Birth Chart
Edgar Degas
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas
Sun Cancer
Moon Capricorn
Ascendant Aquarius
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Cancer - 26°35' - in house 6
↣ Moon in Capricorn - 15°01' - in house 12
↣ Mercury in Leo - 18°47' - in house 7
↣ Venus in Virgo - 00°37' - in house 7
↣ Mars in Taurus - 22°22' - in house 3
↣ Jupiter in Gemini - 04°07' - in house 4
↣ Saturn in Libra - 05°29' - in house 8
↣ Uranus in Aquarius - 25°41' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Aquarius - 00°19' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Aries - 13°49' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Gemini - 26°32' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Aquarius - 11°04' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Sagittarius - 06°30' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Pisces - 02°41'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 6
↣ Moon in house 12
↣ Mercury in house 7
↣ Venus in house 7
↣ Mars in house 3
↣ Jupiter in house 4
↣ Saturn in house 8
↣ Uranus in house 1
↣ Neptune in house 12
↣ Pluto in house 2
↣ North Node in house 5
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon opposition (11°34' applying)
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (4°14' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter parallel
↣ Sun and Neptune opposition (3°43' applying) antiparallel
↣ Sun and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Moon and Pluto square (1°12' separating)
↣ Moon and North Node antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Venus parallel
↣ Mercury and Mars square (3°34' separating)
↣ Mercury and Uranus opposition (6°53' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto trine (4°58' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant opposition (7°44' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter square (3°29' applying)
↣ Venus and Uranus opposition (4°56' separating)
↣ Venus and North Node sextile (4°05' separating)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (2°04' separating)
↣ Venus and Midheaven square (5°53' separating)
↣ Mars and Uranus square (3°19' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Saturn trine (1°23' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune trine (3°48' separating) antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°26' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven opposition (2°24' separating)
↣ Saturn and Neptune trine (5°11' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto opposition (8°19' applying)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Saturn and Ascendant trine (5°34' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven sextile (1°01' separating)
↣ Uranus and North Node trine (0°51' separating)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (7°00' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant sextile (2°45' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant trine (6°09' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas
- Chart date
- 19/07/1834
- Chart time
- 20:30
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Paris, France - Latitude and longitude
- 48°52' North · 2°20' East
- Time zone
- 00:09 East
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About
Edgar Degas (Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas) was one of the most influential French artists of the nineteenth century, working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. Historically associated with the group known as the Impressionists, Degas was notable for a singular artistic stance: although he took part in the movement’s exhibitions, he kept distance from its practices by favoring interior compositions, figure studies and an approach grounded more in drawing and memory.
He is especially renowned for his depictions of the world of ballet — dancers, rehearsals and backstage scenes — and for his striking use of pastels, which gave his work distinctive tones and textures. His works explore psychological and formal observation of figures, often employing innovative framings and unexpected crop that foreshadow modern sensibilities.
Trained through intensive copying of Renaissance masters and study at the École des Beaux-Arts, Degas reconciled academic tradition and avant-garde tendencies, provoking controversy among critics of his time. Much of his output is held in public collections in Paris, where he remains an essential reference for the study of the transition from academicism to modernity in the visual arts.
