Anaïs Nin’s birth chart
AuthorBorn February 21, 1903, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FranceDied January 14, 1977
Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonSagittariusor Capricorn
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel. People leave a conversation with her feeling understood. Imagination and identity worked together: she could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun trine Neptune (almost exact at 0.7°)
What she needed
Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn, the Free Spirit
Needs room to roam and a reason to be hopeful. Shakes off a bad mood with a joke or a long walk. Restless feelings: she felt most at home where things were new.
The Moon conjunction Uranus (close at 1.1°) · For a birth after 7:56 p.m., her Moon was in Capricorn.
How she loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves selflessly and romantically. Sees the best in people and gives without counting. Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus square Uranus (wide at 3.2°)
How she thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. Serious thoughts: she said less than she knew, and what she said held up.
Mercury conjunction Saturn (close at 2.0°)
What drove her
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Gets things done through people, charm and fairness. Prefers teamwork to a fight, and fights hardest for others. Stamina and willpower: she kept going long after others stopped, and she did her best work under pressure.
Mars trine Pluto (close at 1.5°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her identity, her heart and her optimism (the Sun, Venus and Jupiter) gather in Pisces, and that part of life drew her attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one she had to find.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Anaïs Nin was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 29% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, twenty-eight days before the March equinox.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day Anaïs Nin was born, as it was on 80 days of 1903. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Anaïs Nin, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1962, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1932. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
You and Anaïs Nin
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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
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See allQuestions about her chart
What is Anaïs Nin’s zodiac sign?
Pisces. Anaïs Nin was born on February 21, 1903, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel. People leave a conversation with her feeling understood.
What is Anaïs Nin’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 7:56 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
What is Anaïs Nin’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 21, 1903. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Anaïs Nin’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves selflessly and romantically. Sees the best in people and gives without counting.
How does your chart compare with Anaïs Nin’s?
Set your chart beside Anaïs Nin’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 Anaïs Nin’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Elsa Dorfman, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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