Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s birth chart
Born 11 December 1918, in Kislovodsk, Russia, at 03:00 (Rodden B).
Sagittarius Sun · Pisces Moon · Libra rising
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in Kislovodsk, Russia, on 11 December 1918, a Wednesday. That made Aleksandr a Sagittarius, with the Moon in Pisces and Libra rising. Aleksandr died on 3 August 2008, aged 89. The birth time, 03:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of B, which means it was taken from a biography or autobiography.
By element the count is four fire, three water, two earth and one air. Cardinal signs hold four, fixed signs three and mutable signs three. The tightest aspect is Sun square Moon, 1.6° from exact. Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was at its first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 11 December, among them Naguib Mahfouz, Jean Marais and Hailee Steinfeld.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
18° Sagittarius 07'
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Pisces
16° Pisces 28'
With the Moon in Pisces, Aleksandr may well pick up the mood of a whole room. Music, water, sleep and imagination tend to restore them, and it matters whose moods they carry home. The empathy of this Moon is a gift that needs a door.
Rising sign
Libra
18° Libra 14'
With Libra rising, the first impression Aleksandr gives is graceful, fair and easy to like. People tend to feel considered in Aleksandr's company, and a Libra rising is often the one asked to settle a disagreement.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 03:00 on 11 December 1918, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 18° Sagittarius 07' | House 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 16° Pisces 28' | House 5 |
| Mercury | 3° Capricorn 31'℞ | House 3 |
| Venus | 22° Sagittarius 14' | House 3 |
| Mars | 22° Capricorn 39' | House 4 |
| Jupiter | 13° Cancer 36'℞ | House 9 |
| Saturn | 28° Leo 15'℞ | House 11 |
| Uranus | 24° Aquarius 22' | House 4 |
| Neptune | 9° Leo 06'℞ | House 10 |
| Pluto | 5° Cancer 56'℞ | House 9 |
| North Node | 13° Sagittarius 01' | House 2 |
| South Node | 13° Gemini 01' | House 8 |
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s private life.
Sun in Sagittarius
18° Sagittarius 07' · third house
purpose and vitality
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
What energises Aleksandr is talking, writing and swapping ideas with whoever happens to be around that day. With the Sun in the third house, curiosity is not a side interest but close to the core of who they are, and a good conversation can change their whole mood.
Moon in Pisces
16° Pisces 28' · fifth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Pisces makes for a porous daily mood, one that picks up the emotional temperature of a room without choosing to. Quiet, music or time near water probably restores Aleksandr more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
The Moon in the fifth house can let Aleksandr's feelings out most freely through creativity, romance and play, and without an outlet somewhere those feelings may quietly build up. Play is probably part of how Aleksandr keeps their balance, not a luxury to be skipped for long.
Mercury in Capricorn
3° Capricorn 31' ℞ · third house
mind and voice
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Aleksandr tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. Aleksandr will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
The third house is Mercury's natural home, and words, ideas and quick exchanges come more easily to Aleksandr than to most people. Someone with this placement is often the fastest talker or the sharpest writer in the room.
Venus in Sagittarius
22° Sagittarius 14' · third house
love and values
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Aleksandr probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
Venus in the third house puts Aleksandr's charm into conversation, with a knack for saying a difficult thing so that it lands gently. Words are often one of the clearest ways of showing affection, sometimes clearer than gestures or gifts.
Mars in Capricorn
22° Capricorn 39' · fourth house
drive and anger
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in Aleksandr's case its anger tends to be controlled, arriving as coldness rather than heat. The tendency is to go quiet and distant instead of saying what is wrong. A frustration is something to outwork rather than voice.
Mars in the fourth house puts a lot of energy into home and family, and in Aleksandr's chart it points to a protective instinct towards the people close to them. The placement is also linked with an urge to build, repair and rearrange, so that home is rarely a place that stands still.
Jupiter in Cancer
13° Cancer 36' ℞ · ninth house
growth and excess
For Aleksandr, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
The ninth house is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions excite Aleksandr more than almost anything else. Someone with this placement is often the first to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious course of study.
Saturn in Leo
28° Leo 15' ℞ · eleventh house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Leo builds discipline around self-expression, and in Aleksandr's chart this placement often starts with a fear of being laughed at or overlooked. The doubt tends to show as playing down achievements before anyone else can. The confidence this placement builds is hard-won and unshowy, and it tends to arrive once the waiting for permission stops.
With Saturn in the eleventh house, Aleksandr may keep a smaller circle of friends, but holds on to those friends with loyalty over many years and without much fuss. Belonging to a group is likely to take longer to feel secure, and to be valued all the more for that.
Uranus in Aquarius
24° Aquarius 22' · fourth house
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Aleksandr's birth have it too. The generation is defined by rapid technological and social change within a single lifetime. One person's share of it is an unusually easy relationship with disruption and reinvention.
Uranus in the fourth house goes with an unconventional idea of home, and Aleksandr may well need more independence within a household than most people do. Stability, with this placement, probably includes room to be different rather than a fixed routine imposed from outside.
Neptune in Leo
9° Leo 06' ℞ · tenth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Aleksandr alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Neptune in the tenth house can make Aleksandr's public image harder to pin down than most, shifting as other people project hopes onto it. Creative or compassionate work is apt to suit this placement better than a rigid, conventional structure.
Pluto in Cancer
5° Cancer 56' ℞ · ninth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Aleksandr to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
With Pluto in the ninth house, Aleksandr's view of the world is apt to be overturned and rebuilt at some point, an old outlook giving way to one that has been personally tested. The placement is linked with questioning a philosophy thoroughly before taking it on.
Aspects in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun square Moon
1.6° applying
With the Sun square the Moon, who Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is trying to be and what comforts them can tug in different directions, and that friction sharpens self-awareness. Working through it teaches them to want things in a way their feelings can live with.
Venus sextile Uranus
2.1° applying
An independent streak and a warm heart get along in this sextile, which tends to give Aleksandr's relationships room to breathe without cooling them. The freedom involved is easy and low on drama: enough to keep a relationship interesting, never so much that it feels unstable.
Mercury opposition Pluto
2.4° separating
With Mercury opposite Pluto, other people's attempts to control the story can collide with Aleksandr's own conclusions and turn a disagreement into a deeper power struggle. Staying with the argument itself, rather than the fight for control, resolves more.
Moon trine Jupiter
2.9° separating
Feelings and optimism reinforce each other under a Moon-Jupiter trine, which gives Aleksandr a buoyant emotional life that recovers well from setbacks. Time in Aleksandr's company tends to comfort other people, even on days when little has been said.
Saturn opposition Uranus
3.9° applying
Saturn opposite Uranus wants stability, and wants enough freedom that the stability never starts to feel like a cage. For Aleksandr, building in room to change course from the start tends to work better than choosing one need and resenting the other later.
Sun conjunction Venus
4.1° separating
Who Aleksandr is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Mercury trine Saturn5.3°
- Moon square Venus5.8°
- Venus trine Saturn6.0°
- Jupiter conjunction Pluto7.7°
Sagittarius Sun and Pisces Moon, like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (Bio/autobiography). Birth time rated B on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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