Max Frisch’s birth chart
Born 15 May 1911, in Zurich, Switzerland. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Sagittarius Moon
Max Frisch’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Max Frisch was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on 15 May 1911, a Monday. That made Max a Taurus, with the Moon in Sagittarius. Max died on 4 April 1991, aged 79. No verified birth time is on file for Max; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the ten planets, four are in earth signs, four in water, one in fire and one in air. Fixed signs hold four, cardinal signs three and mutable signs three. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Sun, Mercury and Saturn. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Mercury and Jupiter: an opposition, about 1.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 15 May, among them Layal Abboud, Andy Murray and Ousmane Dembélé. Wikidata links Max with one person in the dataset: Ingeborg Bachmann (listed as partners, 1958 to 1963).
See the sky the day Max was born: the stars over Zurich, Switzerland, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Max Frisch’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 23° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Max Frisch than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Sagittarius
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Max, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
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 Zurich, Switzerland, at each hour of the day.
Max Frisch’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Max 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 15 May 1911, computed for Zurich, Switzerland.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:45 to 02:00 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:00 to 03:00 | Pisces rising |
| 03:00 to 04:00 | Aries rising |
| 04:00 to 05:15 | Taurus rising |
| 05:15 to 07:05 | Gemini rising |
| 07:05 to 09:35 | Cancer rising |
| 09:35 to 12:15 | Leo rising |
| 12:15 to 15:00 | Virgo rising |
| 15:00 to 17:40 | Libra rising |
| 17:40 to 20:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:20 to 22:50 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:50 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 15 May 1911, 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 | 23° Taurus 29' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 9° Taurus 15'℞ |
| Venus | 2° Cancer 34' |
| Mars | 16° Pisces 26' |
| Jupiter | 7° Scorpio 54'℞ |
| Saturn | 11° Taurus 33' |
| Uranus | 29° Capricorn 18'℞ |
| Neptune | 19° Cancer 19' |
| Pluto | 26° Gemini 37' |
| North Node | 10° Taurus 00' |
| South Node | 10° Scorpio 00' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Max Frisch’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Max Frisch’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Max Frisch's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Max edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
With Mercury in Taurus, Max is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for Max that suggests valuing emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. Old hurts tend to linger here long after the person who caused them has changed. This is a Venus that feeds people, checks on people and quietly keeps score of who has shown up in return.
With Mars in Pisces, Max is likely to act indirectly, often through avoidance or quiet withdrawal rather than confrontation, and anger can turn into sadness before it has even been named as anger. The habit is to absorb conflict rather than address it. Often they need to leave a tense room before they can work out what they feel.
Jupiter in Scorpio
7° Scorpio 54' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Max, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Max is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Uranus in Capricorn
29° Capricorn 18' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Max's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
19° Cancer 19' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Max and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
26° Gemini 37' at midday
power, generational
Max shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Max Frisch’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.
Mercury opposition Jupiter
about 1.4° at midday
With Mercury opposite Jupiter, Max Frisch's own considered opinion has to compete with other people's big claims and grand theories, and it is easy to get swept into someone else's certainty. For Max, trusting their own careful thinking usually works better than borrowing that confidence.
Mercury conjunction Saturn
about 2.3° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Saturn, Max's thinking is likely to be careful and structured, and they tend to say only what they are sure of. That makes their word worth taking, and the risk is that caution keeps an idea back until it feels perfectly finished.
Mars trine Neptune
about 2.9° at midday
An inspired, almost effortless way of pursuing creative or compassionate goals belongs to Mars trine Neptune, which puts Max's drive and imagination in step. Energy and vision arrive together, so starting a meaningful project is likely to feel far less daunting than it looks from outside.
Jupiter opposition Saturn
about 3.7° at midday
Max is likely to feel two instincts at once: to expand into new opportunities, and to consolidate what is already in hand. Neither is wrong, and with Jupiter opposite Saturn a deliberate alternation between them tends to work better than treating it as a permanent choice.
Sun sextile Neptune
about 4.2° at midday
Creativity and empathy are there when Max makes room for them, because identity and imagination work gently together in this aspect. The sensitivity is soft, and people notice it without it having to be announced.
Venus trine Jupiter
about 5.3° at midday
Affection and a sense of plenty reinforce each other in Max's chart, and the result is a warm, easy generosity in relationships. With this trine, goodwill in love and friendship tends to be given freely and returned in kind, without much forcing on either side.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Sun trine Uranusabout 5.8°
- Venus conjunction Plutoabout 5.9°
Max Frisch in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Taurus Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Max Frisch
Also born on 15 May
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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