Michael Ende’s birth chart
Born 12 November 1929, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Scorpio Sun · Pisces Moon
Michael Ende’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Michael Ende was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on 12 November 1929, a Tuesday. The Sun was in Scorpio, so Scorpio was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Pisces. Michael died on 28 August 1995, aged 65. No verified birth time is on file for Michael; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Water carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against fire two, air two and earth one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, three and four. Three planets stand together in Scorpio: Sun, Mercury and Mars. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Sun and Pluto: a trine, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 12 November, among them Grace Kelly, Anne Hathaway and Charles Manson. Grace Kelly was born on the very same day.
See the sky the day Michael was born: the stars over Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Michael Ende’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Scorpio
about 19° Scorpio at midday
A Scorpio Sun goes deep. Surface answers are unlikely to satisfy Michael Ende, and with this Sun, loyalty, once given, tends to be total. This placement is built for transformation: it ends chapters fully so the next one can begin.
Moon sign
Pisces
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Pisces, Michael 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 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, at each hour of the day.
Michael Ende’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Michael 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 12 November 1929, computed for Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:10 | Leo rising |
| 00:10 to 02:55 | Virgo rising |
| 02:55 to 05:35 | Libra rising |
| 05:35 to 08:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 08:20 to 10:45 | Sagittarius rising |
| 10:45 to 12:35 | Capricorn rising |
| 12:35 to 13:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 13:50 to 14:50 | Pisces rising |
| 14:50 to 15:50 | Aries rising |
| 15:50 to 17:10 | Taurus rising |
| 17:10 to 19:00 | Gemini rising |
| 19:00 to 21:25 | Cancer rising |
| 21:25 to 24:00 | Leo 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 12 November 1929, 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 | 19° Scorpio 35' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces |
| Mercury | 10° Scorpio 44' |
| Venus | 28° Libra 52' |
| Mars | 25° Scorpio 38' |
| Jupiter | 14° Gemini 05'℞ |
| Saturn | 28° Sagittarius 06' |
| Uranus | 7° Aries 56'℞ |
| Neptune | 3° Virgo 25' |
| Pluto | 19° Cancer 31'℞ |
| North Node | 12° Taurus 10' |
| South Node | 12° Scorpio 10' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Michael Ende’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Michael Ende’s private life.
The Sun in Scorpio finds purpose in going past the surface of things, and Michael Ende's vitality tends to be fuelled by intensity rather than ease. The catch can be needing a crisis or a deep dive before they feel fully engaged. Small talk tends to bore them; a subject that interests them absorbs them completely.
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 Michael more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
With Mercury in Scorpio, Michael tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Michael probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Michael may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
In Michael's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
Jupiter in Gemini
14° Gemini 05' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Michael may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
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, Michael 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 Aries
7° Aries 56' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Michael shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Neptune in Virgo
3° Virgo 25' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Michael shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Cancer
19° Cancer 31' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Michael 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.
Aspects in Michael Ende’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.
Sun trine Pluto
about 0.1° at midday
Michael Ende's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
Venus sextile Saturn
about 0.8° at midday
This sextile tends to lend a workable, grounded steadiness to Michael's relationships, since affection and a sense of structure get along. Once Michael decides a commitment is right, it usually comes naturally, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
Saturn trine Neptune
about 5.3° at midday
With Saturn trine Neptune, Michael's discipline and imagination steady each other, which makes it possible to build something both beautiful and structurally sound. Vision and follow-through tend to arrive together, a combination that is rare and worth trusting.
Sun conjunction Mars
about 6.1° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mars, Michael's will and identity are fused, which makes for strong, immediate drive and a low tolerance for sitting still. They probably act on impulse more often than most, and aiming that energy at a goal of their own serves them better than using it up on the first thing in front of them.
Mars trine Pluto
about 6.1° at midday
Resilience under pressure, and the ability to come back stronger from a setback, are the marks of this trine between drive and the capacity for change. In Michael's chart the aspect points to a quiet, formidable strength, the kind other people notice mainly in how little it seems to cost.
Scorpio Sun and Pisces Moon, like Michael Ende
Also born on 12 November
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.
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