.9 | 1817 | 甲辰 | robWealth |
| 30.9 | 1827 | 乙巳 | friend |
| 40.9 | 1837 | 丙午 | hurtingOfficer |
| 50.9 | 1847 | 丁未 | eatingGod |
| 60.9 | 1857 | 戊申 | directWealth |
| 70.9 | 1867 | 己酉 | indirectWealth |
Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)
Moon-dependent Vedic calculations are unavailable without an exact birth time; no local-noon Moon, nakshatra or dasha is published.
Vimshottari mahadashas
| Period lord | From | To | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable without an exact birth time | |||