Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. He worked for the art dealers Goupil & Cie from 1869 and took up painting in 1881, and The Potato Eaters followed in 1885. He moved to Paris in March 1886 and to Arles in February 1888, where he painted his Sunflowers series, and The Starry Night dates from June 1889. In just over a decade he made about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. He died on July 29, 1890.
A birth certificate, quoted twice
Astro-Databank's source note reads: "B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher. Same in Gauquelin Vol. 4/1444." Two collectors hold the certificate's 11:00 a.m. and nothing else is listed.
The Netherlands had no single standard time in 1853, so the clock is Zundert's own local mean time, 18 minutes 40 seconds ahead of Greenwich.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♋︎ Cancer | 9:18 a.m. to 11:47 a.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Midheaven | ♓︎ Pisces | 9:38 a.m. to 11:28 a.m. | Aquarius before, Aries after |
| Moon | ♐︎ Sagittarius | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Zundert, local mean time (UTC+0:18:40).
Mars 4°02′ from a Pisces midheaven
Pisces held the midheaven, 22°05′ Pisces, from 9:38 a.m. to 11:28 a.m., so Aries was 28 minutes away at the recorded hour. Mars at 26°08′ of Pisces stands 4°02′ from the summit, and Venus at 28°03′ joins Mars within 1°56′. Placidus puts both in the 10th house; Whole Sign puts them in the 9th.
Planets near the top of a chart are the ones an audience meets first. Pisces is the sign of imagery and atmosphere, so Mars and Venus there suggest drive and taste working through feeling. Jupiter, old ruler of Pisces, squares Mars within 1°52′ and Venus within 3°47′.
Our pages: Midheaven in Pisces · Mars in Pisces · Venus in Pisces · Neptune in Pisces · 10th house.
A Moon beside its ruler, trine Mercury
The Moon at 20°44′ of Sagittarius and Jupiter at 24°16′ lie 3°32′ apart, and Jupiter rules Sagittarius, so the Moon sits beside its own ruler. Both fall in the 6th house, the area of daily routine and craft, whichever house system is used. The Moon arrived in Sagittarius at 12:26 a.m. on March 29, 34.6 hours earlier, and stays until 2:48 a.m. on March 31.
Mercury at 25°36′ of Aries trines Jupiter within 1°20′, the closest aspect on the page, and trines the Moon within 4°52′. A Sagittarius Moon goes with a need for distance and open horizons, and these fire trines run straight to the Aries planets. Five of the ten bodies sit in mutable signs.
Our pages: Moon in Sagittarius · Jupiter in Sagittarius · Mercury in Aries · 6th house · moon sign calculator.
Aries in the house of public work
The Sun at 9°39′ and Mercury at 25°36′ of Aries both occupy the 10th house, the house of reputation and vocation, under either system. Aries is the sign of beginnings, and Mercury there points to quick, direct thinking.
Mars, the ruler of Aries, stands in Pisces beside the midheaven, so the Aries Sun and the Pisces summit are joined by rulership.
Our pages: Aries · Mercury in Aries · 10th house · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Cancer rising, with the Moon as its ruler
Cancer held the Zundert horizon from 9:18 a.m. to 11:47 a.m.; the ascendant is 21°09′ Cancer. Leo was 47 minutes off at the recorded hour.
The Moon rules Cancer, and here it stands in Sagittarius beside Jupiter, so the rising sign and the Moon lead to the same place. Cancer rising points to a protective, receptive first impression; a Moon in a fire sign gives it an outward, exploring edge.
Our pages: Cancer rising · Cancer · rising sign calculator.
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto in the 11th house
Saturn at 15°58′, Uranus at 6°48′ and Pluto at 0°46′ of Taurus all take the 11th house of friends, hopes and audiences, in both systems. Pluto sits at the very start of Taurus, and Uranus and Pluto lie 6°02′ apart, a pairing shared by a whole generation.
Saturn sextiles Neptune within 3°44′, a link from this Taurus trio up to the Pisces group at the top. The tradition reads such planets as slow, patient material beneath the faster ones above.
Our pages: Saturn in Taurus · Uranus in Taurus · Taurus · 11th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Vincent van Gogh's chart
- Mercury trine Jupiter orb 1°20′
- Mars square Jupiter orb 1°52′
- Venus conjunction Mars orb 1°56′
- Moon conjunction Jupiter orb 3°32′
- Saturn sextile Neptune orb 3°44′
- Venus square Jupiter orb 3°47′
- Moon trine Mercury orb 4°52′
- Mercury conjunction Pluto orb 5°09′
- Moon square Mars orb 5°24′
- Uranus sextile Neptune orb 5°26′
- Uranus conjunction Pluto orb 6°02′
- Jupiter trine Pluto orb 6°30′
- Moon square Venus orb 7°19′
- Moon square Neptune orb 8°30′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Vincent van Gogh's chart
What is the rising sign in the Vincent van Gogh birth chart?
Cancer, at 21°09′ Cancer.
What is his Moon sign?
Sagittarius, at 20°44′, beside Jupiter.
Is his Sun in Aries?
Yes, at 9°39′, in the 10th house.
What birth data does the chart use?
11:00 a.m. local mean time, March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands.
Which sign is on his midheaven?
Pisces, at 22°05′ Pisces, with Mars 4°02′ away.
Which aspect is tightest?
A trine between Mercury and Jupiter, 1°20′ from exact.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Vincent van Gogh's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.