Jean de La Fontaine: astrology, horoscope, natal chart

Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo. A set of postage stamps celebrating La Fontaine and the Fables was issued by France in 1995. A film of his life has been released in France in April 2007 (Jean de La Fontaine - le défi starring Laurent Deutsch). Early years La Fontaine was born at Château-Thierry in Champagne. His father was Charles de La Fontaine, maître des eaux et forets - a kind of deputy-ranger - of the duchy of Chateau-Thierry; his mother was Françoise Pidoux. Both sides his family were of the highest provincial middle class, but were not...