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David Foster Wallace’s birth chart

Fiction writerBorn February 21, 1962, Ithaca, New York, United StatesDied September 12, 2008

Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive.

  • SunPiscesThe Dreamer
  • MoonVirgoor Libra
  • VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer

    Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen. He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.

    The Sun opposition Uranus (wide at 4.3°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Virgo or Libra, the Mender

    Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.

    For a birth after 8:22 p.m., his Moon was in Libra.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart

    Gentle, devoted and full of feeling. Wants a love with a little magic in it. Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.

    Venus opposition Pluto (almost exact at 0.3°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor

    Clever, unusual and ahead of the moment. Loves ideas for their own sake and thinks about everyone, not only the few. What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.

    Mercury quincunx Pluto (close at 1.0°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Aquarius, the Rebel

    Driven by ideas and causes. Breaks with convention and pushes for something new. Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.

    Mars square Neptune (close at 1.9°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his mind, his drive, his optimism and his discipline (Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    David Foster Wallace was born two days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 96% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, twenty-seven days before the March equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For David Foster Wallace, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1991, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Pisces

You and David Foster Wallace

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.

David Foster Wallace’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is David Foster Wallace’s zodiac sign?

Pisces. David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen.

What is David Foster Wallace’s Moon sign?

Virgo or Libra. The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 8:22 p.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.

What is David Foster Wallace’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, 1962. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is David Foster Wallace’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 David Foster Wallace’s?

Set your chart beside David Foster Wallace’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 David Foster Wallace’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Steve Rhodes, 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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