Marcel Schmelzer’s birth chart
Born 22 January 1988, in Magdeburg, Germany. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Pisces Moon
Marcel Schmelzer’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Marcel Schmelzer was born on Friday, 22 January 1988, in Magdeburg, Germany. The Sun was in Aquarius, so Aquarius is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Pisces. Marcel turns 38 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Marcel, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the ten planets, four are in fire signs, three in water, two in air and one in earth. By modality the count is five mutable, three fixed and two cardinal. Mars, Saturn and Uranus all fall in Sagittarius. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Venus and Neptune, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 22 January, among them Hidetoshi Nakata, John Hurt and Jim Jarmusch.
See the sky the day Marcel was born: the stars over Magdeburg, Germany, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Marcel Schmelzer’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 1° Aquarius at midday
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Marcel Schmelzer's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Pisces
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Pisces, Marcel 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
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Magdeburg, Germany, at each hour of the day.
Marcel Schmelzer’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Marcel yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 22 January 1988, computed for Magdeburg, Germany.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:05 | Libra rising |
| 01:05 to 03:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:55 to 06:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 06:25 to 08:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 08:10 to 09:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:20 to 10:10 | Pisces rising |
| 10:10 to 11:00 | Aries rising |
| 11:00 to 12:10 | Taurus rising |
| 12:10 to 13:55 | Gemini rising |
| 13:55 to 16:25 | Cancer rising |
| 16:25 to 19:15 | Leo rising |
| 19:15 to 22:10 | Virgo rising |
| 22:10 to 24:00 | Libra rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 22 January 1988, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 1° Aquarius 38' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces |
| Mercury | 19° Aquarius 16' |
| Venus | 8° Pisces 15' |
| Mars | 9° Sagittarius 12' |
| Jupiter | 22° Aries 09' |
| Saturn | 27° Sagittarius 51' |
| Uranus | 28° Sagittarius 53' |
| Neptune | 8° Capricorn 34' |
| Pluto | 12° Scorpio 25' |
| North Node | 24° Pisces 21' |
| South Node | 24° Virgo 21' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Marcel Schmelzer’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Marcel Schmelzer’s private life.
Marcel Schmelzer's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
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 Marcel more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
In Marcel's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Marcel probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Marcel may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Aries
22° Aries 09' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Marcel's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Marcel is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.
Uranus in Sagittarius
28° Sagittarius 53' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Marcel than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.
Neptune in Capricorn
8° Capricorn 34' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Marcel and about fourteen years of births. The imagination of the generation questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by wide disillusionment with institutions. The personal version may be an uneasy relationship with conventional success.
Pluto in Scorpio
12° Scorpio 25' at midday
power, generational
Pluto is at home in Scorpio, and the generation born with it lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Marcel's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.
Aspects in Marcel Schmelzer’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 0.3° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Marcel Schmelzer, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
Venus square Mars
about 0.9° at midday
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Marcel may be caught between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. What the aspect asks for is a want voiced directly, before it leaks out sideways.
Saturn conjunction Uranus
about 1.0° at midday
With discipline and the need for independence fused, Marcel tends to build structure their own way instead of inheriting someone else's. Saturn conjunct Uranus makes them an original builder, and the challenge is letting a good structure stay flexible and not harden into another rule.
Mercury sextile Jupiter
about 2.9° at midday
Marcel's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
Venus trine Pluto
about 4.2° at midday
With Venus trine Pluto, affection and the capacity for change tend to strengthen each other in Marcel's chart, the kind of pairing that gives relationships staying power through hard times. Depth can arrive here without constant upheaval, and that is rarer, and more durable, than the intensity some people mistake for closeness.
Jupiter trine Saturn
about 5.7° at midday
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Marcel pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.8°
- Jupiter trine Uranusabout 6.7°
Aquarius Sun and Pisces Moon, like Marcel Schmelzer
Also born on 22 January
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; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their 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. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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