The Moon Firdaria of Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt with her mother, Martha, during the formative years of her Moon firdaria

What can the first nine years of a life reveal about destiny? Hannah Arendt’s Moon firdaria shows a childhood shaped by illness, loss, war, and remarkable intellectual growth. Her Moon’s movement from Saturn toward Jupiter and Mars reads almost like a map of her early life

Leonardo da Vinci’s Moon Firdaria: A Benevolent Birth

infant Jesus in The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne painting by Leonardo da Vinci

Conjunct the greater benefic Jupiter in rulership, in mutual reception with the lesser benefic Venus and free from malefic rays, Leonardo’s Piscean moon promises a benevolent childhood. Placed in the fourth whole sign house in the exalted bound of Venus/Pisces and applying to the Sun in Taurus shapes Leonardo’s childhood experiences, his connection to nature and country life and the nurturing of his scientific mind.