Ludwig van Beethoven's Birth Chart
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770 at 13:00 in Bonn, Germany. The chart has the Sun in Sagittarius and the Moon in Sagittarius, with Aries rising.
| Born | December 17, 1770 |
| Time | 13:00 |
| Place | Bonn, Germany |
Ludwig van Beethoven's Big Three
Here is how Astrologer's interpretation library describes each of these placements, for anyone born with them.
Sun in Sagittarius: Room to Move
You are yourself on the way somewhere. Identity here is built from the horizon rather than the home, from the belief, the trip or the argument that promises to make the world larger. People experience you as generous, blunt and certain, and your honesty lands as refreshing or as tactless depending on the day. Routine makes you restless, and a conversation with no big idea in it feels like a waste of breath. Your vitality is bound up with having room to move and something worth believing in.
Moon in Sagittarius: Room to Roam
You feel best when there is somewhere to go. Confinement, a small room, a small plan, a conversation that keeps circling, makes you restless in the body before the mind catches up. Comfort is open space, a long drive, people who laugh easily. Your moods are warm and quick to lift, and you tend to trust that things will work out, which steadies others and sometimes skips past what hurts. Being needed too closely feels like a leash, and you love most freely with the door left open.
Aries rising: First Through the Door
You arrive already in motion. Strangers meet a body that leans forward, a voice that gets to the point, a face that shows impatience before it shows anything else. People assume you want to lead, and often hand you the first move whether you asked for it or not. Heat comes quickly and leaves quickly, so an argument at noon is forgotten by two, though the other person may still be holding it. Waiting in a queue costs you more than it costs anyone else in it.
Planet positions in Ludwig van Beethoven's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 25°42′ |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 29°44′ |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 24°08′ |
| Venus | Capricorn | 26°53′ |
| Mars (retrograde) | Gemini | 22°08′ |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 3°28′ |
| Saturn (retrograde) | Leo | 15°46′ |
| Uranus (retrograde) | Taurus | 12°06′ |
| Neptune (retrograde) | Virgo | 13°59′ |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 16°35′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Scorpio | 26°27′ |
| Ascendant | Aries | 11°15′ |
| Midheaven | Capricorn | 4°28′ |
Element and modality balance
Counting ten planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 4, Earth 5, Air 1, Water 0. By modality: Cardinal 3, Fixed 2, Mutable 5. No planet falls in a Water sign.
A earth emphasis
An earth emphasis makes you practical, grounded, and reliable: you build slowly, value the tangible, and bring ideas down to reality.
A mutable emphasis
A mutable emphasis makes you adaptable and flexible: you adjust easily, juggle change, and thrive on variety and versatility.
The tightest aspects in Ludwig van Beethoven's chart
- Venus sextile North Node, orb 0°26′
- Sun conjunct Mercury, orb 1°34′
- Mercury opposite Mars, orb 2°00′
- Sun opposite Mars, orb 3°34′
- Saturn square Uranus, orb 3°39′
- Moon conjunct Jupiter, orb 3°44′
- Sun conjunct Moon, orb 4°01′
- Moon conjunct Mercury, orb 5°36′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Venus sextile North Node: Worth Pulls You Forward
There's a live wire between what you find beautiful or valuable and where your life is trying to head. It works like an open invitation: taste, money sense, and charm are all sitting right next to your growth direction, ready to be used as a route rather than pulling you there on their own. In people who reach for it, aesthetics and relationships become the actual vehicle of development. In people who don't, both sides just sit there being pleasant.
Sun conjunct Mercury: Thinking Out Loud
Your identity and your thinking sit in the same room, so you become the thing you're currently thinking about. Ideas feel like personal statements, and being corrected on a fact lands like being corrected on who you are. It makes you quick, articulate, and visible through what you say rather than what you do quietly.
Mercury opposite Mars: Plan Versus Charge
Every impulse to move meets a voice asking whether it's been thought through. Both are right, and picking a permanent winner wrecks you: all analysis and nothing starts, all action and you keep repeating avoidable mistakes. Held apart on purpose, one supplies the strategy and the other supplies the strike.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for Ludwig van Beethoven'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.