Gordon CraigBirth Chart

Edward Gordon Craig

16/01/1872 03:50

B - Biography/autobiography

Astro-Databank

Stevenage

England

51°55' ↑ North - 0°14' ← West

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Edward Gordon Craig was a central figure in modern English theatre, working as an actor, director, scenographer and theatre theorist. The son of the celebrated actress Ellen Terry and the architect Edward William Godwin, he built an international career with projects and writings that influenced the European and North American stages.

Trained artistically in Henry Irving’s company, Craig became known for challenging the prevailing naturalism and proposing a symbolic poetics for the stage. He advocated sets and compositions that suggested atmospheres and ideas rather than faithfully reproducing reality, opening the way for greater formal freedom in contemporary stage design.

Among his most notable productions are stagings such as The Vikings, Much Ado About Nothing (1903, for Ellen Terry) and his version of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre (1912). In Florence he founded the Gordon Craig School for the Art of the Theatre and edited the magazine The Mask, both vehicles for promoting his aesthetic proposals.

Author of theoretical works and sketchbooks — including On the Art of the Theatre (1911) — his influence endures in modern scenography, in reflections on the relationship between actor, movement and stage space, and in the project of a more symbolic and visually autonomous theatre.

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Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Capricorn - 25°23' - in house 2

↣ Moon in Aries - 09°27' - in house 4

↣ Mercury in Capricorn - 03°02' - in house 2

↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 12°17' - in house 1

↣ Mars in Aquarius - 24°07' - in house 3

↣ Jupiter in Cancer - 24°49' - in house 8 - retrograde

↣ Saturn in Capricorn - 13°46' - in house 2

↣ Uranus in Cancer - 29°20' - in house 8/9 - retrograde

↣ Neptune in Aries - 21°20' - in house 5

↣ Pluto in Taurus - 17°58' - in house 6 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Gemini - 21°14' - in house 7/8 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Scorpio - 27°26' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Virgo - 21°29' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Sagittarius - 22°49'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 2

↣ Moon in house 4

↣ Mercury in house 2

↣ Venus in house 1

↣ Mars in house 3

↣ Jupiter in house 8

↣ Saturn in house 2

↣ Uranus in house 8/9

↣ Neptune in house 5

↣ Pluto in house 6

↣ North Node in house 7/8

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Mercury parallel

↣ Sun and Venus parallel

↣ Sun and Jupiter opposition (0°34' separating) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Saturn parallel

↣ Sun and Uranus opposition (3°57' applying) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Neptune square (4°04' separating)

↣ Sun and Ascendant sextile (2°02' separating) parallel

↣ Sun and Midheaven trine (3°55' applying)

↣ Moon and Mercury square (6°24' separating)

↣ Moon and Venus trine (2°50' applying)

↣ Moon and Saturn square (4°20' applying)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Mercury and Venus parallel

↣ Mercury and Jupiter antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Uranus antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (10°14' applying)

↣ Venus and Uranus antiparallel

↣ Venus and North Node opposition (8°57' applying)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (10°32' separating)

↣ Venus and Ascendant parallel

↣ Mars and Neptune sextile (2°47' separating)

↣ Mars and North Node trine (2°52' separating)

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°18' applying)

↣ Mars and Ascendant square (3°19' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Saturn antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and Uranus conjunction (4°31' separating) parallel

↣ Jupiter and Neptune square (3°29' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant trine (2°37' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven sextile (3°20' applying)

↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (4°11' applying)

↣ Saturn and North Node antiparallel

↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (1°55' applying)

↣ Neptune and North Node sextile (0°05' separating)

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°29' separating)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant opposition (9°28' separating)

↣ Pluto and Midheaven trine (3°31' separating) parallel

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (1°35' separating)

↣ North Node and Midheaven square (0°14' separating)

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