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Emily Dickinson’s birth chart

PoetBorn December 10, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, United StatesDied May 15, 1886

Open, funny and frank.

  • SunSagittariusThe Explorer
  • MoonLibraor Scorpio
  • VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer

What her chart says about her

  1. Who she was

    Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer

    Open, funny and frank. Chases meaning the way other people chase money, with a map half unfolded. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to her core.

    The Sun conjunction Venus (close at 2.5°)

  2. What she needed

    Moon in Libra or Scorpio, the Peacemaker

    Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.

    For a birth after 5:07 p.m., her Moon was in Scorpio.

  3. How she loved

    Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer

    Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with. Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 6.2°)

  4. How she thought

    Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher

    Frank, curious and full of opinions. Thinks in big pictures and loves a debate about what really matters. Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 3.6°)

  5. What drove her

    Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer

    Bold, fast and ready for a challenge. Charges at a goal and loves the thrill of starting. Concentrated force: when she wanted something, she went after it with everything.

    Mars conjunction Pluto (close at 2.3°)

  6. The shape of her chart

    In her chart, her identity, her mind and her heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life drew her attention first. No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.

Your own chart, read the same way

The sky the day she was born

  • The Moon

    Emily Dickinson was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 18% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, eleven days before the December solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Emily Dickinson, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1860, at 29: her first Saturn return. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Sagittarius

You and Emily Dickinson

Would you have been friends? Would there have been 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.

Emily Dickinson’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about her chart

What is Emily Dickinson’s zodiac sign?

Sagittarius. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, with the Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer. Open, funny and frank. Chases meaning the way other people chase money, with a map half unfolded.

What is Emily Dickinson’s Moon sign?

Libra or Scorpio. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 5:07 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.

What is Emily Dickinson’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 December 10, 1830. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Emily Dickinson’s Venus sign?

Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with.

How does your chart compare with Emily Dickinson’s?

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

Photo: Unknown author, 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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