Birth Chart
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Joseph
Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl
Sun Virgo
Moon Sagittarius
Ascendant Cancer
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Virgo - 04°59' - in house 4
↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 08°56' - in house 6
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 04°00' - in house 4
↣ Venus in Virgo - 29°02' - in house 5
↣ Mars in Cancer - 07°41' - in house 1
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 16°22' - in house 3
↣ Saturn in Pisces - 21°00' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Leo - 07°03' - in house 3
↣ Neptune in Libra - 21°22' - in house 5
↣ Pluto in Aquarius - 17°38' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Scorpio - 22°56' - in house 6 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Cancer - 04°03' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Pisces - 00°47' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Gemini - 04°48'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 4
↣ Moon in house 6
↣ Mercury in house 4
↣ Venus in house 5
↣ Mars in house 1
↣ Jupiter in house 3
↣ Saturn in house 10
↣ Uranus in house 3
↣ Neptune in house 5
↣ Pluto in house 9
↣ North Node in house 6
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon square (3°56' separating)
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (0°59' applying)
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (2°42' applying)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°11' applying)
↣ Sun and Ascendant sextile (0°57' applying)
↣ Sun and Midheaven opposition (4°12' applying)
↣ Moon and Mercury square (4°55' separating)
↣ Moon and Uranus trine (1°53' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (4°08' applying)
↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (3°41' applying)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°48' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant sextile (0°03' separating)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven opposition (3°13' applying) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn opposition (8°01' separating)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (5°46' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant square (5°01' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Mars and Ascendant conjunction (3°38' applying) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Neptune sextile (5°00' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (1°17' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node trine (1°56' separating)
↣ Uranus and North Node antiparallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°15' applying)
↣ Neptune and Pluto trine (3°44' separating)
↣ Pluto and North Node square (5°18' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant antiparallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl
- Chart date
- 27/08/1789
- Chart time
- 23:45
- Date and time quality
- B Biography/autobiography what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Hildburghausen, Germany - Latitude and longitude
- 50°25' North · 10°44' East
- Time zone
- 00:43 East
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About
Joseph Karl Friedrich Ernst was Duke of Saxe‑Altenburg from 1834 to 1848. A member of the high German nobility, he received a military and courtly education and served in the campaigns against Napoleon, reaching the rank of major‑general in the Saxon forces. He succeeded his father as the surviving male heir and pursued conservative policies during his rule.
In administrative and cultural matters he sponsored restorations and works in Altenburg: he restored the ducal castle, took part in the construction of public buildings such as the Marstall, and established a new burial crypt in the local cemetery. In 1833 he collaborated on the reform of the Ducal Ernestine Order, a ceremonial link between the regional ducal houses.
Politically, he resisted liberal reforms — sessions of the Landtag were kept closed to the public and he preserved corporate privileges that, critics argue, delayed economic modernization. In 1848, facing revolutionary upheaval and pressure for constitutional guarantees, Joseph called out troops; two days after his wife’s death he abdicated in favor of his brother, having no surviving male heirs.
He withdrew largely from public life and devoted himself to preservation projects and cultural patronage on estates such as Schloss Fröhliche Wiederkunft. He died in 1868, leaving a legacy of dynastic conservatism and local architectural interventions.
