Birth Chart

Leo Strauss

Sun Virgo

Moon Aries

Ascendant Libra

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Virgo - 27°05' - in house 12

↣ Moon in Aries - 07°50' - in house 6

↣ Mercury in Virgo - 17°54' - in house 11/12

↣ Venus in Virgo - 28°08' - in house 12

↣ Mars in Libra - 29°23' - in house 1

↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 09°26' - in house 2

↣ Saturn in Sagittarius - 17°46' - in house 3

↣ Uranus in Sagittarius - 04°37' - in house 2/3

↣ Neptune in Gemini - 27°00' - in house 9

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 16°42' - in house 9 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Sagittarius - 24°34' - in house 3 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Libra - 16°15' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Cancer - 21°09' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Libra - 24°41'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 12

↣ Moon in house 6

↣ Mercury in house 11/12

↣ Venus in house 12

↣ Mars in house 1

↣ Jupiter in house 2

↣ Saturn in house 3

↣ Uranus in house 2/3

↣ Neptune in house 9

↣ Pluto in house 9

↣ North Node in house 3

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon opposition (10°46' separating)

↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (9°11' applying)

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

↣ Sun and Neptune square (0°05' separating)

↣ Sun and North Node square (2°31' separating)

↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Sun and Midheaven sextile (5°56' applying)

↣ Moon and Mercury parallel

↣ Moon and Venus opposition (9°42' separating)

↣ Moon and Uranus trine (3°13' separating)

↣ Moon and Ascendant opposition (8°24' separating) antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Saturn square (0°07' separating)

↣ Mercury and Pluto square (1°12' separating)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Midheaven sextile (3°15' separating)

↣ Venus and Neptune square (1°08' separating)

↣ Venus and North Node square (3°34' separating)

↣ Mars and Neptune trine (2°23' separating)

↣ Mars and North Node sextile (4°49' separating)

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (4°41' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Pluto antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Uranus parallel

↣ Saturn and Neptune antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Pluto opposition (1°04' separating)

↣ Saturn and North Node conjunction (6°48' applying)

↣ Saturn and Ascendant sextile (1°32' applying)

↣ Saturn and Midheaven antiparallel

↣ Uranus and Midheaven antiparallel

↣ Neptune and North Node opposition (2°26' separating)

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°18' applying)

↣ Neptune and Midheaven parallel

↣ Pluto and North Node opposition (7°52' applying)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant trine (0°27' applying)

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°08' separating)

Birth data

Chart date: 20/09/1899
Chart time: 08:00
Date and time quality: AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Kirchhain, Germany
Latitude and longitude: 50°49' North · 8°55' East
Time zone: 01:00 East

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About

Leo Strauss was an influential political philosopher of German‑American origin, known for his careful readings of the classics and for reintegrating the Jewish and Islamic philosophical traditions into debates about political theory. A long‑time professor at the University of Chicago, he trained a school of disciples—the so‑called Straussians—and influenced generations of political scientists and philosophers with a method that reads canonical texts closely.

Trained in the Neo‑Kantian tradition and deeply influenced by phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger, Strauss became noted for his studies of Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Hobbes and for his work on Maimonides and Al‑Farabi. He argued that ancient and medieval authors sometimes wrote esoterically and maintained that politics and philosophy are intrinsically intertwined, though not fully compatible.

His best‑known work, Natural Right and History, presents criticisms of historicism and modern relativism and revisits the question of the nature of natural rights through the lens of the classics. From the mid‑twentieth century Strauss became a central figure in the American humanities, provoking debates on elitism, republicanism, and the role of philosophy in public life, and leaving a lasting impact on the teaching of the great books.

Leo Strauss

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