Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus

Born October 28, 1466 in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Historical figure

Sun in Scorpio

About Desiderius Erasmus

Dutch Renaissance humanist and the most influential scholar of the Northern Renaissance, whose works laid the groundwork for the Protestant Reformation while he remained Catholic. His Praise of Folly satirized the corruption of the Church and remains a masterpiece of European literature.

Desiderius Erasmus the Scorpio

Scorpio does not do shallow. A fixed water sign traditionally ruled by Mars and modernly by Pluto, Scorpio is drawn to whatever is real and hidden: the actual feeling under the polite answer, the thing nobody says at dinner. Small talk is a chore; the conversation at 2am is where Scorpio comes alive.

Desiderius Erasmus's birth chart

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces☉ 13°☽ 14°☿ 0°℞♀ 19°♂ 14°♃ 21°℞♄ 26°℞♅ 5°♆ 3°♇ 4°☊ 28°℞
  • Trine
  • Sextile
  • Square
  • Opposition
  • Dotted: uncertain without a birth time
  • Conjunctions sit side by side

Drawn from the birth date alone: without a birth time there is no Rising sign or houses, and a planet that changed sign that day shows both signs.

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Desiderius Erasmus's planets

SunSun in Scorpio
MoonMoon in Cancer
MercuryMercury in Sagittarius
VenusVenus in Sagittarius
MarsMars in Libra
JupiterJupiter in Taurus
SaturnSaturn in Pisces
UranusUranus in Libra
NeptuneNeptune in Scorpio
PlutoPluto in Virgo

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10 planets
  • Earth2 of 10 planets
  • Air2 of 10 planets
  • Water4 of 10 planets

Strongest: Water

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10 planets
  • Fixed3 of 10 planets
  • Mutable4 of 10 planets

Strongest: Mutable

Desiderius Erasmus's love archetype

The Sunlit Flirt

From Venus in Sagittarius and Mars in Libra.

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