Birth Chart

Robert Burton

Sun Aquarius

Moon Scorpio

Ascendant Aries

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Aquarius - 29°38' - in house 12

↣ Moon in Scorpio - 12°32' - in house 7

↣ Mercury in Aquarius - 28°16' - in house 12

↣ Venus in Aries - 01°26' - in house 12

↣ Mars in Aries - 29°35' - in house 1

↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 09°48' - in house 6 - retrograde

↣ Saturn in Capricorn - 09°31' - in house 10

↣ Uranus in Aquarius - 00°39' - in house 11

↣ Neptune in Cancer - 04°22' - in house 3 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Pisces - 28°14' - in house 12

↣ North Node in Aries - 22°10' - in house 1

↣ Ascendant in Aries - 28°34' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Capricorn - 10°53' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aries - 12°53'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 12

↣ Moon in house 7

↣ Mercury in house 12

↣ Venus in house 12

↣ Mars in house 1

↣ Jupiter in house 6

↣ Saturn in house 10

↣ Uranus in house 11

↣ Neptune in house 3

↣ Pluto in house 12

↣ North Node in house 1

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (1°23' applying)

↣ Sun and Mars sextile (0°04' separating) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Jupiter opposition (10°09' applying)

↣ Sun and Neptune trine (4°44' applying)

↣ Sun and Ascendant sextile (1°05' applying) antiparallel

↣ Moon and Jupiter sextile (2°44' separating)

↣ Moon and Saturn sextile (3°02' separating)

↣ Moon and Midheaven sextile (1°39' applying)

↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (1°19' applying)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant sextile (0°18' separating)

↣ Venus and Uranus sextile (0°47' separating)

↣ Venus and Neptune square (2°56' applying)

↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (3°12' separating)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Mars and Uranus square (1°04' applying)

↣ Mars and Neptune sextile (4°48' applying)

↣ Mars and North Node conjunction (7°24' separating)

↣ Mars and Ascendant conjunction (1°01' applying) parallel

↣ Jupiter and Saturn trine (0°17' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Neptune sextile (5°26' applying)

↣ Jupiter and North Node parallel

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (1°05' separating)

↣ Saturn and Neptune opposition (5°08' separating) antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°22' separating)

↣ Saturn and Midheaven conjunction (1°23' separating) parallel

↣ Uranus and Pluto sextile (2°25' separating)

↣ Uranus and Ascendant square (2°05' applying)

↣ Neptune and Ascendant sextile (5°49' applying)

↣ Neptune and Midheaven opposition (6°31' separating) antiparallel

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (9°18' applying)

↣ North Node and Ascendant conjunction (6°23' separating)

Birth data

Chart date: 08/02/1577
Chart time: 08:55
Date and time quality: A Memory what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Attleborough, England
Latitude and longitude: 52°33' North · 1°26' West
Time zone: 00:06 West

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About

Robert Burton was an English scholar and cleric whose principal literary and intellectual contribution is The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), an encyclopedic and digressive work that became a pioneering landmark in the cultural and literary treatment of mental illness. Trained at Oxford, where he held administrative positions and served as librarian of Christ Church from 1624, Burton developed a wide-ranging erudition over his life, evident in the successive enlarged editions of his masterpiece, which reached more than half a million words in its final version.

Born into a minor gentry family, Burton began his academic career early and also produced Latin poems and university plays, including the satire Philosophaster, which drew notable attention in the context of contemporary academic drama. His writing blended classical and contemporary references, serving both personal ends and a broader conversation about temperament, illness, and cure.

The influence of The Anatomy of Melancholy extended for centuries: it was read, used and at times plagiarized by authors such as Laurence Sterne, and attracted distinguished readers — from Samuel Johnson to Samuel Beckett. After shifts in reception in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the work regained the interest of academic critics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, securing Burton a lasting place in the canon of English humanities.

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