Jorge Luis BorgesBirth Chart
24/08/1899 03:30
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
34°36' ↓ South - 58°27' ← West
03:54 West
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Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator and literary critic whose work decisively shaped twentieth-century literature. The author of celebrated collections such as Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949), he developed a narrative that blends surrealism, fantastic literature and philosophical reflection, repeatedly using motifs such as labyrinths, libraries, mirrors and the nature of text and reading. His brief, dense prose influenced the Latin American Boom and numerous contemporary writers. Borges also served as a lecturer and as director of the National Library of Buenos Aires, roles that closely reflected his encyclopedic interests and the literary image of infinite libraries that appears in his stories. He received international prizes and honors, including the Formentor Prize for Letters and distinctions from various countries, establishing his global reputation. The progressive blindness that affected him in his later decades was often read as a formative element of new symbols in his writing, fostering an intense literary imagination. Conservative in his political opinions, Borges provoked controversies that some critics argue affected his relationship with awards such as the Nobel. His legacy remains a central reference for studies of fantasy, metaphysics and the poetics of fiction.
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↣ North Node in Sagittarius - 27°13' - in house 6 - retrograde
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↣ Midheaven in Aries - 26°51' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Cancer - 23°04'
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↣ Sun and North Node trine (3°39' separating)
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↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (4°15' separating)
↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (5°48' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node trine (4°49' separating)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven trine (4°27' separating) parallel
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↣ Venus and North Node trine (2°36' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (2°13' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn sextile (5°28' applying)
↣ Mars and Pluto trine (5°00' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant square (4°35' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant trine (2°09' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven opposition (8°02' applying)
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↣ Saturn and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto opposition (0°28' applying)
↣ Neptune and North Node opposition (0°34' applying)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven sextile (0°12' separating)
↣ North Node and Ascendant opposition (9°48' separating) antiparallel
↣ North Node and Midheaven trine (0°23' applying)