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Colm Tóibín’s birth chart

NovelistBorn May 30, 1955, Enniscorthy, Ireland

A mind that won’t sit still.

  • SunGeminiThe Messenger
  • MoonLibraor Virgo
  • VenusTaurusThe Keeper

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Gemini, the Messenger

    A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Libra or Virgo, the Peacemaker

    Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace. Needs beauty, balance and someone to share things with. His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.

    The Moon square Mercury (close at 2.4°) · For a birth before 11:08 a.m., his Moon was in Virgo.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Taurus, the Keeper

    Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year. Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.

    Venus opposition Saturn (wide at 3.2°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit

    A restless, clever mind. Loves words, news and the fun of a good exchange. He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.

    Mercury trine Neptune (close at 2.2°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Cancer, the Defender

    Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacts first, and his courage comes from the same place as his flashes of anger.

    The Moon square Mars (close at 2.4°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his drive, his optimism and his independence (Mars, Jupiter and Uranus) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in air and water signs: ideas and people, and feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Colm Tóibín was born six days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 69% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, twenty-two days before the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Colm Tóibín, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2013, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1984. The third begins in 2043. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Gemini

You and Colm Tóibín

Would you be friends? Is there 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.

Colm Tóibín’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Colm Tóibín’s zodiac sign?

Gemini. Colm Tóibín was born on May 30, 1955, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.

What is Colm Tóibín’s Moon sign?

Libra or Virgo. The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 11:08 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.

What is Colm Tóibín’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 May 30, 1955. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Colm Tóibín’s Venus sign?

Taurus, the Keeper. Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year.

How does your chart compare with Colm Tóibín’s?

Set your chart beside Colm Tóibín’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 Colm Tóibín’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, 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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