Theo ThijssenBirth Chart
Theodorus Johannes Thijssen
16/06/1879 14:30
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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00:20 East
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Theo Thijssen was a Dutch educator, writer, and socialist politician whose work and activity shaped education and cultural life in the Netherlands in the early twentieth century. Born to a modest family, he completed his studies thanks to a scholarship and spent much of his career teaching in Amsterdam public schools, advocating attention to the pupil as an individual without losing sight of the class as a social unit. These ideas, close to those of contemporary pedagogical reformers, also guided his editorial work. Founder and editor of educational journals such as De Nieuwe School and School en Huis, Thijssen published columns and satires about school methods and textbooks. He became internationally known for a series of texts about the character Kees, collected in the novel that made him famous. In addition to fiction, he wrote memoirs and works on elementary education and school materials. Politically, he joined the social-democratic movement and served as a member of parliament and as a municipal councilor, advocating educational and social policies. He took part in international pedagogical movements and congresses, supported Esperanto, and maintained a firm critical stance toward social injustice. His legacy endures in children’s literature and in reflections on democratic pedagogical practice.
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↣ Venus in Leo - 08°08' - in house 10
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↣ Jupiter in Pisces - 12°19' - in house 5
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↣ Pluto in Taurus - 26°36' - in house 8
↣ North Node in Capricorn - 25°08' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Libra - 22°11' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Cancer - 29°42' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Scorpio - 04°08'
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↣ Moon in house 8
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↣ Mercury and Ascendant trine (0°10' separating)
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↣ Venus and North Node antiparallel
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↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (5°39' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune sextile (1°11' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant parallel
↣ Saturn and Ascendant opposition (7°51' separating)
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↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (7°01' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node trine (1°28' separating)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven sextile (3°06' separating)
↣ North Node and Ascendant square (2°57' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven opposition (4°34' separating) antiparallel