Jacques Derrida
Born on 15 July 1930 in El Biar. Without a public birth time, no rising sign: here is what the date and place can calculate.
You and Jacques Derrida
What you are trying to become
Before you know what you think, you know who is there. You protect before you explain, and you remember everything: what you were told, and what no one remembered to tell you.
Cancer begins at the June solstice, the day the Sun stops and turns back. The Moon rules this sign.
What you are trying to become runs through the people you keep close. It remains to count yourself among them.
Why?
What you are trying to become, and what you need to be recognised for. In Cancer, it goes through who is present first. You protect before you explain, and you remember everything.
What settles you
You settle apart: water, music, the dark. The mood of the room becomes yours without your choosing it.
Pisces closes the zodiac. Two fish swim in opposite directions, tied by a cord. The star that makes the knot is called Alrescha: “the cord”, in Arabic.
You need time to hand back to others what is not yours.
Why?
What settles you and what puts you on alert, before any conscious decision. In Pisces, it happens by absorption. You take on the mood of a room without choosing to, and sometimes mistake it for your own.
What draws you
You love through details. You remember how the other person takes their coffee, you fix what creaks, and you rarely say what it means.
Mercury rules this sign and is exalted in it, a case unique in the zodiac. The brightest star is Spica, the ear of wheat.
Venus is in its fall in this sign: your affection reads in what you do, and not everyone can read it.
Why?
What draws you in and what you offer — in love as in taste. In Virgo, it gets settled in the details. You spot what is off before looking for it, and you say so. Opposite its exaltation: weakened ground. Not a sentence — a place where you learn what others take for granted.
What gets you moving
You fight with words. You answer back on the spot, you open ten projects, and you change angle as soon as something jams.
Gemini is Castor and Pollux: one mortal, the other not, inseparable all the same. Mercury, the fastest planet around the Sun, rules this sign.
Your comebacks sometimes hit harder than you meant.
Why?
What you go after, and how you fight when you meet resistance. In Gemini, it runs through words and several threads at once. You get bored before other people do, and it shows.
How you think
You think with your memory. A smell, a sentence from ten years ago, and it all comes back. You listen to the tone as much as the words.
You retain what you were told, and above all how you were told it.
Why?
How you think and speak — the pace, the level of detail, what you keep to yourself. In Cancer, it goes through who is present first. You protect before you explain, and you remember everything.
See their full sky
| Planet | Sign that day |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | ♋︎ CancerThe centre of gravity · under shelter, in a close circle |
| ☽︎ Moon | ♓︎ PiscesThe inner barometer · with no clean borders |
| ☿︎ Mercury | ♋︎ CancerThe translator · under shelter, in a close circle |
| ♀︎ Venus | ♍︎ VirgoThe magnet · down to the last detail |
| ♂︎ Mars | ♊︎ GeminiThe engine · playing two boards at once |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | ♋︎ CancerThe amplifier · under shelter, in a close circle |
| ♄︎ Saturn ℞ retrograde | ♑︎ CapricornThe master builder · slowly, built to last |
| ♅︎ Uranus | ♈︎ AriesThe circuit breaker · charging first |
| ♆︎ Neptune | ♍︎ VirgoThe tide · down to the last detail |
| ♇︎ Pluto | ♋︎ CancerThe demolisher who rebuilds · under shelter, in a close circle |
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Birth date and place: Wikidata (Q130631, CC0 licence), retrieved on 24 October 2026. The place locates the day of birth; a three-hour margin covers the time zone. Wikipedia page · An error, a removal request? Write to us