The life of Sigmund Freud
Who was Sigmund Freud?
Sigmund Freud founded psychoanalysis, arguing that behavior is driven largely by conflicts the conscious mind cannot see. The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1899, set out the method that made his name. He collaborated with Carl Jung from 1907 until their break around 1913. He left Vienna for London in 1938 after the Nazi annexation of Austria, and died there in September 1939.
Defining moments
Sigmund Freud dies
Uranus square the Midheaven from the seventh house 25 days before his death marked a sudden disruption to his public life and relationships as his final decline began.
The Death in the timeline ↓Uranus conjunct Mars in the 11th house reflected a sudden, liberating surge of decisive action, turning years of restless yearning into the commitment of marriage.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓Sigmund Freud's child Sophie Freud is born
Uranus conjunct his twelfth-house Ascendant 93 days before Sophie was born, marking a personal power window of quiet anticipation and sudden shifts in his private world ahead of her arrival.
The Birth in the timeline ↓The Ego and the Id is released
Thirteen days after the release, Saturn trine Moon in the eleventh house anchored the work within the intellectual community, turning the new publication into an enduring cornerstone of psychological theory.
The Career Milestone in the timeline ↓foreign member 1936
Uranus opposed the Ascendant from the sixth house 51 days after the award, marking a volatile power window that reshaped daily routines and public interactions following the international honor.
The Award in the timeline ↓Sigmund Freud's birth chart
☾ Born May 6, 1856 · 6:30 PM GMT+2 · Příbor · Birth data: AA · See sources
3 placements that explain this chart
Freud paired earthy stubbornness with an obsession for psychological excavation, turning unconscious conflicts into a systematic framework for understanding the mind.
Sun in Taurus in the seventh house anchored his identity in structured intellectual partnerships and an enduring commitment to systematizing human behavior.
Out-of-bounds Moon in Gemini in the eighth house drove his relentless inquiry into dream symbolism, unconscious speech, and repressed drives.
Scorpio Rising withholds and observes as its opening move. The Taurus Sun in the seventh house is far more fixed and companionable than the guarded, penetrating manner at the threshold.
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Elements and modalities
Earth-led, with no modality standing out.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 🜃 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 🜁 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 🜄 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
No dominant planet is named because two planets score equally.
Chart patterns that stand out
Venus & Mars in mutual reception: each at home in the other's sign
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Twelve systems read Sigmund Freud's chart
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →Natal Chart
placidus houses
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North node | ♈︎ Aries 24°19' | 6 | ℞ | — | Duality |
| Venus | ♈︎ Aries 26°12' | 6 | - | — | Recall |
| Pluto | ♉︎ Taurus 4°27' | 6 | - | — | Release |
| Sun | ♉︎ Taurus 16°20' | 7 | - | — | Confrontation |
| Uranus | ♉︎ Taurus 20°35' | 7 | - | — | Guidance |
| Mercury | ♉︎ Taurus 27°47' | 7 | - | — | Renewal |
| Moon | ♊︎ Gemini 14°40' | 8 | - | — | Exchange |
| Saturn | ♊︎ Gemini 27°33' | 8 | - | — | Reckoning |
| Lilith | ♍︎ Virgo 28°13' | 11 | - | — | Study |
| Mars | ♎︎ Libra 3°22' | 11 | ℞ | — | Fellowship |
| Chiron | ♒︎ Aquarius 5°41' | 3 | - | — | Mystery |
| Neptune | ♓︎ Pisces 19°51' | 4 | - | — | Hospitality |
| Jupiter | ♓︎ Pisces 29°34' | 5 | - | — | Aspiration |
| South node | ♎︎ Libra 24°19' | — | - | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 10°10' | - |
| House 2 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 8°57' | - |
| House 3 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 14°54' | ⚷ |
| House 4 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 23°38' | ♆︎ |
| House 5 | ♓︎ Pisces | 26°15' | ♃︎ |
| House 6 | ♈︎ Aries | 21°03' | ☊♀︎♇︎ |
| House 7 | ♉︎ Taurus | 10°10' | ☉︎♅︎☿︎ |
| House 8 | ♊︎ Gemini | 8°57' | ☽︎♄︎ |
| House 9 | ♋︎ Cancer | 14°54' | - |
| House 10 | ♌︎ Leo | 23°38' | - |
| House 11 | ♍︎ Virgo | 26°15' | ⚸♂︎ |
| House 12 | ♎︎ Libra | 21°03' | - |
Full aspects · 27
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden AA · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays marry
Wikidata P26 claim on Q9215, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 11
5 passages in force · Neptune square Midheaven · Chiron conjunction Moon · Saturn square Mars · Pluto trine Mars · Jupiter conjunction Mars
Sigmund Freud's chart on the wedding day, 1886Collapse
Jul 29Jan 1Jun 6Jul 29, 1885 – Jun 6, 1886 · 312 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune square Midheavenslow
- Chiron conjunction Moonslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Pluto trine Marsslow
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
Marries Martha Bernays
Freud married Martha Bernays in a civil ceremony at Wandsbek, with a religious ceremony the following day, after a four-year engagement.Source ↗
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 11
Editorial note · Uranus conjunction Mars
Uranus conjunct Mars in the 11th house reflected a sudden, liberating surge of decisive action, turning years of restless yearning into the commitment of marriage.
No dated window is recorded for this transit, so it isn't among the passages drawn here.
Sigmund Freud's chart on the wedding day, 1886Collapse
Jun 29Sep 13Nov 28Jun 29 – Nov 28, 1886 · 152 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow
- Pluto trine Marsslow
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
Sigmund Freud's child Martin Freud is born
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 8
5 passages in force · Uranus sextile Midheaven · Uranus opposition Venus · Neptune trine Mars · North Node square Mars · Jupiter sextile Ascendant
Sigmund Freud's chart on the day of a birth, 1889Collapse
Jun 30Dec 6May 14Jun 30, 1889 – May 14, 1890 · 318 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus sextile Midheavenslow
- Uranus opposition Venusslow
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- North Node square Marsfast
- Jupiter sextile Ascendantfast
Sigmund Freud's child Oliver Freud is born
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Saturn trine Sun
Occurring 84 days before Oliver's birth, this Saturn trine Sun power window in his tenth house established a period of enduring paternal duty and familial structure.
Sigmund Freud's chart on the day of a birth, 1891Collapse
Nov 4Feb 19Jun 6Nov 4, 1890 – Jun 6, 1891 · 214 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Saturn square Moonslow
- Chiron sextile Mercuryslow
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Jupiter sextile Venusfast
- Jupiter square Mercuryfast
- Jupiter opposition Midheavenfast
Sigmund Freud's child Ernst L. Freud is born
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · North Node conjunction Sun
Occurring 70 days after Ernst was born, the North Node conjunction to Freud's seventh-house Sun reflected an unfolding purpose within his vital familial bonds.
Sigmund Freud's chart on the day of a birth, 1892Collapse
Jan 27Apr 6Jun 15Jan 27 – Jun 15, 1892 · 140 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron square Ascendantslow
- North Node conjunction Sunfast
- Jupiter opposition Marsfast
Sigmund Freud's child Sophie Freud is born
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Uranus conjunction Ascendant
Uranus conjunct his twelfth-house Ascendant 93 days before Sophie was born, marking a personal power window of quiet anticipation and sudden shifts in his private world ahead of her arrival.
Sigmund Freud's chart on the day of a birth, 1893Collapse
Jan 9Apr 12Jul 14Jan 9 – Jul 14, 1893 · 186 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus conjunction Ascendantslow
- Chiron square Mercuryslow
- Chiron trine Venusslow
- North Node conjunction Venusfast
Sigmund Freud's child Anna Freud is born
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Pluto conjunction Moon
Pluto joined his eighth-house Moon 81 days before Anna's birth, inaugurating a powerhouse transit window that transformed his family lineage and emotional depths.
Sigmund Freud's chart on the day of a birth, 1895Collapse
Jul 8Dec 3Apr 29Jul 8, 1895 – Apr 29, 1896 · 296 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn opposition Sunslow
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Neptune conjunction Moonslow
- Pluto conjunction Moonslow
- Jupiter square Ascendantfast
- 12 YEARS UNRECORDED
First meets Carl Jung in Vienna
Freud and Jung met for the first time at Freud's home in Vienna and talked for thirteen hours virtually without pause, beginning a six-year collaboration that ended in estrangement.Library of Congress, 'The Red Book of Carl G. Jung' exhibition; Smithsonian Magazine, 'When Freud Met Jung'
Saturn dasha · Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Saturn sextile Sun
Five days before the meeting, Saturn sextile fourth-house Sun marked a period for cementing vital intellectual alliances.
Sigmund Freud's chart on that day, 1907Collapse
Nov 2Mar 3Jul 2Nov 2, 1906 – Jul 2, 1907 · 242 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto sextile Midheavenslow
- Chiron square Sunslow
- Neptune trine Ascendantslow
- Uranus sextile Ascendantslow
- Chiron trine Moonslow
- Saturn square Moonslow
- Saturn sextile Sunslow
- Jupiter square Marsfast
- North Node sextile Marsfast
- 16 QUIET YEARS
The Ego and the Id is released
Mercury dasha · Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Saturn trine Moon
Thirteen days after the release, Saturn trine Moon in the eleventh house anchored the work within the intellectual community, turning the new publication into an enduring cornerstone of psychological theory.
Sigmund Freud's chart on a career milestone, 1923Collapse
Dec 26Apr 24Aug 21Dec 26, 1922 – Aug 21, 1923 · 238 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Moonslow
- Pluto trine Ascendantslow
- Uranus sextile Sunslow
- Neptune square Sunslow
- Saturn trine Moonslow
- Neptune sextile Moonslow
- Jupiter opposition Sunfast
- 13 QUIET YEARS
foreign member 1936
Ketu dasha · Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Uranus opposition Ascendant
Uranus opposed the Ascendant from the sixth house 51 days after the award, marking a volatile power window that reshaped daily routines and public interactions following the international honor.
Sigmund Freud's chart on award day, 1936Collapse
Dec 28Jun 25Dec 22Dec 28, 1935 – Dec 22, 1936 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune square Moonslow
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Pluto sextile Mercuryslow
- Uranus opposition Ascendantslow
- North Node square Marsfast
Sigmund Freud dies
Ketu dasha · Personal year 33 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Uranus square Midheaven
Uranus square the Midheaven from the seventh house 25 days before his death marked a sudden disruption to his public life and relationships as his final decline began.
Sigmund Freud's chart on the day of death, 1939Collapse
Aug 24Sep 23Oct 23Aug 24 – Oct 23, 1939 · 60 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
Human Design
4/6 Emotional Manifesting Generator on the Cross of the Sphinx
Defined emotional authority and the Sphinx cross positioned him to direct collective attention toward uncharted internal landscapes.
The Right Angle Cross of The Sphinx
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Centers · 5 defined / 4 open
| Centre | State | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Open | — |
| Ajna | Open | — |
| Throat | Defined | — |
| G identity | Defined | — |
| Heart will | Open | — |
| Sacral | Defined | — |
| Solar plexus | Defined | — |
| Spleen | Defined | — |
| Root | Open | — |
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
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Personality activations · 12
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 2.4 |
| · Earth | 1.4 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 35.4 |
| ☊ North node | 42.4 |
| ☋ South node | 32.4 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 8.4 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 46.6 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 25.2 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 12.6 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 23.2 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 22.4 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 27.3 |
Design activations · 12
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 13.6 |
| · Earth | 7.6 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 37.3 |
| ☊ North node | 3.1 |
| ☋ South node | 50.1 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 55.5 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 58.5 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 57.6 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 12.1 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 2.4 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 63.6 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 27.1 |
Defined channels · 3
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Gene Key 2 Life's Work moving from Dislocation to Orientation
His primary Gene Key reflects his work reorienting modern thought around the hidden topography of the unconscious mind.
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Hologenetic Profile
Activation Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Life's Work | Gene Key 2 Conscious Sun | |
| Evolution | Gene Key 1 Conscious Earth | |
| Radiance | Gene Key 13 Unconscious Sun | |
| Purpose | Gene Key 7 Unconscious Earth |
Venus Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Attraction | Gene Key 37 | |
| IQ | Gene Key 42 | |
| EQ | Gene Key 46 | |
| SQ | Gene Key 58 |
Pearl Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Gene Key 57 | |
| Culture | Gene Key 37 | |
| Pearl | Gene Key 25 |
Rings, codons & partners
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
rohini Moon nakshatra
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Nakshatra placements · 14
● shown in snapshot · scrolls →
| Body | Nakshatra | Pada | Sidereal | Ruler | Deity | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North node | Ashwini | 1 | Aries 2° | Ketu | Ashwini Kumaras | Male Horse |
| Venus | Ashwini | 2 | Aries 4° | Ketu | Ashwini Kumaras | Male Horse |
| Pluto | Ashwini | 4 | Aries 12° | Ketu | Ashwini Kumaras | Male Horse |
| Sun | Bharani | 4 | Aries 24° | Venus | Yama | Male Elephant |
| Uranus | Krittika | 1 | Aries 28° | Sun | Agni | Female Sheep |
| Mercury | Krittika | 3 | Taurus 5° | Sun | Agni | Female Sheep |
| Moon | Rohini | 4 | Taurus 22° | Moon | Brahma | Male Serpent |
| Saturn | Mrigashira | 4 | Gemini 5° | Mars | Soma | Female Serpent |
| Lilith | Uttara phalguni | 3 | Virgo 6° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Mars | Hasta | 1 | Virgo 11° | Moon | Savitar | Female Buffalo |
| Ascendant | Swati | 4 | Libra 18° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| Chiron | Shravana | 2 | Capricorn 13° | Moon | Vishnu | Female Monkey |
| Neptune | Purva bhadrapada | 3 | Aquarius 28° | Jupiter | Aja Ekapada | Male Lion |
| Jupiter | Uttara bhadrapada | 2 | Pisces 7° | Saturn | Ahir Budhnya | Female Cow |
Maha Dasha timeline · 9
| Ruler | Span | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | May 6, 1856 → Sep 25, 1856 | - |
| Mars | Sep 25, 1856 → Sep 25, 1863 | - |
| Rahu | Sep 25, 1863 → Sep 25, 1881 | - |
| Jupiter | Sep 25, 1881 → Sep 25, 1897 | - |
| Saturn | Sep 25, 1897 → Sep 25, 1916 | - |
| Mercury | Sep 25, 1916 → Sep 25, 1933 | - |
| Ketu | Sep 25, 1933 → Sep 25, 1940 | Now |
| Venus | Sep 25, 1940 → Sep 25, 1960 | - |
| Sun | Sep 25, 1960 → Sep 25, 1966 | - |
Antardashas within Ketu
Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.
| Ruler | Span |
|---|---|
| Ketu | Sep 25, 1933 → Feb 21, 1934 |
| Venus | Feb 21, 1934 → Apr 23, 1935 |
| Sun | Apr 23, 1935 → Aug 29, 1935 |
| Moon | Aug 29, 1935 → Mar 29, 1936 |
| Mars | Mar 29, 1936 → Aug 25, 1936 |
| Rahu | Aug 25, 1936 → Sep 12, 1937 |
| Jupiter | Sep 12, 1937 → Aug 19, 1938 |
| Saturn | Aug 19, 1938 → Sep 28, 1939 |
| Mercury | Sep 28, 1939 → Sep 25, 1940 |
Ayanamsa: 21.8511 · Dasha system: Vimshottari
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 197 · White Mirror · Lunar
Etznab · Lunar tone
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Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 4
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
Fire Dragon resilience and formidable authority
The Fire Dragon archetype underscores his assertive intellectual presence and command over a revolutionary new discipline.
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 丙 | 辰 |
| Month | 癸 | 巳 |
| Day | 己 | 酉 |
| Hour | 癸 | 酉 |
Day master
己 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Tarot Birth Cards
The Emperor brings structural authority to psychological theory
Reflects his drive to build lasting institutional frameworks and rigorous diagnostic structures for psychoanalysis.
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The reduction
| Card | Title | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personality & Soul | The Emperor | authority, structure, control, stability | Order imposed through discipline and leadership — the architecture that lets things last. |
Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027
Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild
Arabic Parts
Lots, formulas & sensitive points
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Lots on the wheel
Lots · 8
The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.
The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.
Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.
Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.
Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.
Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.
Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.
Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.
Sabian Symbols
Degree-by-degree archetypal imagery
Sun · Taurus 16°20'
A symbolic battle between swords and torches
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A double promise reveals its inner and outer meanings
"Duality"
Through imagination a lost opportunity is regained
"Recall"
A widow at an open grave
"Release"
A symbolic battle between swords and torches
"Confrontation"
A finger pointing to a line in an open book
"Guidance"
A woman in middle life stands in rapt sudden realization of forgotten charms
"Renewal"
Two Dutch children talking to each other exchanging their knowledge
"Exchange"
A man declared bankrupt
"Reckoning"
A seeker after occult knowledge is reading an ancient scroll in a quiet place
"Study"
Around a campfire a group of young people sit in spiritual communion
"Fellowship"
A drowning man is being rescued
"Salvation"
A masked figure performs ritualistic acts in a mystery play
"Mystery"
A table set for an evening meal
"Hospitality"
A majestic rock formation resembling a face is idealized by a boy who takes it as his ideal of greatness and as he grows up begins to look like it
"Aspiration"
Feng Shui
Kua 8
Favorable: Southwest, Northwest, West, Northeast
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
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Begin your journeyQuestions about Sigmund Freud's birth chart
What is Sigmund Freud's zodiac sign?
Sigmund Freud's Sun sign is Taurus.
What is Sigmund Freud's moon and rising sign?
Sigmund Freud has a Gemini Moon and a Scorpio rising.
When was Sigmund Freud born?
Sigmund Freud was born on May 6, 1856.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of AA: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Verified by a birth certificate or official record: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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