Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon’s birth chart

AuthorBorn January 11, 1952, Williams, Arizona, United States

Patient and determined.

  • SunCapricornThe Architect
  • MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
  • VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer

What her chart says about her

  1. Who she is

    Sun in Capricorn, the Architect

    Patient and determined. Plays the long game, earns respect slowly, and grows warmer and more playful with the years. She keeps rebuilding herself to fit what life asks, and control is the hardest thing to give up.

    The Sun quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.5°)

  2. What she needs

    Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker

    Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms. Feelings come second to duty: she holds herself to a high standard, even in private.

    The Moon square Saturn (close at 1.2°)

  3. How she loves

    Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer

    Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion. Affection and independence need constant trading off, and she keeps renegotiating the terms of her relationships.

    Venus quincunx Uranus (almost exact at 0.8°)

  4. How she thinks

    Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher

    Thinks big and speaks frankly. Loves ideas, learning and talking about what things mean. A quick, direct mind: she makes decisions fast and says what she means.

    Mercury sextile Mars (close at 2.1°)

  5. What drives her

    Mars in Libra, the Negotiator

    Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair. Action guided by imagination: she moves on instinct and feeling, and she gives her all to a vision.

    Mars conjunction Neptune (wide at 4.4°)

  6. The shape of her chart

    In her chart, her drive, her discipline and her imagination (Mars, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws her attention first. Most of her planets are in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day she was born

  • The Moon

    Diana Gabaldon was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, twenty days after the December solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Diana Gabaldon, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2010 and 2011, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1981. The third begins in 2040. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Capricorn

You and Diana Gabaldon

Would you be friends? Is there a spark? See where your chart meets hers, 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.

Diana Gabaldon’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Also Capricorn Sun, Cancer MoonAlso born on January 11

Questions about her chart

What is Diana Gabaldon’s zodiac sign?

Capricorn. Diana Gabaldon was born on January 11, 1952, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Patient and determined. Plays the long game, earns respect slowly, and grows warmer and more playful with the years.

What is Diana Gabaldon’s Moon sign?

Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.

What is Diana Gabaldon’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 January 11, 1952. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Diana Gabaldon’s Venus sign?

Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.

How does your chart compare with Diana Gabaldon’s?

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

Photo: Andreas Pavelic, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, 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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