King Louis XIV's Birth Chart
King Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638 at 11:11 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. The chart has the Sun in Virgo and the Moon in Leo, with Scorpio rising.
| Born | September 5, 1638 |
| Time | 11:11 |
| Place | Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
King Louis XIV's Big Three
Here is how Astrologer's interpretation library describes each of these placements, for anyone born with them.
Sun in Virgo: Done Properly
You become yourself by being useful. Identity here is built from competence, from work nobody notices until it is missing, and you shine quietly, through things done properly. People experience you as observant, exact and reserved, and they bring you the problems that need sorting out. Your eye for what is wrong is the same eye that makes you good, and it turns on yourself, so praise slides off while a small error stays. Vitality comes from order and drains in chaos you cannot fix.
Moon in Leo: Warmth Needs Witness
You feel things at full volume and want them seen. Being noticed is how care lands for you, a compliment, a remembered birthday, someone's whole attention across a table. You give warmth generously and expect it back in kind, and a lukewarm response reads as a small rejection. Pride keeps you from asking for comfort, so you perform fine while waiting to be asked. When the audience is absent the mood can go flat and sulky, which surprises people who only know the glow.
Scorpio rising: Taking Your Measure
You arrive watching, and people feel watched. Strangers meet a still body, a steady gaze, and a face that gives nothing until it has taken your measure, and some of them are drawn in while others step back. People tell you their secrets and assume you have worse ones of your own. Trust is given slowly and withdrawn completely, and a betrayal years old still sits in your posture when that person walks in. Your intensity reads as threat or magnetism depending on the day.
Planet positions in King Louis XIV's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 12°46′ |
| Moon | Leo | 5°38′ |
| Mercury | Virgo | 23°58′ |
| Venus | Leo | 3°59′ |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 25°28′ |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 2°41′ |
| Saturn (retrograde) | Aquarius | 0°59′ |
| Uranus | Libra | 21°20′ |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 18°36′ |
| Pluto (retrograde) | Gemini | 0°27′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Capricorn | 4°42′ |
| Ascendant | Scorpio | 14°53′ |
| Midheaven | Leo | 29°57′ |
Element and modality balance
Counting ten planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 3, Earth 2, Air 3, Water 2. By modality: Cardinal 1, Fixed 5, Mutable 4.
A fixed emphasis
A fixed emphasis makes you steady and determined: you sustain, persist, and hold your ground, sometimes to the point of stubbornness.
The tightest aspects in King Louis XIV's chart
- Saturn trine Pluto, orb 0°33′
- Venus square Jupiter, orb 1°18′
- Mercury square Mars, orb 1°30′
- Moon conjunct Venus, orb 1°38′
- Jupiter square Saturn, orb 1°42′
- Jupiter sextile North Node, orb 2°01′
- Moon square Jupiter, orb 2°57′
- Venus opposite Saturn, orb 3°00′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Saturn trine Pluto: Endurance That Rebuilds
Collapse doesn't end you. Something in you takes the wreckage of a plan, a job, a version of yourself, and quietly rebuilds it with better bones, so smoothly that you barely register it as strength. The catch is that this flow amplifies whatever it's running through, so a toxic structure gets rebuilt just as faithfully as a good one.
Venus square Jupiter: Taste Versus Scale
Something in you wants the beautiful, well-made, exactly-right version, and something else wants more of it, bigger, further out. One side pushes for growth and possibility, the other has to answer with actual worth, actual price, actual taste. That grinding is why your standards are expensive and your generosity occasionally outruns what you own.
Mercury square Mars: Sharp Tongue Pressure
You think faster than most people can respond, and that speed comes out with an edge. Mercury under this square pushes words into the space where action should be, so arguments start before you meant to start one, and decisions get made at a run. The friction sharpens your reflexes and your aim, at the cost of things you said too quickly.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for King Louis XIV's recorded date, time and place of birth. The rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses depend on the birth time, so they are only as reliable as the time on record. The interpretations come from the same library Astrologer uses in its own chart readings.