E. M. Forster’s birth chart
NovelistBorn January 1, 1879, London, United KingdomDied June 7, 1970
Responsible from an early age.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done. Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun trine Neptune (wide at 3.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (wide at 3.5°)
How he loved
Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner
Careful with the heart and true once it is given. Shows love by being reliable year after year. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Venus (wide at 6.4°)
How he thought
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
Frank, curious and full of opinions. Thinks in big pictures and loves a debate about what really matters. He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Mercury square Saturn (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Goes after big goals with enthusiasm and a strong sense of right. His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Mars quincunx Neptune (close at 1.5°)
The shape of his chart
Neptune is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his imagination touched everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
E. M. Forster was born seven days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 59% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, ten days after the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day E. M. Forster was born, as it was on 72 days of 1879. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For E. M. Forster, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1966 and 1967, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1937. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and E. M. Forster
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is E. M. Forster’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. E. M. Forster was born on January 1, 1879, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done.
What is E. M. Forster’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.
What is E. M. Forster’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 1, 1879. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is E. M. Forster’s Venus sign?
Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Careful with the heart and true once it is given. Shows love by being reliable year after year.
How does your chart compare with E. M. Forster’s?
Set your chart beside E. M. Forster’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 E. M. Forster’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, 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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