AstroTwinz_en_1718_-_P208_-_Musée_Carnavalet_-_2.jpg)
Voltaire is a philosopher, poet, historian (France).
François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Roman Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and even scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally.
Biography excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Born | 21 November 1694 |
| Profession | philosopher, poet, historian |
| Nationality | France |
| Educated at | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
| Awards | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Capricorn |
| Nakshatra | Shravana (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Gemini |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 27 of them (9%) have the Moon in Capricorn, like Voltaire, and 18 (6%) share the Shravana Nakshatra — the most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets.
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
More celebrity birthdays in November →
Voltaire was born on 21 November 1694. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Voltaire's Moon sign (Rashi) is Capricorn and the Nakshatra is Shravana, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
See your own compatibility: find out whether your chart is a cosmic match for Voltaire, or plan a baby's birth timing to align with Voltaire's Nakshatra.
William J. Scott · William Mckinley · William Russell · Xavier Doherty · Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar · Aaditya Thackeray · Abhinav Sadarangani · Addict
All Shravana Nakshatra celebrities → | Moon in Capricorn → | Names starting with V →
Find your own Nakshatra → | Find your celebrity match → | Plan a birth to match Voltaire → | Browse all celebrity charts →