Jakob Hessing is an Israeli Germanist and writer. He was born in 1944 in Lyssowce, Oberschlesien, to East Jewish parents. He grew up in Berlin after his family emigrated there following World War II. He studied history, English and German literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating in 1974 with a Bachelor's degree in English. He worked for the Israeli Foreign Ministry from 1970 to 1978, editing the German-language edition of the magazine "Ariel." He also wrote reviews for the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" from 1991. In 1992, he received his doctorate from the RWTH Aachen University with a dissertation on the reception of Else Lasker-Schüler in postwar Germany. He has been a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 1995, and has been head of the German department since 2004. Hessing has written novels and essays in German, and edited the "Jüdischen Almanach" from 1993 to 1999. He has also translated from Hebrew into German. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Kassel since 2010. He has written numerous books, including "Else Lasker-Schüler" (1985), "Der Fluch des Propheten" (1989), "Der Zensor ist tot" (1990), "Die Heimkehr einer jüdischen Emigrantin" (1993), "Mir soll's geschehen" (2005), "Der Traum und der Tod" (2005), "Verlorene Gleichnisse" (2011), "Sebalds Blick" (2015), and "Der jiddische Witz" (2020).
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Meaning of the name - Jakob
supplanter, he who seizes by the heel
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Jakob Hessing belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Lyssowce, Oberschlesien
Educated At: Hebräische Universität in Jerusalem | Technische Hochschule Aachen
Occupation: translator | writer
Employers: Hebräische Universität in Jerusalem | Israelitisches Außenministerium | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Astrology Analysis
Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.
Ephemeris for March 5, 1944
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on March 5, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for March 5, 2025 |
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| Sun | 15 Pisces 1 | 15 Pisces 22 | 4 Gemini 20 |
| Moon | 28 Cancer 19 | 2 Gemini 39 | 16 Cancer 29 |
| Mercury | 4 Pisces 29 | 3 Aries 12 | 10 Taurus 23 |
| Venus | 15 Aquarius 59 | 10 Aries 34 | 25 Taurus 31 |
| Mars | 19 Gemini 20 | 17 Cancer 34 | 1 Leo 48 |
| Jupiter | 19 Leo 1 | 12 Gemini 40 | 19 Leo 30 |
| Saturn | 20 Gemini 12 | 21 Pisces 11 | 27 Gemini 2 |
| Uranus | 5 Gemini 2 | 23 Taurus 47 | 8 Gemini 39 |
| Neptune | 3 Libra 22 | 29 Pisces 4 | 1 Libra 33 |
| Pluto | 6 Leo 48 | 3 Aquarius 0 | 6 Leo 42 |
| Rahu | 4 Leo 45 | 28 Pisces 7 | 0 Leo 28 |
| Ketu | 4 Aquarius 45 | 28 Virgo 7 | 0 Aquarius 28 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2025
Note: Multiple transits occurring in close proximity often signify a major event in a person's life.Jakob Hessing's 2025 Transits to Natal Planets
- Saturn conjunction Sun
Exact: 11 January, 2025 - Mars aspects Venus
Exact: 20 February, 2025 - Jupiter trine Venus
Exact: 01 April, 2025 - Jupiter conjunction Mars
Exact: 21 April, 2025 - Mars conjunction Rahu
Exact: 01 May, 2025 - Mars opposition Ketu
Exact: 01 May, 2025 - Mars aspects Mercury
Exact: 01 May, 2025 - Jupiter conjunction Saturn
Exact: 01 May, 2025 - Mars opposition Venus
Exact: 21 May, 2025 - Mars aspects Sun
Exact: 21 May, 2025 - Jupiter trine Mercury
Exact: 30 June, 2025 - Jupiter trine Sun
Exact: 19 August, 2025 - Mars square Ketu
Exact: 28 September, 2025 - Rahu conjunction Sun
Exact: 28 October, 2025
