Birth Chart

Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau

Sun Cancer

Moon Virgo

Ascendant Taurus

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Cancer - 13°08' - in house 3

↣ Moon in Virgo - 28°17' - in house 6

↣ Mercury in Gemini - 24°46' - in house 2

↣ Venus in Taurus - 27°37' - in house 1

↣ Mars in Cancer - 08°19' - in house 3

↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 02°05' - in house 8/9 - retrograde

↣ Saturn in Leo - 18°37' - in house 5

↣ Uranus in Libra - 17°55' - in house 6

↣ Neptune in Gemini - 03°31' - in house 1

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 06°17' - in house 1

↣ North Node in Cancer - 12°06' - in house 3 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Taurus - 23°23' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Capricorn - 26°13' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 00°19'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 3

↣ Moon in house 6

↣ Mercury in house 2

↣ Venus in house 1

↣ Mars in house 3

↣ Jupiter in house 8/9

↣ Saturn in house 5

↣ Uranus in house 6

↣ Neptune in house 1

↣ Pluto in house 1

↣ North Node in house 3

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Mars conjunction (4°50' separating) parallel

↣ Sun and Jupiter antiparallel

↣ Sun and Uranus square (4°46' applying)

↣ Sun and North Node conjunction (1°03' separating) parallel

↣ Moon and Mercury square (3°30' separating)

↣ Moon and Venus trine (0°40' separating)

↣ Moon and Jupiter square (3°49' applying)

↣ Moon and Uranus antiparallel

↣ Moon and Neptune trine (5°14' applying)

↣ Moon and Ascendant trine (4°54' applying)

↣ Moon and Midheaven trine (2°04' applying)

↣ Mercury and Jupiter opposition (7°19' applying)

↣ Mercury and Neptune parallel

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (5°33' separating)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant parallel

↣ Venus and Saturn parallel

↣ Venus and Neptune conjunction (5°54' applying)

↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (8°40' applying)

↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (4°14' applying)

↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (1°25' applying)

↣ Mars and Jupiter opposition (6°13' separating) antiparallel

↣ Mars and North Node conjunction (3°47' applying)

↣ Jupiter and North Node antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°46' applying)

↣ Saturn and Uranus sextile (0°43' separating)

↣ Saturn and Ascendant square (4°46' separating)

↣ Uranus and North Node square (5°49' separating)

↣ Neptune and Pluto conjunction (2°46' applying)

↣ Neptune and Ascendant parallel

Birth data

Original name: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau
Chart date: 05/07/1889
Chart time: 01:00
Date and time quality: AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Sartrouville, France
Latitude and longitude: 48°57' North · 2°09' East
Time zone: 00:09 East

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About

Jean Cocteau was a central figure in twentieth‑century French arts, working as a poet, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, set designer, painter and actor. Versatile and prolific, he produced a body of work that mixes symbolism, surrealism and modernism, and he consistently affirmed his primacy as a poet even while moving among multiple artistic media.

Embedded in avant‑garde circles, he collaborated with figures such as Picasso, Erik Satie and Sergei Diaghilev — for whom he designed the sets for the ballet Parade — and maintained artistic and personal relationships with people like Jean Marais, Raymond Radiguet and Édith Piaf. His activity influenced movements and groups of the time, including the musicians known as Les Six.

In cinema he made films rich in symbolic and dreamlike imagery, which earned him recognition as one of the important filmmakers of his time. He also worked in the theatre, staging his plays on major Parisian stages and serving as both director and set designer.

Elected to the Académie française in 1955, Cocteau left a durable legacy through his ability to combine traditional techniques with modernist innovations, producing a multifaceted oeuvre that continues to influence artists in later generations.

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