Birth Chart
Denis Diderot
Sun Libra
Moon Taurus
Ascendant Pisces
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 12°16' - in house 7
↣ Moon in Taurus - 04°05' - in house 1/2
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 24°28' - in house 7
↣ Venus in Leo - 29°38' - in house 6
↣ Mars in Sagittarius - 04°00' - in house 8/9
↣ Jupiter in Pisces - 04°06' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Virgo - 06°28' - in house 6
↣ Uranus in Virgo - 14°01' - in house 7
↣ Neptune in Taurus - 06°13' - in house 1/2 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Virgo - 05°24' - in house 6
↣ North Node in Sagittarius - 20°12' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Pisces - 28°18' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Sagittarius - 29°15' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Pisces - 29°07'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 7
↣ Moon in house 1/2
↣ Mercury in house 7
↣ Venus in house 6
↣ Mars in house 8/9
↣ Jupiter in house 12
↣ Saturn in house 6
↣ Uranus in house 7
↣ Neptune in house 1/2
↣ Pluto in house 6
↣ North Node in house 9
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mercury antiparallel
↣ Moon and Venus trine (4°27' separating)
↣ Moon and Jupiter sextile (0°00' applying)
↣ Moon and Saturn trine (2°22' applying)
↣ Moon and Neptune conjunction (2°08' applying)
↣ Moon and Pluto trine (1°19' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven trine (4°50' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node square (4°16' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (4°39' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant opposition (3°50' separating)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven square (4°47' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars square (4°21' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter opposition (4°27' applying) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn conjunction (6°49' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune parallel
↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (5°45' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (0°23' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter square (0°06' applying)
↣ Mars and Saturn square (2°28' applying)
↣ Mars and Pluto square (1°24' applying) antiparallel
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°53' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant trine (5°42' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn opposition (2°22' separating) antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Neptune sextile (2°08' separating) antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (1°18' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven sextile (4°50' applying)
↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (7°33' applying)
↣ Saturn and Neptune trine (0°14' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto conjunction (1°04' separating)
↣ Neptune and Pluto trine (0°49' applying)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven trine (6°09' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven conjunction (9°03' separating) parallel
Birth data
- Chart date
- 05/10/1713
- Chart time
- 17:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Langres, France - Latitude and longitude
- 47°52' North · 5°20' East
- Time zone
- 00:21 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, a central figure of the Enlightenment and cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopédie. His editorial direction turned the project into a pioneering collective work by integrating signed contributions and addressing the mechanical arts, becoming an intellectual reference that anticipated debates that would feed into the French Revolution. Diderot wrote roughly 7,000 articles and, despite religious and political controversies that led to censorship, remained at the helm of the publication until the mid-1760s.
Alongside his editorial work, he produced fiction and essays — including Les Bijoux indiscrets — and plays that sustained his reputation during his lifetime. Many of his most original plays and important philosophical writings were published only posthumously, such as Jacques le Fataliste and Rameau’s Nephew.
Diderot’s life also reflects financial difficulties and limited institutional recognition; his circumstances improved when Empress Catherine II of Russia purchased his library and provided financial support, enabling intellectual exchanges that expanded his sphere of activity. He is remembered today for his decisive role in circulating critical thought and promoting encyclopedic knowledge.
