Lars von Trier’s birth chart

Lars von Trier'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

   ♉ 10° Taurus 03'

   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 Capricorn

   ♑ 11° Capricorn 01'

   needs and habits

   Their comfort comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave they oddly unsettled even on holiday. They keep their harder feelings for when Lars is alone. It shows up as tidying, organising or finishing one more task before they allow themselves to rest.

3. ☿Mercury in Gemini

   ♊ 0° Gemini 36'

   mind and voice

   Their mind moves fast across many subjects at once, and they communicate easily in almost any setting. The tension is skimming the surface of a topic and moving on before they have gone deep enough to be sure of it. It shows up as knowing a little about a great many things.

4. ♀Venus in Gemini

   ♊ 24° Gemini 21'

   love and values

   They love through conversation, wit and mental connection, and a partner who bores they i harder to stay with than one who challenges they. They value variety and being kept interested. The tension is treating a wandering attention as more serious than it is. It shows up as flirting through banter more naturally than through anything more direct.

5. ♂Mars in Aquarius

   ♒ 9° Aquarius 47'

   drive and anger

   They act on principle, and their anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. The tension is detaching from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. It shows up as arguing the issue with real heat while staying strangely calm about the relationship itself.

6. ♃Jupiter in Leo

   ♌ 21° Leo 44'

   growth and excess

   They grow through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. The overreach is overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. It shows up as a natural showmanship that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.

7. ♄Saturn in Sagittarius

   ♐ 0° Sagittarius 58' ℞

   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 Cancer

   ♋ 28° Cancer 29'

   freedom, generational

   Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures their own parents grew up inside. Personally, it can show up as a pull to build family life differently.

9. ♆Neptune in Libra

   ♎ 28° Libra 44' ℞

   imagination, generational

   Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.

10. ♇Pluto in Leo

    ♌ 26° Leo 06' ℞

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.

Aspects

How the planets in Lars von Trier's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

1. Uranus square Neptune

   0.3° applying

   Shared across this generation, this placement marks friction between the drive for change and collective ideals. Personally, it can show up as impatience with ideas that sound good but are not yet real.

2. Sun square Mars

   0.3° separating

   Their sense of self and their drive to act can clash, producing impatience or a habit of picking fights they did not need to pick. Learning to pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into real, usable determination.

3. Mercury opposition Saturn

   0.4° applying

   They feel a pull between their own thinking and a doubt that creeps in about whether it is good enough to share. Speaking the imperfect version out loud tends to matter more than waiting for the polished one.

4. Sun trine Moon

   1.0° separating

   Their sense of purpose and their emotional needs support each other with very little effort. They know what they want and they feel good pursuing it, which gives they an unusual, steady confidence that others can sense.

• Venus sextile Pluto1.8°
• Mercury sextile Uranus2.1°
• Saturn trine Uranus2.5°
• Venus sextile Jupiter2.6°
• Neptune sextile Pluto2.6°
• Jupiter conjunction Pluto4.4°
• Venus trine Neptune4.4°
• Mercury square Pluto4.5°
• Saturn square Pluto4.9°