Birth Chart

Pope Urban VIII

Maffeo Barberini

Sun Aries

Moon Cancer

Ascendant Leo

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Aries - 25°27' - in house 9

↣ Moon in Cancer - 29°28' - in house 12

↣ Mercury in Taurus - 10°01' - in house 10

↣ Venus in Pisces - 12°35' - in house 7/8

↣ Mars in Leo - 00°58' - in house 12

↣ Jupiter in Sagittarius - 09°25' - in house 4 - retrograde

↣ Saturn in Virgo - 21°25' - in house 2 - retrograde

↣ Uranus in Sagittarius - 25°16' - in house 5 - retrograde

↣ Neptune in Gemini - 14°47' - in house 10/11

↣ Pluto in Pisces - 19°41' - in house 8

↣ North Node in Libra - 15°05' - in house 3

↣ Ascendant in Leo - 25°15' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Taurus - 17°06' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Leo - 12°09'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 9

↣ Moon in house 12

↣ Mercury in house 10

↣ Venus in house 7/8

↣ Mars in house 12

↣ Jupiter in house 4

↣ Saturn in house 2

↣ Uranus in house 5

↣ Neptune in house 10/11

↣ Pluto in house 8

↣ North Node in house 3

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon square (4°01' separating)

↣ Sun and Mars square (5°30' applying)

↣ Sun and Uranus trine (0°12' separating)

↣ Sun and Ascendant trine (0°12' applying)

↣ Moon and Mercury parallel

↣ Moon and Mars conjunction (1°29' applying)

↣ Mercury and Venus sextile (2°34' applying)

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant square (2°08' separating)

↣ Mercury and Midheaven conjunction (7°05' separating) parallel

↣ Venus and Jupiter square (3°11' separating)

↣ Venus and Saturn opposition (8°50' applying)

↣ Venus and Neptune square (2°12' applying)

↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (7°06' applying)

↣ Venus and Midheaven sextile (4°31' separating)

↣ Mars and Neptune parallel

↣ Jupiter and Neptune opposition (5°23' separating) antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and North Node sextile (5°40' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°44' separating)

↣ Saturn and Uranus square (3°50' separating)

↣ Saturn and Pluto opposition (1°44' applying)

↣ Saturn and North Node antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Midheaven trine (4°19' applying)

↣ Uranus and Pluto square (5°34' applying)

↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (0°00' applying)

↣ Neptune and Pluto square (4°54' applying)

↣ Neptune and North Node trine (0°18' applying)

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°38' applying)

↣ Pluto and Midheaven sextile (2°35' applying)

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°56' applying)

Birth data

Original name: Maffeo Barberini
Chart date: 05/04/1568
Chart time: 13:24
Date and time quality: C Unknown source origin what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Florence, Italy
Latitude and longitude: 43°46' North · 11°15' East
Time zone: 00:45 East

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About

Pope Urban VIII, born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was one of the most influential and controversial pontiffs of the 17th century, leading the Catholic Church and the Papal States from 1623 to 1644. Born to a noble family and well connected within the Curia, he became notable both for active territorial policy — expanding and fortifying papal domains and intervening in Italian successions — and for promoting family interests, advancing numerous Barberini to high clerical and secular offices.

A patron of the arts and letters, Urban VIII commissioned major architectural projects and engaged leading artists such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini, helping shape Rome’s Baroque splendor. In religious affairs he pursued missionary reforms, supported and regulated the Jesuits, and canonized and beatified several saints, while introducing practices such as the canonical coronation of Marian images.

His pontificate was defined by political actions aimed at preserving papal independence amid a Europe engulfed by the Thirty Years’ War, and by episodes with strong intellectual and scientific impact, notably the conflict with Galileo. The heavy indebtedness incurred during his government had lasting effects on the Holy See’s subsequent political and military position.

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