Birth Chart
King of Portugal Joao III
Sun Gemini
Moon Cancer
Ascendant Taurus
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 23°41' - in house 2/3
↣ Moon in Cancer - 07°35' - in house 3
↣ Mercury in Gemini - 02°44' - in house 2
↣ Venus in Gemini - 13°46' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Mars in Leo - 10°10' - in house 4/5
↣ Jupiter in Taurus - 26°33' - in house 1/2
↣ Saturn in Gemini - 23°03' - in house 2/3
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 08°03' - in house 11/12 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Capricorn - 20°54' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Scorpio - 28°12' - in house 7/8 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Aries - 29°28' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Taurus - 05°19' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Capricorn - 20°23' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aries - 23°50'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 2/3
↣ Moon in house 3
↣ Mercury in house 2
↣ Venus in house 2
↣ Mars in house 4/5
↣ Jupiter in house 1/2
↣ Saturn in house 2/3
↣ Uranus in house 11/12
↣ Neptune in house 10
↣ Pluto in house 7/8
↣ North Node in house 1
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (9°55' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn conjunction (0°38' separating) parallel
↣ Sun and North Node sextile (5°47' applying)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°10' separating)
↣ Sun and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Moon and Uranus trine (0°28' applying)
↣ Moon and Ascendant sextile (2°16' applying)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter conjunction (6°11' separating)
↣ Mercury and Uranus square (5°19' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto opposition (4°32' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars sextile (3°36' applying)
↣ Venus and Saturn conjunction (9°17' separating)
↣ Venus and Uranus square (5°43' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter parallel
↣ Mars and Ascendant square (4°51' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune trine (5°39' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (1°39' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (6°10' applying)
↣ Saturn and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°47' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Uranus and Ascendant sextile (2°44' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant square (2°56' separating)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven conjunction (0°31' applying) parallel
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (5°37' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant conjunction (5°51' separating)
Birth data
- Chart date
- 06/06/1502
- Chart time
- 01:55
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Lisbon, Portugal - Latitude and longitude
- 38°43' North · 9°08' West
- Time zone
- 00:37 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
John III of Portugal (1502–1557), nicknamed “the Pious,” was king from 1521 until his death and ruled over a vast, dispersed overseas empire. He inherited strategic positions from the Age of Discovery in Africa, Asia, and Brazil, and during his reign Portugal consolidated its presence in places such as Diu, Bassein, Bombay, Chaul and Macau; his reign also saw the arrival of the first Europeans in Japan in 1543.
He faced severe financial and military challenges: maintaining fortified posts in North Africa proved costly and led to the abandonment of several, while European competition and the revival of Levantine routes undermined the primacy of the Cape route. To secure dominance in the Atlantic, he initiated effective colonization of Brazil, establishing the hereditary captaincies and organizing a central government in 1548.
Deeply religious, he authorized the establishment of the Inquisition in 1536, a measure that had strong social and economic impact, contributing to the exodus of New Christian merchants and to dependence on foreign loans. His reign marked a turning point: although it expanded overseas presence, it also sowed political and financial crises whose effects persisted for subsequent generations.
