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Edith Wharton’s birth chart

WriterBorn January 24, 1862, New York City, New York, United StatesDied August 11, 1937

Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic.

  • SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
  • MoonScorpioor Sagittarius
  • VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart

What her chart says about her

  1. Who she was

    Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker

    Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic. Asks why things are done this way and imagines a better one. Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.

    The Sun square Pluto (wide at 4.0°)

  2. What she needed

    Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius, the Vault

    Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.

    For a birth after 11:14 p.m., her Moon was in Sagittarius.

  3. How she loved

    Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart

    Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond. Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.

    Venus square Uranus (almost exact at 0.2°)

  4. How she thought

    Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor

    An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.

    Mercury trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.5°)

  5. What drove her

    Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion

    Goes after big goals with enthusiasm and a strong sense of right. Restless and quick to rebel: she pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.

    Mars opposition Uranus (almost exact at 0.2°)

  6. The shape of her chart

    The Sun is the hub of her chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so her identity touched everything else in it.

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The sky the day she was born

  • The Moon

    Edith Wharton was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 34% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, 33 days after the December solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Edith Wharton, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1920 and 1921, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1891. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Aquarius

You and Edith Wharton

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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.

Edith Wharton’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about her chart

What is Edith Wharton’s zodiac sign?

Aquarius. Edith Wharton was born on January 24, 1862, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic. Asks why things are done this way and imagines a better one.

What is Edith Wharton’s Moon sign?

Scorpio or Sagittarius. The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 11:14 p.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.

What is Edith Wharton’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 24, 1862. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Edith Wharton’s Venus sign?

Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.

How does your chart compare with Edith Wharton’s?

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

Photo: E. F. Cooper, Newport, Rhode Island, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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