Nicolas Camille Flammarion

(26 February 1842—3 June 1925)

An example of one whose natal chart is strongly 'influenced' by a very prominent Moon position:

( chart illustration from astro.com; text quoted from Wikipedia )

"What intelligent being, what being capable of responding emotionally to a beautiful sight, can look at the jagged, silvery lunar crescent trembling in the azure sky, even through the weakest of telescopes, and not be struck by it in an intensely pleasurable way, not feel cut off from everyday life here on earth and transported toward that first stop on the celestial journeys? What thoughtful soul could look at brilliant Jupiter with its four attendant satellites, or splendid Saturn encircled by its mysterious ring, or a double star glowing scarlet and sapphire in the infinity of night, and not be filled with a sense of wonder? Yes, indeed, if humankind — from humble farmers in the fields and toiling workers in the cities to teachers, people of independent means, those who have reached the pinnacle of fame or fortune, even the most frivolous of society women — if they knew what profound inner pleasure await those who gaze at the heavens, then France, nay, the whole of Europe, would be covered with telescopes instead of bayonets, thereby promoting universal happiness and peace." — Camille Flammarion, 1880

Flammarion was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works aboutastronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

In 1907 he wrote that he believed that dwellers on Mars had tried to communicate with the Earth in the past.^[2] He also believed in 1907 that a seven tailed comet was heading toward Earth.^[3] In 1910 for the appearance ofHalley's Comet, he believed the gas from the comet's tail "would impregnate [the Earth's] atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet."^[4]