Birth Chart
Henri Rousseau
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau
Sun Gemini
Moon Cancer
Ascendant Aquarius
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 00°02' - in house 3
↣ Moon in Cancer - 10°13' - in house 5
↣ Mercury in Gemini - 11°16' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Venus in Cancer - 15°15' - in house 5
↣ Mars in Gemini - 23°14' - in house 4
↣ Jupiter in Pisces - 28°01' - in house 1
↣ Saturn in Aquarius - 07°18' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Aries - 05°14' - in house 1/2
↣ Neptune in Aquarius - 23°43' - in house 1
↣ Pluto in Aries - 23°17' - in house 2
↣ North Node in Sagittarius - 13°52' - in house 10
↣ Ascendant in Aquarius - 27°27' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Sagittarius - 15°04' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Pisces - 12°24'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 3
↣ Moon in house 5
↣ Mercury in house 4
↣ Venus in house 5
↣ Mars in house 4
↣ Jupiter in house 1
↣ Saturn in house 12
↣ Uranus in house 1/2
↣ Neptune in house 1
↣ Pluto in house 2
↣ North Node in house 10
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon parallel
↣ Sun and Jupiter sextile (2°01' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn antiparallel
↣ Sun and Uranus sextile (5°11' applying)
↣ Sun and Neptune square (6°19' separating)
↣ Sun and Ascendant square (2°35' applying)
↣ Moon and Venus conjunction (5°02' applying)
↣ Moon and Uranus square (4°59' separating)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°11' separating)
↣ Mercury and Saturn trine (3°57' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node opposition (2°36' separating) antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°09' separating)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven opposition (3°48' separating) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°51' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter square (4°47' applying)
↣ Mars and Neptune trine (0°29' applying)
↣ Mars and Pluto sextile (0°04' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant trine (4°13' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven opposition (8°10' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus conjunction (7°13' applying) antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Uranus sextile (2°04' applying)
↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (0°26' applying)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant conjunction (3°44' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant sextile (4°10' separating)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°28' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven conjunction (1°11' separating) parallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Henri Julien Félix Rousseau
- Chart date
- 21/05/1844
- Chart time
- 01:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Laval, France - Latitude and longitude
- 48°04' North · 0°46' West
- Time zone
- 00:03 West
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About
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, known as “Le Douanier,” was a self‑taught French painter associated with Post‑Impressionism and often labeled a naïf or primitivist artist. A former customs inspector, Rousseau left that work to devote himself full‑time to painting in middle age, confronting critical incomprehension and rejection by official institutions. His career only began to gain attention in alternative exhibitions such as the Salon des Indépendants, and he received occasional praise from figures like Pissarro, Gauguin and, later, Picasso.
Rousseau’s work is characterized by fantasy jungle scenes and landscapes, frontal compositions and a detailed rendering of elements that privileges clarity and flat surfaces over academic perspective. This apparent technical naiveté coexists with a dense, symbolic imagery in which exotic nature, mystery and sometimes menace mingle in ordered, almost botanical arrangements.
In addition to jungle scenes, he produced still lifes, portrait‑landscapes and social subjects, continually seeking recognition and a pictorial expression free from canonical rules. Rousseau’s legacy lies in the originality of his vision and the influence he exerted on later generations, who saw in his “naiveté” a powerful alternative to academic tradition.
