Amy Tan’s birth chart
NovelistBorn February 19, 1952, Oakland, California, United States
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive.
- SunPiscesor Aquarius
- MoonSagittariusThe Free Spirit
- VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner
What her chart says about her
Who she is
Sun in Pisces or Aquarius, the Dreamer
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen. Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 1.9°) · For a birth before 8:57 a.m., her Sun was in Aquarius.
What she needs
Moon in Sagittarius, the Free Spirit
Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it. Good-hearted and generous: she feels looked after by life, and she passes that on.
The Moon trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.1°)
How she loves
Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner
Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting.
How she thinks
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Clever, unusual and ahead of the moment. Loves ideas for their own sake and thinks about everyone, not only the few.
What drives her
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Quietly powerful. Works in private, holds nothing back, and does not give up. Drive and hope keep going in slightly different directions, and she aims again and again.
Mars quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.7°)
The shape of her chart
Jupiter is the hub of her chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so her optimism touches everything else in it.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Amy Tan was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 38% lit, in Sagittarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, twenty-nine days before the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Amy Tan, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2010 and 2011, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1981. The third begins in 2040. When is yours?
You and Amy Tan
Would you be friends? Is there a spark? See where your chart meets hers, and the signs you share.
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Questions about her chart
What is Amy Tan’s zodiac sign?
Pisces or Aquarius. The Sun moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 8:57 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
What is Amy Tan’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius, the Free Spirit. Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.
What is Amy Tan’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on February 19, 1952. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Amy Tan’s Venus sign?
Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting.
How does your chart compare with Amy Tan’s?
Set your chart beside Amy Tan’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Amy Tan’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Robert Foothorap, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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