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Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti’s birth chart

Born 16 December 1902, in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.

Sagittarius Sun · Cancer Moon

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Rafael Alberti’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

Rafael Alberti was born in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain, on 16 December 1902, a Tuesday. The Sun was in Sagittarius, so Sagittarius was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Cancer. Rafael died on 28 October 1999, aged 96. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.

By element the count is four fire, two earth, two air and two water. By modality the count is six mutable, three cardinal and one fixed. Sagittarius holds a stellium, four planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury, Venus and Uranus. Closest of the aspects is the square between Venus and Mars, about 0.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.

StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 16 December, among them Arthur C. Clarke, Margaret Mead and Mats Hummels.

See the sky the day Rafael was born: the stars over El Puerto de Santa María, Spain, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.

Rafael Alberti’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Sagittarius

about 23° Sagittarius at midday

A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Rafael Alberti forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.

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Moon sign

Cancer

in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time

The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Rafael that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.

Everyone with the Moon in Cancer

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 El Puerto de Santa María, Spain, at each hour of the day.

Rafael Alberti’s rising sign, by birth time

StarMap has not verified a birth time for Rafael 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 16 December 1902, computed for El Puerto de Santa María, Spain.

Rising sign by time of birth, local time
Born around (local time)Rising sign
00:00 to 00:50Virgo rising
00:50 to 03:15Libra rising
03:15 to 05:45Scorpio rising
05:45 to 08:05Sagittarius rising
08:05 to 10:00Capricorn rising
10:00 to 11:30Aquarius rising
11:30 to 12:50Pisces rising
12:50 to 14:05Aries rising
14:05 to 15:35Taurus rising
15:35 to 17:35Gemini rising
17:35 to 19:55Cancer rising
19:55 to 22:20Leo rising
22:20 to 24:00Virgo rising

Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.

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The chart wheel

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Drawn for midday on 16 December 1902, 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

Rafael Alberti’s planets by sign
Sun23° Sagittarius 36'
MoonCancer
Mercury25° Sagittarius 50'
Venus27° Sagittarius 49'
Mars28° Virgo 20'
Jupiter15° Aquarius 12'
Saturn26° Capricorn 03'
Uranus21° Sagittarius 36'
Neptune2° Cancer 33'℞
Pluto18° Gemini 35'℞
North Node23° Libra 22'
South Node23° Aries 22'

Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.

Rafael Alberti’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Rafael Alberti’s private life.

  1. Sun in Sagittarius

    23° Sagittarius 36' at midday

    purpose and vitality

    Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Rafael Alberti'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.

  2. Moon in Cancer

    Cancer, all day

    needs and habits

    With the Moon in Cancer, Rafael's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.

  3. Mercury in Sagittarius

    25° Sagittarius 50' at midday

    mind and voice

    Rafael'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.

  4. Venus in Sagittarius

    27° Sagittarius 49' at midday

    love and values

    Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Rafael 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.

  5. Mars in Virgo

    28° Virgo 20' at midday

    drive and anger

    Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Rafael is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.

  6. Jupiter in Aquarius

    15° Aquarius 12' at midday

    growth and excess

    Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Rafael may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.

  7. Saturn in Capricorn

    26° Capricorn 03' at midday

    discipline and doubt

    Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for Rafael, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.

  8. Uranus in Sagittarius

    21° Sagittarius 36' at midday

    freedom, generational

    Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Rafael 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.

  9. Neptune in Cancer

    2° Cancer 33' at midday ℞

    imagination, generational

    Neptune in Cancer is shared by Rafael 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.

  10. Pluto in Gemini

    18° Gemini 35' at midday ℞

    power, generational

    Rafael 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 Rafael Alberti’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.

  1. Venus square Mars

    about 0.5° at midday

    Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Rafael Alberti 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.

  2. Mercury conjunction Venus

    about 2.0° at midday

    Mercury conjunct Venus ties Rafael'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.

  3. Sun conjunction Uranus

    about 2.0° at midday

    Independence is central to Rafael's identity with the Sun conjunct Uranus, along with a resistance to being defined by anyone else's idea of them. It makes them original and hard to predict, and the catch is a restlessness with routines that could serve them well.

  4. Sun conjunction Mercury

    about 2.2° at midday

    With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Rafael'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.

  5. Mars trine Saturn

    about 2.3° at midday

    Staying power on long, difficult goals is what Mars trine Saturn offers, with drive and discipline reinforcing each other. Rafael is likely to get more done, more consistently, than the visible effort would suggest, which is a quiet advantage over time.

  6. Mercury square Mars

    about 2.5° at midday

    With Mercury square Mars, thought and impulse can clash, and sharp words get said before Rafael has fully thought them through. The remedy is a short pause between the thought and the sentence, which changes very little except the outcome.

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 opposition Plutoabout 3.0°
  • Jupiter trine Plutoabout 3.4°
  • Sun conjunction Venusabout 4.2°
  • Mars square Neptuneabout 4.2°
  • Mercury conjunction Uranusabout 4.2°
  • Sun square Marsabout 4.7°
  • Venus opposition Neptuneabout 4.7°
  • Sun opposition Plutoabout 5.0°
  • Venus conjunction Uranusabout 6.2°
  • Mercury opposition Neptuneabout 6.7°
  • Mars square Uranusabout 6.7°

Sagittarius Sun and Cancer Moon, like Rafael Alberti

Also born on 16 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; 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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