Peter Handke’s birth chart
Born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria, at 06:45 (Rodden AA).
Sagittarius Sun · Scorpio Moon · Sagittarius rising
Peter Handke’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, on 6 December 1942, a Sunday. Their zodiac sign is Sagittarius, with the Moon in Scorpio and Sagittarius rising. Peter turns 84 in 2026. The birth time, 06:45, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is four fire, three air, three water and no earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, three and five. Three planets stand together in Sagittarius: Sun, Mercury and Venus. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Uranus and Neptune, 0.3° from exact. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 11 other people born on 6 December, among them Tim Cahill, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Dave Brubeck.
Peter Handke’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
13° Sagittarius 28'
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Peter Handke forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Scorpio
17° Scorpio 46'
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Peter that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
Rising sign
Sagittarius
3° Sagittarius 31'
With Sagittarius rising, Peter probably comes across as open, frank and optimistic. Around a Sagittarius rising, people feel that anything might happen, and this is often the one who says the thing everyone was thinking.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 06:45 on 6 December 1942, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 13° Sagittarius 28' | House 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 17° Scorpio 46' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 16° Sagittarius 20' | House 1 |
| Venus | 18° Sagittarius 18' | House 1 |
| Mars | 23° Scorpio 24' | House 12 |
| Jupiter | 24° Cancer 19'℞ | House 8 |
| Saturn | 8° Gemini 40'℞ | House 7 |
| Uranus | 2° Gemini 07'℞ | House 6 |
| Neptune | 1° Libra 49' | House 10 |
| Pluto | 7° Leo 05'℞ | House 8 |
| North Node | 28° Leo 14' | House 9 |
| South Node | 28° Aquarius 14' | House 3 |
Peter Handke’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Peter Handke’s private life.
Sun in Sagittarius
13° Sagittarius 28' · first house
purpose and vitality
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Peter Handke's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
The Sun in the first house puts Peter's identity centre stage, and being seen probably matters more to them than they let on. In a new setting they lead with personality and let people discover the rest later.
Moon in Scorpio
17° Scorpio 46' · twelfth house
needs and habits
For Peter, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and Peter may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
Mercury in Sagittarius
16° Sagittarius 20' · first house
mind and voice
Peter's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Mercury in the first house belongs to someone who thinks out loud, and Peter's thoughts often arrive first in almost any conversation. A thought is usually spoken nearly as soon as it forms, sometimes before they have fully decided what they think.
Venus in Sagittarius
18° Sagittarius 18' · first house
love and values
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Peter probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
Venus in the first house is associated with warmth and charm in a person's manner, and Peter is likely to come across as easy to like before much else is known. Personal style, whatever form it takes, is part of the appeal with this placement and not an accessory to it.
Mars in Scorpio
23° Scorpio 24' · twelfth house
drive and anger
In Peter'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.
Peter probably lets go of tension through something active and solitary, away from an audience. Mars in the twelfth house puts drive to work behind the scenes, and frustration that is hard to name can build up when it has no private, physical outlet.
Jupiter in Cancer
24° Cancer 19' ℞ · eighth house
growth and excess
For Peter, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Jupiter in the eighth house brings a quiet trust to intimacy and to whatever is held in common, and for Peter it suggests an expectation that things will be fair with the people closest to them. The placement goes with meeting deep change openly, not warily.
Saturn in Gemini
8° Gemini 40' ℞ · seventh house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Peter that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Saturn in the seventh house is associated with treating partnership as ongoing work and commitment as a serious matter, and in Peter's chart it points to caution about committing quickly. The placement goes with a wish to build a relationship slowly rather than enter one lightly.
Uranus in Gemini
2° Gemini 07' ℞ · sixth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Peter and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
With Uranus in the sixth house, Peter is often the inventive one at work, finding shortcuts or better systems that other people miss. A rigid, unchanging routine is apt to wear on Peter faster than on most, however sensible it looks.
Neptune in Libra
1° Libra 49' · tenth house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Peter among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Neptune in the tenth house can make Peter's public image harder to pin down than most, shifting as other people project hopes onto it. Creative or compassionate work is apt to suit this placement better than a rigid, conventional structure.
Pluto in Leo
7° Leo 05' ℞ · eighth house
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Peter, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
The eighth house is Pluto's natural home, and for Peter questions of trust, power and what is truly shared between people can matter enormously. Pluto here wants to understand what most people are too afraid to look at directly, even about themselves.
Aspects in Peter Handke’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mars trine Jupiter
0.9° applying
Mars trine Jupiter lets drive and a sense of possibility work as one, and in Peter Handke's chart the pattern favours confident, well-timed action towards the goals that matter to them. A first move under this trine tends to open a door, largely because it is made with conviction and at a sensible moment.
Saturn sextile Pluto
1.6° applying
No crisis is needed to bring out Peter's resilience, because discipline and depth are on working terms in this sextile. Long, steady effort tends to be rewarded in ways that build quietly over time, not all at once.
Mercury conjunction Venus
2.0° applying
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Peter's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Sun conjunction Mercury
2.9° separating
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Peter's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Sun opposition Saturn
4.8° separating
With the Sun opposite Saturn, Peter is likely to find that asserting who they are brings them up against the caution, rules or authority figures that seem to stand in the way. Working through that tension builds a confidence that does not need everyone's approval to hold steady.
Sun conjunction Venus
4.8° separating
Who Peter is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
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.
- Uranus trine Neptune0.3°
- Uranus sextile Pluto5.0°
- Moon conjunction Mars5.6°
- Sun trine Pluto6.4°
- Moon trine Jupiter6.6°
- Saturn conjunction Uranus6.6°
- Saturn trine Neptune6.8°
- Mercury opposition Saturn7.7°
Sagittarius Sun and Scorpio Moon, like Peter Handke
Also born on 6 December
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (Quoted BC/BR). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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