Birth Chart
Gian Gastone de Medici
Giovanni Battista Gastone de' Medici
Sun Gemini
Moon Sagittarius
Ascendant Taurus
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 03°44' - in house 2
↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 17°43' - in house 8
↣ Mercury in Gemini - 21°32' - in house 2/3
↣ Venus in Cancer - 00°07' - in house 3
↣ Mars in Gemini - 28°48' - in house 3
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 11°24' - in house 5
↣ Saturn in Pisces - 18°26' - in house 12
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 13°56' - in house 12
↣ Neptune in Aquarius - 03°07' - in house 10/11 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 01°49' - in house 3
↣ North Node in Aries - 01°46' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Taurus - 01°40' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Capricorn - 16°17' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aries - 19°09'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 2
↣ Moon in house 8
↣ Mercury in house 2/3
↣ Venus in house 3
↣ Mars in house 3
↣ Jupiter in house 5
↣ Saturn in house 12
↣ Uranus in house 12
↣ Neptune in house 10/11
↣ Pluto in house 3
↣ North Node in house 12
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Neptune trine (0°38' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto parallel
↣ Sun and North Node sextile (1°58' separating)
↣ Moon and Mercury opposition (3°49' applying)
↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (6°19' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn square (0°43' applying)
↣ Moon and Uranus square (3°47' separating)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°26' separating)
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (8°35' applying) parallel
↣ Mercury and Mars conjunction (7°16' applying) parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn square (3°06' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°23' applying)
↣ Venus and Mars conjunction (1°19' separating) parallel
↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (1°42' applying)
↣ Venus and North Node square (1°39' applying)
↣ Venus and Ascendant sextile (1°33' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto conjunction (3°01' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node square (2°58' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant sextile (2°51' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune opposition (8°17' separating)
↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (4°30' separating) parallel
↣ Saturn and Midheaven sextile (2°09' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven sextile (2°21' separating)
↣ Neptune and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Neptune and North Node sextile (1°21' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant square (1°27' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node square (0°03' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant sextile (0°09' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Giovanni Battista Gastone de' Medici
- Chart date
- 25/05/1671
- Chart time
- 03:00
- Date and time quality
- A Memory what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Florence, Italy - Latitude and longitude
- 43°46' North · 11°15' East
- Time zone
- 00:45 East
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About
Gian Gastone de’ Medici (Giovanni Battista Gastone de’ Medici) was the seventh and last Grand Duke of Tuscany from the Medici dynasty. The son of Cosimo III and Margherita Luisa d’Orléans, he inherited rule in 1723 amid dynastic decline and strong influence from European courts. He married Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe‑Lauenburg and left no heirs, which brought the Medici line to an end.
Although he showed limited political skill and delegated much authority to representatives, Gian Gastone introduced measures that were relatively liberal for the period: he reduced taxes on the poor, encouraged the teaching of scientific and philosophical ideas, fought clerical corruption, abolished public executions, and repealed discriminatory regulations against Jews. These reforms contrasted with the conservative policies of his immediate predecessors.
His private life—marked by an unhappy marriage, gambling, and mental health problems—weakened his public reputation, although his death was mourned by the populace. Gian Gastone’s legacy is ambiguous: institutionally a weak ruler, he nevertheless enacted social and cultural changes that mitigated harsh punishments and promoted greater intellectual openness in Tuscany.
