Birth Chart
Knut Hamsun
Knud Pedersen
Sun Leo
Moon Libra
Ascendant Leo
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Leo - 11°10' - in house 1
↣ Moon in Libra - 22°17' - in house 4
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 08°11' - in house 3
↣ Venus in Cancer - 26°22' - in house 12
↣ Mars in Leo - 06°55' - in house 1
↣ Jupiter in Cancer - 12°20' - in house 12
↣ Saturn in Leo - 15°14' - in house 1
↣ Uranus in Gemini - 07°03' - in house 11
↣ Neptune in Pisces - 26°52' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Taurus - 08°32' - in house 10/11
↣ North Node in Aquarius - 20°20' - in house 8
↣ Ascendant in Leo - 07°54' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aries - 02°20' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Cancer - 01°58'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 1
↣ Moon in house 4
↣ Mercury in house 3
↣ Venus in house 12
↣ Mars in house 1
↣ Jupiter in house 12
↣ Saturn in house 1
↣ Uranus in house 11
↣ Neptune in house 10
↣ Pluto in house 10/11
↣ North Node in house 8
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mars conjunction (4°14' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn conjunction (4°05' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and Uranus sextile (4°06' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto square (2°37' separating)
↣ Sun and North Node opposition (9°11' applying)
↣ Sun and Ascendant conjunction (3°16' applying) parallel
↣ Moon and Venus square (4°04' applying)
↣ Moon and North Node trine (1°57' separating)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter sextile (4°08' applying)
↣ Mercury and Uranus square (1°08' separating)
↣ Mercury and Pluto trine (0°21' applying)
↣ Venus and Uranus parallel
↣ Venus and Neptune trine (0°29' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (5°58' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn conjunction (8°20' applying)
↣ Mars and Uranus sextile (0°08' applying)
↣ Mars and Pluto square (1°37' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant conjunction (0°59' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (4°35' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto sextile (3°47' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (10°22' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node opposition (5°06' applying)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant conjunction (7°21' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant sextile (0°51' separating)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven sextile (4°43' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant square (5°07' separating)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven conjunction (5°29' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant square (0°39' applying)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven antiparallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Knud Pedersen
- Chart date
- 04/08/1859
- Chart time
- 03:20
- Date and time quality
- C Unknown source origin what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Fossbergom, Norway - Latitude and longitude
- 61°50' North · 8°33' East
- Time zone
- 00:34 East
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About
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer credited with renewing literature at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. His novel Hunger (1890) brought him prestige by portraying with psychological intensity the urban misery and existential crisis of a young writer; from that point he established himself as a singular voice in modern fiction. Hamsun experimented with narrative form and intimate points of view in novels such as Mysteries, Pan and Victoria, alternating symbolism, pantheism and reflections on isolation.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 for Growth of the Soil, he exerted great influence on European letters, read both for his languagecraft and for his depictions of subjectivity. His life included long periods of movement—varied jobs in Norway and the United States—that fed his critical view of modernity.
Personal life and relationships marked his work: marriages, frequent relocations and a search for solitude in which to write. Hamsun left a lasting legacy in Scandinavian literature, particularly for the psychological innovation of his novels, although his public persona remains complex within the cultural landscape.
