Yiannis Ritsos’s birth chart
Born 1 May 1909, in Monemvasia, Greece. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Virgo or Libra
Yiannis Ritsos’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
1 May 1909 was a Saturday: the day Yiannis Ritsos was born in Monemvasia, Greece. That made Yiannis a Taurus. The Moon was in Virgo until about 21:44 and in Libra afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Yiannis died on 11 November 1990, aged 81. No verified birth time is on file for Yiannis; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Earth carries the most weight: five of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against air two, fire one and water one. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and two mutable. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Sun, Mercury and Venus. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Mercury and Uranus, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. One planet was retrograde all day: Uranus. Jupiter changed direction that day, turning direct, so whether it was retrograde at the birth depends on the hour. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 1 May, among them Anushka Sharma, Leonardo Bonucci and Joseph Heller.
See the sky the day Yiannis was born: the stars over Monemvasia, Greece, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Yiannis Ritsos’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 10° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Yiannis Ritsos 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
Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 21:44, then Libra (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 21:44: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Yiannis is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Born after about 21:44: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Yiannis, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
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 Monemvasia, Greece, at each hour of the day.
Yiannis Ritsos’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Yiannis 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 1 May 1909, computed for Monemvasia, Greece.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:39 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:39 to 02:14 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:14 to 03:29 | Pisces rising |
| 03:29 to 04:44 | Aries rising |
| 04:44 to 06:14 | Taurus rising |
| 06:14 to 08:14 | Gemini rising |
| 08:14 to 10:34 | Cancer rising |
| 10:34 to 12:59 | Leo rising |
| 12:59 to 15:29 | Virgo rising |
| 15:29 to 17:54 | Libra rising |
| 17:54 to 20:19 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:19 to 22:39 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:39 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 1 May 1909, 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 | 10° Taurus 23' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo until about 21:44, then Libra |
| Mercury | 21° Taurus 13' |
| Venus | 11° Taurus 06' |
| Mars | 14° Aquarius 16' |
| Jupiter | 4° Virgo 31'turned direct that day |
| Saturn | 16° Aries 30' |
| Uranus | 21° Capricorn 03'℞ |
| Neptune | 14° Cancer 40' |
| Pluto | 24° Gemini 18' |
| North Node | 17° Gemini 16' |
| South Node | 17° Sagittarius 16' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Yiannis Ritsos’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Yiannis Ritsos’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Yiannis Ritsos'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.
Moon in Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 21:44, then Libra
needs and habits
Born before about 21:44: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Yiannis's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Yiannis's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Born after about 21:44: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Yiannis's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
With Mercury in Taurus, Yiannis 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 Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Yiannis's chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. Yiannis can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
Jupiter in Virgo
4° Virgo 31' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Virgo finds its growth in mastering a craft in unglamorous detail, one small correction at a time. For Yiannis, perfectionism may be the excess, turning growth into an endless list of corrections. People with this Jupiter are often trusted with more responsibility than they feel they deserve, usually because the care in the work shows.
Saturn in Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For Yiannis, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
Uranus in Capricorn
21° Capricorn 03' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Yiannis'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
14° Cancer 40' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Yiannis 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
24° Gemini 18' at midday
power, generational
Yiannis 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 Yiannis Ritsos’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 trine Uranus
about 0.2° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Yiannis Ritsos fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
Sun conjunction Venus
about 0.7° at midday
Who Yiannis 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.
Saturn square Neptune
about 1.8° at midday
Practical sense and idealism can pull against each other in this square, and for Yiannis that may mean either an uninspired routine or a dream with no realistic plan behind it. The way through is to build the structure and protect the dream at the same time, without sacrificing one for the other.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 2.2° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Yiannis has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
Venus square Mars
about 3.2° at midday
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Yiannis 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.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 3.6° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Yiannis, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
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.
- Sun square Marsabout 3.9°
- Sun sextile Neptuneabout 4.3°
- Saturn square Uranusabout 4.6°
- Sun trine Jupiterabout 5.9°
- Uranus opposition Neptuneabout 6.4°
Taurus Suns born within 2 years of Yiannis Ritsos
Also born on 1 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.
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