Birth Chart
Bernard Pivot
Sun Taurus
Moon Gemini
Ascendant Libra
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Taurus - 14°11' - in house 8
↣ Moon in Gemini - 18°45' - in house 9
↣ Mercury in Taurus - 23°41' - in house 9
↣ Venus in Gemini - 22°44' - in house 10
↣ Mars in Libra - 07°03' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 18°59' - in house 2/3 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Pisces - 08°28' - in house 6
↣ Uranus in Taurus - 02°11' - in house 8
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 11°53' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 24°00' - in house 10
↣ North Node in Capricorn - 24°28' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Libra - 01°49' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Cancer - 02°13' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Libra - 02°37'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 8
↣ Moon in house 9
↣ Mercury in house 9
↣ Venus in house 10
↣ Mars in house 1
↣ Jupiter in house 2/3
↣ Saturn in house 6
↣ Uranus in house 8
↣ Neptune in house 12
↣ Pluto in house 10
↣ North Node in house 4
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (9°30' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter opposition (4°48' applying) antiparallel
↣ Sun and Saturn sextile (5°43' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune trine (2°18' separating)
↣ Moon and Venus conjunction (3°59' applying) parallel
↣ Mercury and Jupiter opposition (4°42' separating)
↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (0°19' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node trine (0°46' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven conjunction (9°29' separating)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (4°26' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant conjunction (5°14' applying) parallel
↣ Mars and Midheaven square (4°50' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto trine (5°01' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node sextile (5°28' separating)
↣ Saturn and Neptune opposition (3°25' applying)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven trine (6°16' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven sextile (0°02' separating)
↣ Pluto and North Node opposition (0°28' applying)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven parallel
Birth data
- Chart date
- 05/05/1935
- Chart time
- 17:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Lyon, France - Latitude and longitude
- 45°45' North · 4°51' East
- Time zone
- 01:00 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Bernard Pivot was a French journalist and cultural presenter, best known for popularizing literature on television. As creator and host of landmark programs such as Apostrophes (1975–1990) and Bouillon de culture, Pivot turned literary interviews into a widely accessible format, influencing generations of readers and media professionals. He also served as president of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020.
Over decades of work he was active in the print press — including Le Figaro Littéraire — and on radio, and he took part in founding the magazine Lire. He promoted initiatives related to correct language use, such as spelling tournaments that evolved into the Dicos d’or, aimed at valuing orthography and vocabulary.
His public career included famous guests and heated cultural debates, as well as controversies concerning certain guests and comments on sensitive topics, incidents that led to reassessments of editorial choices. Pivot left a lasting legacy in spreading literary culture in France and in shaping how cultural interviews are conducted on television.
