Umberto EcoBirth Chart
05/01/1932 18:30
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Alessandria
Italy
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Umberto Eco was an Italian intellectual of international renown, known as a novelist, semiotician, philosopher and university professor. He held the chair of Semiotics and directed the School of Higher Humanistic Studies at the University of Bologna, and also taught at institutions such as Yale, Columbia, Harvard, the Collège de France and Toronto. He maintained a regular collaboration with the cultural press, notably as a columnist for L’Espresso.
His academic work advanced studies of medieval aesthetics, interpretation theory and mass culture. In the 1960s and 1970s he formulated central concepts of contemporary semiotics — among them the notion of the “open work” and the idea of the sign as an encyclopedia — in works such as Opera aperta, Apocalittici e integrati, The Forms of Content and A Theory of Semiotics.
Alongside his theoretical career, Eco achieved wide literary fame with novels translated internationally, notably The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum, which placed him in the uncommon position of interlocutor between academia and a general reading public.
His legacy combines rigorous theoretical inquiry into the production and interpretation of meaning with a fictional oeuvre that probes myths, histories and possible worlds, influencing studies in semiotics, literature and contemporary culture.
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↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 15°25' - in house 5
↣ Mercury in Sagittarius - 21°47' - in house 5/6
↣ Venus in Aquarius - 13°31' - in house 7
↣ Mars in Capricorn - 20°25' - in house 6
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 21°28' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Capricorn - 24°19' - in house 7
↣ Uranus in Aries - 15°29' - in house 10
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 07°49' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 21°13' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Pisces - 29°29' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Leo - 03°27' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aries - 16°31' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Cancer - 14°01'
↣ Sun in house 6
↣ Moon in house 5
↣ Mercury in house 5/6
↣ Venus in house 7
↣ Mars in house 6
↣ Jupiter in house 2
↣ Saturn in house 7
↣ Uranus in house 10
↣ Neptune in house 2
↣ Pluto in house 12
↣ North Node in house 9
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
↣ Sun and Mars conjunction (6°14' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and Saturn conjunction (10°08' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and Uranus square (1°19' applying)
↣ Sun and Neptune trine (6°23' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto opposition (7°02' applying) antiparallel
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (0°10' applying)
↣ Sun and Midheaven square (2°20' separating)
↣ Moon and Mercury conjunction (6°23' applying)
↣ Moon and Venus sextile (1°53' separating)
↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (6°04' applying)
↣ Moon and Uranus trine (0°05' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven trine (1°07' separating)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter trine (0°19' separating)
↣ Mercury and Saturn parallel
↣ Mercury and Midheaven trine (5°16' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter opposition (7°56' applying)
↣ Venus and Uranus sextile (1°58' applying)
↣ Venus and Ascendant opposition (10°04' applying) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Midheaven sextile (3°00' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn conjunction (3°54' applying)
↣ Mars and Uranus square (4°55' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto opposition (0°48' applying) antiparallel
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (6°24' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven square (3°54' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus trine (5°59' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (4°57' applying)
↣ Saturn and Pluto opposition (3°06' separating) antiparallel
↣ Saturn and North Node sextile (5°11' applying)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (10°18' applying)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant opposition (9°08' separating)
↣ Uranus and Pluto square (5°43' applying)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°28' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven conjunction (1°02' separating) parallel
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (7°12' applying)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven square (4°42' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ North Node and Ascendant trine (3°58' separating)