Birth Chart
Théophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier
Sun Virgo
Moon Capricorn
Ascendant Cancer
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Virgo - 05°46' - in house 3
↣ Moon in Capricorn - 12°08' - in house 6
↣ Mercury in Libra - 02°00' - in house 4
↣ Venus in Leo - 24°17' - in house 2
↣ Mars in Sagittarius - 13°11' - in house 5/6
↣ Jupiter in Cancer - 01°32' - in house 12
↣ Saturn in Sagittarius - 20°04' - in house 6
↣ Uranus in Scorpio - 15°22' - in house 5
↣ Neptune in Sagittarius - 08°28' - in house 5
↣ Pluto in Pisces - 17°27' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Virgo - 17°19' - in house 3 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Cancer - 26°23' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aries - 08°02' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Cancer - 06°46'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 3
↣ Moon in house 6
↣ Mercury in house 4
↣ Venus in house 2
↣ Mars in house 5/6
↣ Jupiter in house 12
↣ Saturn in house 6
↣ Uranus in house 5
↣ Neptune in house 5
↣ Pluto in house 9
↣ North Node in house 3
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon trine (6°22' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter sextile (4°13' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune square (2°42' applying)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°00' separating)
↣ Moon and Uranus sextile (3°13' applying)
↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (5°19' applying) parallel
↣ Moon and North Node trine (5°11' applying)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (5°22' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven square (4°06' applying)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (0°27' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°46' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant sextile (5°37' applying)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven opposition (6°02' separating) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn trine (4°14' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn conjunction (6°52' applying)
↣ Mars and Neptune conjunction (4°44' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto square (4°16' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node square (4°08' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (5°10' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (5°14' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven square (6°29' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto square (2°37' separating)
↣ Saturn and North Node square (2°45' separating)
↣ Uranus and Pluto trine (2°06' applying)
↣ Uranus and North Node sextile (1°58' applying)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant antiparallel
↣ Neptune and Midheaven trine (0°26' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node opposition (0°08' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier
- Chart date
- 30/08/1811
- Chart time
- 02:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Tarbes, France - Latitude and longitude
- 43°14' North · 0°05' East
- Time zone
- 00:00
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About
Théophile Gautier was a French writer, poet, journalist and literary critic whose creative work spanned poetry, prose, criticism and drama. Initially drawn to painting, he turned to literature under the influence of Romanticism and became known for defending the principle of “art for art’s sake,” a stance he set out in the preface to Mademoiselle de Maupin and in the poem L’Art. That aesthetic position informed his rejection of subordinating art to moral or political ends.
His output was varied and influential: the poems of Émaux et Camées (1852) were foundational for the Parnassian poets; novels such as Le Roman de la Momie (1858) and Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863) sit alongside a large body of fantastic tales, travel letters and criticism of theatre and art. He worked as a critic for major periodicals, which increased his cultural presence and secured him a central role in the literary debates of the nineteenth century.
Esteemed by contemporaries and later generations—from Baudelaire to Proust and Oscar Wilde—Gautier left a legacy of technical rigor, vivid imagery and a defense of aesthetic autonomy. His extensive bibliography, scattered across numerous volumes, established him as one of the most productive and original French writers of his time.
