Birth Chart

King of Poland Sigismund II Augustus

Sun Leo

Moon Pisces

Ascendant Cancer

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Leo - 17°44' - in house 2/3

↣ Moon in Pisces - 12°42' - in house 10

↣ Mercury in Leo - 12°09' - in house 2

↣ Venus in Cancer - 28°24' - in house 1

↣ Mars in Gemini - 19°19' - in house 12

↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 13°42' - in house 5

↣ Saturn in Capricorn - 28°59' - in house 7/8 - retrograde

↣ Uranus in Taurus - 20°40' - in house 11

↣ Neptune in Pisces - 00°19' - in house 9 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Capricorn - 07°42' - in house 7 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Taurus - 06°22' - in house 11 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Cancer - 17°42' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Pisces - 18°55' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Gemini - 20°39'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 2/3

↣ Moon in house 10

↣ Mercury in house 2

↣ Venus in house 1

↣ Mars in house 12

↣ Jupiter in house 5

↣ Saturn in house 7/8

↣ Uranus in house 11

↣ Neptune in house 9

↣ Pluto in house 7

↣ North Node in house 11

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (5°35' applying)

↣ Sun and Mars sextile (1°35' applying)

↣ Sun and Jupiter square (4°02' separating) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Uranus square (2°56' applying)

↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°55' separating)

↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (1°00' applying)

↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (5°00' separating)

↣ Moon and Ascendant trine (5°00' separating)

↣ Moon and Midheaven conjunction (6°13' separating)

↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (1°33' applying)

↣ Mercury and North Node square (5°47' separating)

↣ Venus and Saturn opposition (0°35' applying) antiparallel

↣ Venus and Pluto antiparallel

↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (10°42' applying)

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (1°20' separating)

↣ Mars and Ascendant parallel

↣ Mars and Midheaven square (0°24' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Uranus opposition (6°59' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Pluto sextile (6°00' separating)

↣ Jupiter and North Node opposition (7°20' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant trine (4°00' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (5°13' separating)

↣ Saturn and Pluto parallel

↣ Uranus and Ascendant sextile (2°59' applying)

↣ Uranus and Midheaven sextile (1°45' applying)

↣ Pluto and North Node trine (1°20' separating)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant opposition (10°00' separating) antiparallel

Birth data

Chart date: 01/08/1520
Chart time: 02:03
Date and time quality: B Biography/autobiography what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Kraków, Poland
Latitude and longitude: 50°03' North · 19°58' East
Time zone: 01:20 East

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King of Poland Sigismund II Augustus — Photo: Reproduction

About

Sigismund II Augustus was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a central figure of the Jagiellon dynasty in the 16th century. He was the heir of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza and was elected king while still a child, but he only exercised real power from 1548, after his father's death. During his reign he sought to balance royal authority with the nobility (szlachta) at a time of growing pressure from the elites on the crown’s prerogatives.

His personal and political life was marked by dynastic alliances and marriages that influenced the European scene: he first married Elizabeth of Austria in a troubled, childless union; he then secretly wed Barbara Radziwiłł, a marriage that provoked intense domestic opposition; and later he formed a political alliance with Archduchess Catherine of Habsburg. These unions reflected both internal tensions and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s links with the royal houses of Europe.

On religious and cultural matters, Sigismund Augustus was noted for a relatively tolerant stance, contributing to the maintenance of relative confessional peace in that multicultural polity. His reign ended in 1572; his death marked the end of the direct Jagiellon line and set off new succession disputes in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

King of Poland Sigismund II Augustus

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