Sócrates’s birth chart
Born 9 February 1954, in Belém, Brazil. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Taurus Moon
Sócrates’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
9 February 1954 was a Tuesday: the day Sócrates was born in Belém, Brazil. That made Sócrates an Aquarius, with the Moon in Taurus. Sócrates died on 4 December 2011, aged 57. StarMap has no verified birth time for Sócrates, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, four are in air signs, three in water, one in fire and one in earth. Fixed signs hold five, cardinal signs two and mutable signs two. Closest of the aspects is the opposition between Venus and Pluto, about 1.0° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 9 February, among them J. M. Coetzee, Alice Walker and Tom Hiddleston.
See the sky the day Sócrates was born: the stars over Belém, Brazil, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Sócrates’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 20° 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 Sócrates's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Taurus
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Sócrates, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
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 Belém, Brazil, at each hour of the day.
Sócrates’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Sócrates 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 9 February 1954, computed for Belém, Brazil.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 00:50 to 02:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 02:55 to 05:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 05:05 to 07:05 | Aquarius rising |
| 07:05 to 09:00 | Pisces rising |
| 09:00 to 10:50 | Aries rising |
| 10:50 to 12:50 | Taurus rising |
| 12:50 to 15:00 | Gemini rising |
| 15:00 to 17:10 | Cancer rising |
| 17:10 to 19:05 | Leo rising |
| 19:05 to 20:55 | Virgo rising |
| 20:55 to 22:45 | Libra rising |
| 22:45 to 24:00 | Scorpio 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 9 February 1954, 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 | 20° Aquarius 20' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Taurus |
| Mercury | 7° Pisces 34' |
| Venus | 22° Aquarius 53' |
| Mars | Scorpio until about 16:20, then Sagittarius |
| Jupiter | 16° Gemini 24'℞ |
| Saturn | 9° Scorpio 18' |
| Uranus | 19° Cancer 53'℞ |
| Neptune | 26° Libra 00'℞ |
| Pluto | 23° Leo 52'℞ |
| North Node | 23° Capricorn 43' |
| South Node | 23° Cancer 43' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Sócrates’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Sócrates’s private life.
Sócrates'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.
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Sócrates more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Sócrates is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Sócrates may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 16:20, then Sagittarius
drive and anger
Born before about 16:20: Mars in Scorpio
In Sócrates'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.
Born after about 16:20: Mars in Sagittarius
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. Sócrates 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 Gemini
16° Gemini 24' 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. Sócrates 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 Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Sócrates letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
Uranus in Cancer
19° Cancer 53' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Sócrates alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
26° Libra 00' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Sócrates 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.
Pluto in Leo
23° Leo 52' at midday ℞
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 Sócrates, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Sócrates’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 opposition Pluto
about 1.0° at midday
A wish for deep intimacy meets a fear of losing oneself, or losing control, inside it: that is the pattern of Venus opposite Pluto. For Sócrates, choosing vulnerability a little at a time, instead of guarding against it, tends to build the very depth being sought.
Mercury trine Saturn
about 1.7° at midday
Sócrates's thinking has discipline behind it, which gives them a clear, methodical way of working through ideas. With Mercury trine Saturn, conclusions can be trusted because they have usually been tested already, often more thoroughly than anyone nearby realises.
Sun conjunction Venus
about 2.6° at midday
Who Sócrates 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.
Venus trine Neptune
about 3.1° at midday
Sócrates is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
Sun opposition Pluto
about 3.5° at midday
The Sun opposite Pluto sets plain self-assertion against the draw of power struggles with people who seem to threaten Sócrates's sense of control. Working through it leaves Sócrates with a strength that has no need to prove itself.
Sun trine Jupiter
about 3.9° at midday
With the Sun trine Jupiter, Sócrates's sense of self and instinct for growth support each other, which gives them a warm, expansive confidence. They are likely to be quick to see an opening and to make the most of it without forcing anything.
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 2.1°
- Sun trine Neptuneabout 5.7°
- Mars square Plutoabout 6.0°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 6.1°
Aquarius Sun and Taurus Moon, like Sócrates
Also born on 9 February
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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