Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

scientist

TaurusScorpio

Photo: Attributed to Francesco Melzi · Public domain

Born
April 24, 1452
Birthplace
Anchiano
Sun sign
Taurus

Leonardo da Vinci, scientist, was born on April 24, 1452 in Anchiano. With the Sun in Taurus, Leonardo's chart begins from a Taurus core. Without a recorded birth time, the Moon and angles can't be pinned precisely, but the planetary placements by date still hold.

Astrological profile

The chart’s heart beats with a fiery Aries Sun at 26°, a sign that injects direct confidence, pioneering energy, and a restless drive to assert self‑identity. Opposite this, the Scorpio Moon at 22° offers an intense, investigative emotional core, demanding depth, privacy, and transformative experience. With the birth time unavailable, the Ascendant can only be hinted at, but the combination of Aries forwardness and Scorpio depth suggests a temperament that is bold yet probing, eager to blaze new trails while demanding inner authenticity. This duality fuels a restless curiosity that craves both external achievement and inner mastery.

The tightest aspect, Moon trine Uranus, amplifies the Scorpio emotional intensity with a sudden, innovative spark, granting original insights and a willingness to break from conventional feeling patterns. Mercury’s sextile to Mars (Aries) sharpens mental agility, providing rapid, assertive thinking that fuels decisive action; the same Mercury also trines Pluto, endowing thoughts with penetrating depth and a capacity to uncover hidden structures. Together these aspects create a mind that moves quickly, yet can dive into profound analysis, blending inventive flair with investigative rigor. A Sun‑Jupiter sextile adds an optimistic, expansive outlook, tempering the Aries assertiveness with confidence and a desire for growth, while the Sun square Uranus introduces occasional tension between personal will and sudden change, prompting moments of rebellious re‑evaluation.

Air dominates the element balance, reinforced by an equal split between cardinal and fixed modalities. This yields a cerebral, communicative nature that initiates ideas (cardinal) and then refines them into lasting concepts (fixed). The chart thus reads as a visionary thinker who initiates bold, original projects and sustains them with disciplined, incisive insight.

An interpretation of the chart above, generated from the computed placements.

Natal placements

SunH3Aries 26°
MoonH4Scorpio 22°
MercuryH8Aries 8°
VenusH3Taurus 14°
MarsH12Aquarius 10°
JupiterH7Aquarius 30°
SaturnH9Libra 15°
UranusH5Cancer 22°
NeptuneH2Libra 0°
PlutoH6Leo 5°
ChironH12Aquarius 11°
CeresAquarius 25°
PallasPisces 11°
JunoAquarius 13°
VestaPisces 6°
LilithH12Capricorn 27°
North NodeH11Capricorn 8°

Computed from the birth date (noon). The Moon is approximate and angles are omitted without a birth time.

Leonardo is a steady and grounded Taurus Sun, with a intense and probing Scorpio Moon. The chart leans air and cardinal.

Major aspects

Moon Uranus 0°Mercury North Node 0°Jupiter Neptune 0°Venus Saturn 1°Mars Chiron 1°Mercury Mars 2°Mercury Pluto 3°Mercury Chiron 3°Venus Chiron 3°Pluto North Node 3°

△ trine · ⚹ sextile flow easily · □ square · ☍ opposition create tension · ☌ conjunction fuses energies · ⚻ quincunx asks for adjustment

Element & modality balance

Fire
3
Earth
1
Air
4
Water
2
Cardinal
5
Fixed
5
Mutable
0

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