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Christopher Hitchens’ birth chart

AuthorBorn April 13, 1949, Portsmouth, United KingdomDied December 15, 2011

Direct, brave and impatient with waiting.

  • SunAriesThe Pioneer
  • MoonLibraor Scorpio
  • VenusAriesThe Chaser

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Aries, the Pioneer

    Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At his best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.1°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Libra or Scorpio, the Peacemaker

    Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace. Needs beauty, balance and someone to share things with. His feelings liked freedom: he needed space in close ties and gave it back just as easily.

    The Moon trine Uranus (exact at 0.0°) · For a birth after 4:28 p.m., his Moon was in Scorpio.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.

    The Sun conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.9°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Aries, the Spark

    Thinks fast and speaks plainly. Ideas arrive whole and leave his mouth a second later. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (close at 1.1°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer

    Pure forward motion. Brave, competitive and happiest in the middle of the action. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.

    Mars trine Pluto (wide at 3.2°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind, his heart and his drive (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Christopher Hitchens was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, twenty-three days after the March equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Christopher Hitchens, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2007, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1977 and 1978. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Aries

You and Christopher Hitchens

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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.

Christopher Hitchens’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Christopher Hitchens’ zodiac sign?

Aries. Christopher Hitchens was born on April 13, 1949, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At his best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet.

What is Christopher Hitchens’ Moon sign?

Libra or Scorpio. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 4:28 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.

What is Christopher Hitchens’ 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 13, 1949. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Christopher Hitchens’ Venus sign?

Aries, the Chaser. Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested.

How does your chart compare with Christopher Hitchens’?

Set your chart beside Christopher Hitchens’ 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 Christopher Hitchens’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: ensceptico, 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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