Birth Chart
Harry Kessler
Harry Clemens Ulrich von Kessler
Sun Gemini
Moon Gemini
Ascendant Libra
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 02°39' - in house 9
↣ Moon in Gemini - 20°04' - in house 10
↣ Mercury in Gemini - 12°38' - in house 9
↣ Venus in Cancer - 16°58' - in house 10
↣ Mars in Taurus - 01°41' - in house 8
↣ Jupiter in Aries - 06°52' - in house 7
↣ Saturn in Sagittarius - 02°23' - in house 3 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Cancer - 10°41' - in house 10
↣ Neptune in Aries - 16°27' - in house 7
↣ Pluto in Taurus - 15°58' - in house 8/9
↣ North Node in Virgo - 00°07' - in house 11/12 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Libra - 01°04' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Cancer - 01°20' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Libra - 01°35'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 9
↣ Moon in house 10
↣ Mercury in house 9
↣ Venus in house 10
↣ Mars in house 8
↣ Jupiter in house 7
↣ Saturn in house 3
↣ Uranus in house 10
↣ Neptune in house 7
↣ Pluto in house 8/9
↣ North Node in house 11/12
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (9°59' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter sextile (4°13' applying)
↣ Sun and Saturn opposition (0°15' separating)
↣ Sun and North Node square (2°32' separating)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°04' applying)
↣ Sun and Ascendant trine (1°36' applying)
↣ Moon and Mercury conjunction (7°26' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn antiparallel
↣ Moon and Neptune sextile (3°37' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven conjunction (11°16' separating)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter sextile (5°46' separating)
↣ Mercury and Uranus parallel
↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (3°49' applying)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven parallel
↣ Venus and Uranus conjunction (6°17' separating)
↣ Venus and Neptune square (0°30' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto sextile (1°00' separating)
↣ Mars and North Node trine (1°33' separating) parallel
↣ Mars and Midheaven sextile (0°21' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn trine (4°29' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus square (3°49' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto parallel
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (5°17' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant opposition (5°49' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven square (5°32' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node square (2°16' separating)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°49' applying)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant sextile (1°20' applying)
↣ Uranus and Neptune square (5°47' applying)
↣ Uranus and Pluto sextile (5°17' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven conjunction (9°21' applying) parallel
↣ North Node and Midheaven sextile (1°12' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Harry Clemens Ulrich von Kessler
- Chart date
- 23/05/1868
- Chart time
- 14:00
- 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°21' East
- Time zone
- 00:09 East
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About
Harry Clemens Ulrich von Kessler was an Anglo‑German count whose work as a diplomat, writer, editor and patron of the modern arts was widely recognized. Educated in France, England and Germany, he pursued a public career that combined aristocratic habits with a cosmopolitan, humanistic education (Bildung) that guided his patronage of painters, musicians, playwrights and publishers of the avant‑garde.
A man of the world, Kessler maintained an extensive correspondence and kept diaries recording his impressions of artistic and political life at the turn of the century; these documents attest to cultural shifts and anxieties in the face of European crises. He worked on leading Jugendstil publications and, from 1903, directed the Museum für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe in Weimar, where he introduced new exhibition concepts and established a permanent display of arts and crafts.
His role as editor and cultural promoter — including founding the Deutscher Künstlerbund, of which he served as vice‑president — helped legitimize and disseminate modernist production in Germany. The combination of institutional work, bibliographic publications and social networks cements his legacy as a mediator between artists and European society on the eve of the twentieth century.
