René Descartes
French philosopher and mathematician
- Born
- March 31, 1596
- Place
- Descartes (La Haye-en-Touraine), Francia
- Time
- undocumented
- Died
- February 11, 1650
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Who René Descartes was
He was a soldier before a philosopher, and said he conceived his method in a night of three dreams while quartered in Germany in 1619.
"I think, therefore I am" is where doubt stops and from where he rebuilds everything. He also invented analytic geometry, which is why coordinates are called Cartesian. He died in Stockholm of pneumonia, tutoring Queen Christina at five in the morning.
No documented birth time exists for this person. Without a time there are no houses, no Ascendant, no Midheaven, and the wheel is not oriented: what you see are the positions by sign, which are correct, and nothing else. An incomplete chart beats an invented Ascendant.
The birth chart
Positions
| Body | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 10°56' |
| Moon | Taurus | 10°00' |
| Mercury | Aries | 29°48' |
| Venus | Taurus | 6°15' |
| Mars | Gemini | 22°14' |
| Jupiter | Aries | 15°30' |
| Saturn | Virgo℞ | 2°06' |
| Uranus | Aries | 14°42' |
| Neptune | Leo℞ | 16°33' |
| Pluto | Aries | 18°35' |
| Chiron | Sagittarius℞ | 16°09' |
| North Node | Aries | 14°04' |
| South Node | Libra | 14°04' |
| Lilith | Taurus | 4°44' |
Aspects(28)
Where the data comes from
Fecha y lugar de nacimiento tomados de fuentes biográficas públicas contrastadas. La hora de nacimiento no está documentada, y por eso esta carta se publica sin casas ni ángulos.
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