Sophie Dorothee Gräfin von Podewils (née Freiin von Hirschberg) was a German storyteller and poet born on February 16, 1909, in Bamberg. The daughter of Bavarian Generalleutnant Karl Freiherr von Hirschberg, she was also the sister of film producer Rüdiger Freiherr von Hirschberg. Dorothee studied painting and graphics in Brussels and Paris, and in 1932, she married Clemens Graf von Podewils-Dürniz, with whom she lived at Schloss Schweißing until 1945. She was a poet, narrator, essayist, and translator, and her daughter is author Barbara von Wulffen.
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Meaning of the name - Sophie
wisdom, prudence
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Sophie Dorothee von Podewils belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Bamberg
Place of Death: Starnberg
Educated At: Brussels | Paris
Occupation: translator | writer
Spouses: Clemens Podewils
Children: Barbara von Wulffen
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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 February 16, 1909
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 16, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for February 16, 2026 |
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| Sun | 27 Aquarius 9 | 27 Aquarius 47 | 21 Gemini 46 |
| Moon | 2 Capricorn 38 | 15 Aquarius 15 | 22 Aries 56 |
| Mercury | 16 Aquarius 53 | 15 Pisces 19 | 24 Gemini 4 |
| Venus | 9 Aquarius 16 | 7 Pisces 33 | 4 Cancer 1 |
| Mars | 24 Sagittarius 54 | 18 Aquarius 51 | 11 Pisces 12 |
| Jupiter | 10 Virgo 54 | 15 Cancer 56 | 6 Virgo 57 |
| Saturn | 8 Aries 3 | 0 Aries 11 | 21 Aries 26 |
| Uranus | 19 Capricorn 12 | 27 Taurus 32 | 20 Capricorn 9 |
| Neptune | 14 Cancer 41 | 0 Aries 36 | 15 Cancer 53 |
| Pluto | 23 Gemini 52 | 4 Aquarius 10 | 25 Gemini 15 |
| Rahu | 22 Gemini 38 | 9 Pisces 42 | 16 Gemini 26 |
| Ketu | 22 Sagittarius 38 | 9 Virgo 42 | 16 Sagittarius 26 |
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