This paper aims to clarify the date of birth of the Spanish Golden Age poet, Bernardo de Balbuena, based on the interpretation of a passage from his epic poem El Bernardo in which a remarkable element of his natal astral chart is presented: his birth under the great conjunction of 1563. After compiling all the available documentary information from the period, it presents a panorama on the evolution of the doctrine of the great conjunctions and evaluates the poet’s strategy of self-dignification through signaling of his birth under this astrological phenomenon and his double relationship, both astral and onomastic, with his poetic hero.
Keywords:
Bernardo de Balbuena, birth date, astrology, great conjunction, self-representation, self-reflexivity
Zulaica López, M., & Montaner, A. (2021). Bernardo de Balbuena, who was born auspiciously. Revista Chilena De Literatura, (104), pp. 841–888. Retrieved from https://revistaidiem.uchile.cl/index.php/RCL/article/view/65823
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