Papa Leo XBirth Chart
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici
11/12/1475 07:00
AA - Birth record cited
Florence
Italy
43°46' ↑ North - 11°15' → East
00:45 East
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Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was pope from 1513 to 1521 and a central figure at the start of the Protestant Reformation. A member of Florence’s powerful Medici family, he received a humanist, ecclesiastical, and political education, became a cardinal while still young, and later headed the Medici household, exercising great influence over his native city’s affairs. His pontificate was marked by active diplomacy and military involvement: he sought to consolidate papal power in Italy, took part in the Italian Wars, supported alliances with powers such as France and Venice, and attempted to check Ottoman expansion through crusading plans that met with limited success. Domestically, he presided over the Fifth Lateran Council but did not achieve the hoped-for disciplinary reforms. Leo X also confronted the rise of Luther and the Protestant movement: he responded through bureaucratic and theological channels, culminating in the papal bull Exsurge Domine and Luther’s excommunication in 1521; nevertheless, he underestimated the scope of the reformers’ critique. His legacy combines cultural patronage and the preservation of papal temporal power with failures in addressing the religious crisis that reshaped Europe.
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↣ Moon in Gemini - 10°09' - in house 6
↣ Mercury in Capricorn - 10°34' - in house 1
↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 19°55' - in house 1
↣ Mars in Virgo - 17°08' - in house 9
↣ Jupiter in Aquarius - 11°45' - in house 2
↣ Saturn in Leo - 07°01' - in house 8 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Scorpio - 17°10' - in house 11
↣ Neptune in Scorpio - 23°32' - in house 11
↣ Pluto in Virgo - 24°16' - in house 9
↣ North Node in Libra - 00°43' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Sagittarius - 20°03' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Libra - 14°28' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Capricorn - 12°15'
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↣ Moon in house 6
↣ Mercury in house 1
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 9
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↣ Saturn in house 8
↣ Uranus in house 11
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↣ Pluto in house 9
↣ North Node in house 9
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
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↣ Sun and North Node square (2°35' applying)
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↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (1°36' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Saturn sextile (3°08' separating)
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↣ Moon and Ascendant opposition (9°54' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven trine (4°19' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (1°41' separating)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven square (3°54' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars square (2°47' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto square (4°20' applying)
↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (0°08' separating) parallel
↣ Venus and Midheaven sextile (5°27' applying)
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↣ Mars and Pluto conjunction (7°07' applying)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°53' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant square (2°55' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn opposition (4°44' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus square (5°25' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (2°44' separating)
↣ Uranus and Neptune conjunction (6°22' applying) parallel
↣ Uranus and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°55' applying)
↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (0°44' applying) antiparallel
↣ Pluto and North Node conjunction (6°27' applying)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant square (4°13' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant parallel