Carlos CastañedaBirth Chart

Carlos César Salvador Arana Castañeda

25/12/1925 09:00

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Cajamarca

Peru

7°10' ↓ South - 78°31' ← West

05:00 West

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Carlos Castaneda was a writer and anthropologist trained at the University of California whose work became a controversial reference within the counterculture and studies of shamanism in the Americas. He became known for a dissertation turned bestseller, The Teachings of Don Juan (1968), in which he recounts encounters with Don Juan Matus, an alleged Yaqui sorcerer, and describes experiences with psychoactive plants such as peyote. Those accounts spawned eleven autobiographical books that blend ethnography, personal narrative, and spiritual elements, influencing New Age movements and readers interested in practices of perception and consciousness. Academic and public reception was polarized: admirers regarded him as a spiritual guide and innovator, while critics questioned the veracity of his sources and methods, pointing to signs of fictionalization and a lack of empirical documentation. By the mid-1970s his figure gained wide media visibility, including coverage in Time magazine, and also faced bans and controversies in countries such as Brazil. Castaneda’s legacy remains ambivalent: his works continue to inspire those interested in shamanism and consciousness techniques, while scholars retain skepticism about the historicity and anthropological status of his accounts.

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Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Capricorn - 03°17' - in house 11

↣ Moon in Taurus - 11°44' - in house 4

↣ Mercury in Sagittarius - 12°02' - in house 10/11

↣ Venus in Aquarius - 16°52' - in house 1

↣ Mars in Scorpio - 28°20' - in house 10

↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 27°23' - in house 12

↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 22°11' - in house 10

↣ Uranus in Pisces - 21°49' - in house 2

↣ Neptune in Leo - 24°35' - in house 7 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Cancer - 13°53' - in house 6 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Cancer - 25°43' - in house 6 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Aquarius - 14°42' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Scorpio - 17°31' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aquarius - 12°35'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 11

↣ Moon in house 4

↣ Mercury in house 10/11

↣ Venus in house 1

↣ Mars in house 10

↣ Jupiter in house 12

↣ Saturn in house 10

↣ Uranus in house 2

↣ Neptune in house 7

↣ Pluto in house 6

↣ North Node in house 6

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Moon and Venus square (5°08' applying)

↣ Moon and Saturn opposition (10°27' applying)

↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (2°09' applying)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°51' separating)

↣ Moon and Ascendant square (2°58' separating)

↣ Moon and Midheaven opposition (5°47' separating)

↣ Mercury and Venus sextile (4°50' separating)

↣ Mercury and Mars parallel

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°33' separating)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant sextile (2°40' separating)

↣ Venus and Saturn square (5°19' applying) parallel

↣ Venus and Neptune opposition (7°42' applying)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (4°17' applying)

↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (2°10' applying) parallel

↣ Venus and Midheaven square (0°38' separating) parallel

↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (0°57' separating)

↣ Mars and Saturn conjunction (6°09' separating)

↣ Mars and Neptune square (3°45' separating)

↣ Mars and North Node trine (2°37' separating)

↣ Mars and Midheaven conjunction (10°49' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (5°12' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Uranus sextile (5°34' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Pluto antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and North Node opposition (1°40' separating) antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Uranus trine (0°23' separating)

↣ Saturn and Neptune square (2°24' applying)

↣ Saturn and North Node trine (3°32' applying)

↣ Saturn and Ascendant parallel

↣ Saturn and Midheaven conjunction (4°40' applying) parallel

↣ Uranus and North Node trine (3°55' applying)

↣ Uranus and Midheaven trine (4°18' applying)

↣ Neptune and Ascendant opposition (9°52' applying)

↣ Pluto and North Node parallel

↣ Pluto and Midheaven trine (3°38' separating)

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