Barbara Kingsolver’s birth chart
AuthorBorn April 8, 1955, Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Happiest going first.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonScorpioor Libra
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What her chart says about her
Who she is
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Happiest going first. Starts things with real nerve and loves a challenge that needs someone brave. The wish to shine and the wish to be careful need steady adjusting: she moves forward a step, then checks it.
The Sun quincunx Saturn (close at 1.9°)
What she needs
Moon in Scorpio or Libra, the Vault
Feels hard and shows little. Needs loyalty, privacy and a few people worth trusting completely.
For a birth before 3:38 a.m., her Moon was in Libra.
How she loves
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Gentle, devoted and full of feeling. Wants a love with a little magic in it.
How she thinks
Mercury in Aries, the Spark
A sharp, impatient mind. Cuts straight to the point and likes a good argument.
What drives her
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Steady, strong and very patient. She keeps going long after others stop. Her drive and her imagination speak different languages: she goes after something before she can say what it is.
Mars quincunx Neptune (close at 1.4°)
The shape of her chart
Neptune is the hub of her chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so her imagination touches everything else in it. Most of her planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Barbara Kingsolver was born the day after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 98% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, eighteen days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Barbara Kingsolver, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2013 and 2014, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1984. The third begins in 2043. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
You and Barbara Kingsolver
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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.
Barbara Kingsolver’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Aries
See allQuestions about her chart
What is Barbara Kingsolver’s zodiac sign?
Aries. Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 8, 1955, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Happiest going first. Starts things with real nerve and loves a challenge that needs someone brave.
What is Barbara Kingsolver’s Moon sign?
Scorpio or Libra. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 3:38 a.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
What is Barbara Kingsolver’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 April 8, 1955. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Barbara Kingsolver’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Gentle, devoted and full of feeling. Wants a love with a little magic in it.
How does your chart compare with Barbara Kingsolver’s?
Set your chart beside Barbara Kingsolver’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 Barbara Kingsolver’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, 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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