Elizabeth Gilbert’s birth chart
WriterBorn July 18, 1969, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What her chart says about her
Who she is
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong. Imagination and identity work together: she can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun trine Neptune (almost exact at 0.2°)
What she needs
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well. What comforts her and what she loves are different things, so her heart and her moods keep negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (close at 1.9°)
How she loves
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.
How she thinks
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. A probing mind: she gets to the bottom of things, and her words have power when she chooses to use them.
Mercury sextile Pluto (close at 1.8°)
What drives her
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Energetic and bold, driven by belief. Aims high and sets off with enthusiasm. Quick and inventive in action: she moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Mars sextile Uranus (close at 1.8°)
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Elizabeth Gilbert was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 15% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-seven days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Elizabeth Gilbert, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1999, at 29: her first Saturn return. The second begins in 2028. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Elizabeth Gilbert
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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.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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Questions about her chart
What is Elizabeth Gilbert’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Elizabeth Gilbert was born on July 18, 1969, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong.
What is Elizabeth Gilbert’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.
What is Elizabeth Gilbert’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 July 18, 1969. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Elizabeth Gilbert’s Venus sign?
Gemini, the Charmer. Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.
How does your chart compare with Elizabeth Gilbert’s?
Set your chart beside Elizabeth Gilbert’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 Elizabeth Gilbert’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Erik Charlton from Menlo Park, USA, 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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