Birth Chart
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Sun Gemini
Moon Capricorn
Ascendant Aquarius
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 09°08' - in house 4
↣ Moon in Capricorn - 24°13' - in house 12
↣ Mercury in Taurus - 21°35' - in house 3
↣ Venus in Aries - 26°25' - in house 2
↣ Mars in Aries - 21°23' - in house 2
↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 17°55' - in house 7/8
↣ Saturn in Cancer - 09°44' - in house 6
↣ Uranus in Gemini - 12°59' - in house 4
↣ Neptune in Libra - 03°43' - in house 8 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Leo - 08°16' - in house 7
↣ North Node in Cancer - 09°22' - in house 5/6
↣ Ascendant in Aquarius - 08°45' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Sagittarius - 04°25' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Pisces - 00°22'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 4
↣ Moon in house 12
↣ Mercury in house 3
↣ Venus in house 2
↣ Mars in house 2
↣ Jupiter in house 7/8
↣ Saturn in house 6
↣ Uranus in house 4
↣ Neptune in house 8
↣ Pluto in house 7
↣ North Node in house 5/6
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon antiparallel
↣ Sun and Saturn parallel
↣ Sun and Uranus conjunction (3°51' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and Neptune trine (5°25' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto sextile (0°52' separating)
↣ Sun and North Node parallel
↣ Sun and Ascendant trine (0°23' applying)
↣ Sun and Midheaven opposition (4°43' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Mercury trine (2°37' separating)
↣ Moon and Venus square (2°12' applying)
↣ Moon and Mars square (2°49' separating)
↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (6°18' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn antiparallel
↣ Moon and Uranus antiparallel
↣ Moon and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Moon and North Node antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Jupiter trine (3°40' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars conjunction (5°02' applying)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (3°56' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus square (4°57' applying)
↣ Saturn and Uranus parallel
↣ Saturn and North Node conjunction (0°22' separating) parallel
↣ Uranus and Pluto sextile (4°43' separating)
↣ Uranus and North Node parallel
↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (4°14' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven opposition (8°34' applying)
↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (4°33' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node square (5°39' separating)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Neptune and Ascendant trine (5°02' separating)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven sextile (0°42' separating)
↣ Pluto and North Node parallel
↣ Pluto and Ascendant opposition (0°29' separating)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven trine (3°51' applying)
Birth data
- Chart date
- 31/05/1945
- Chart time
- 01:55
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Bad Wörishofen, Germany - Latitude and longitude
- 48°00' North · 10°36' East
- Time zone
- 02:00 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German filmmaker and actor central to the New German Cinema, whose work had a deep impact on the audiovisual culture of the Federal Republic. Prolific and disciplined, he directed 43 films — including features, shorts and the monumental television adaptation Berlin Alexanderplatz — and also worked as a screenwriter, producer, editor, composer and art director. His productivity and creative energy contrasted with a turbulent personal life marked by intense, self‑destructive relationships.
Thematically, his films examine the condition of the “displaced” in postwar German society: loneliness, identity, fear and unrequited love recur frequently, often through female figures who embody the nation and its social tensions — notably the so‑called West German trilogy (The Marriage of Maria Braun, Lola and Veronika Voss). Fassbinder engaged with Hollywood melodrama traditions, especially Douglas Sirk, adopting a distanced melodramatic approach that combines aesthetic refinement with social critique.
Technically adventurous, he experimented with camera movement and unusual sound and musical treatments, collaborating with cinematographers such as Michael Ballhaus and musicians like Peer Raben. His filmography, which spans genres and social classes, is considered essential for understanding the political, moral and cultural tensions of twentieth‑century Germany and established his legacy as a pivotal figure in modern cinema.
