Dries Mertens’s birth chart

Dries Mertens's full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

1. ☉Sun in Taurus

   ♉ 15° Taurus 21'

   purpose and vitality

   They find purpose in building something that lasts, and their vitality runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The tension is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. It shows up in how long they stay at one job or one home before they will admit it is time to move.

2. ☽Moon in Leo

   ♌ 18° Leo 50'

   needs and habits

   They need warmth and acknowledgement worked into their everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing they drain they faster than a hard day with an audience. It shows up as brightening visibly the moment someone compliments something small they did.

3. ☿Mercury in Taurus

   ♉ 14° Taurus 08'

   mind and voice

   They think slowly and thoroughly, and once they have reached a conclusion they rarely revisit it without good reason. Their communication is plain and practical rather than showy. The tension is taking a while to consider a new idea that clashes with what they already believe.

4. ♀Venus in Aries

   ♈ 16° Aries 35'

   love and values

   They love with immediacy and pursue what they want without much hesitation, and they value a partner who can keep up. The tension is losing interest once the chase is over. It shows up as falling for someone fast and needing the relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.

5. ♂Mars in Gemini

   ♊ 20° Gemini 23'

   drive and anger

   They act through words, argument and quick maneuvering rather than force, and their anger tends to come out sharp and verbal. The tension is winning a point without actually resolving the conflict underneath it. It shows up as debating their way through a disagreement long after the other person just wants it to end.

6. ♃Jupiter in Aries

   ♈ 15° Aries 22'

   growth and excess

   They grow through bold, direct action and taking the first step before they feel fully ready. The overreach is starting more than they can realistically finish. It shows up as a burst of confidence that gets a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is fully in place.

7. ♄Saturn in Sagittarius

   ♐ 20° Sagittarius 08' ℞

   discipline and doubt

   They build discipline around belief and meaning, often after an early experience that made a big worldview feel naive or unsafe to hold. The doubt shows up as hedging their convictions in front of people who might challenge them. It shows up as becoming, over time, a credible voice on the very questions they once felt unsure they had any right to answer.

8. ♅Uranus in Sagittarius

   ♐ 26° Sagittarius 13' ℞

   freedom, generational

   Shared across this generation, this placement marks people who transform belief systems and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. Personally, it can show up as a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.

9. ♆Neptune in Capricorn

   ♑ 7° Capricorn 48' ℞

   imagination, generational

   Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people whose collective imagination questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by widescale disillusionment with institutions. Personally, it can show up as an uneasy relationship with conventional success.

10. ♇Pluto in Scorpio

    ♏ 8° Scorpio 23' ℞

    power, generational

    Pluto is at home here, and shared across this generational span, this placement marks a generation that lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Personally, it can show up as an unusually deep comfort with intensity that other placements would find overwhelming.

Aspects

How the planets in Dries Mertens's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

1. Mars opposition Saturn

   0.2° separating

   They feel a pull between wanting to act and a fear of being blocked or criticised for it, which can show up as frustration with anything that slows they down. Working steadily around an obstacle usually gets further than fighting it head on.

2. Neptune sextile Pluto

   0.6° applying

   Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.

3. Sun conjunction Mercury

   1.2° applying

   Their sense of self and the way they think are fused, so their opinions feel like statements of who Dries is. They speak their mind readily, and separating a passing thought from their identity takes practice worth doing.

4. Venus conjunction Jupiter

   1.2° separating

   Their capacity for love and pleasure is generous and expansive, and they tend to enjoy life with real warmth. This makes they naturally good company, and the edge is noticing when generosity has quietly become excess.

• Moon trine Saturn1.3°
• Moon sextile Mars1.5°
• Moon trine Venus2.2°
• Moon trine Jupiter3.5°
• Sun square Moon3.5°
• Venus trine Saturn3.5°
• Venus sextile Mars3.8°
• Moon square Mercury4.7°
• Jupiter trine Saturn4.8°
• Mercury opposition Pluto5.8°
• Mars opposition Uranus5.8°
• Saturn conjunction Uranus6.1°
• Mercury trine Neptune6.3°
• Sun opposition Pluto7.0°
• Moon trine Uranus7.4°
• Sun trine Neptune7.5°