Ansel Adams’ birth chart
PhotographerBorn February 20, 1902, San Francisco, California, United StatesDied April 22, 1984
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen. Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun trine Neptune (close at 2.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back.
How he loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness. He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Venus sextile Uranus (close at 1.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Mercury trine Neptune (close at 1.6°)
What drove him
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Works from instinct and compassion. Fights for others more easily than for himself. Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun conjunction Mars (wide at 8.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his optimism (Mercury, Venus and Jupiter) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Ansel Adams was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 96% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, twenty-eight days before the March equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Ansel Adams was born, as it was on 67 days of 1902. How often the famous were
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Ansel Adams was born, as it was on 42 days of 1902. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Ansel Adams, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1961, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1931. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
You and Ansel Adams
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, 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
More with the Sun in Pisces
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Ansel Adams’ zodiac sign?
Pisces. Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen.
What is Ansel Adams’ Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back.
What is Ansel Adams’ 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 20, 1902. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Ansel Adams’ Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness.
How does your chart compare with Ansel Adams’?
Set your chart beside Ansel Adams’ 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 Ansel Adams’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: J. Malcolm Greany, 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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