Florence Nightingale’s birth chart
Social reformerBorn May 12, 1820, Florence, ItalyDied August 13, 1910
Steady as bedrock.
- SunTaurusThe Gardener
- MoonTaurusThe Hearth
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Taurus, the Gardener
Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after. Born near a new Moon, so what she wanted and what she needed moved as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
The Sun conjunction the Moon (close at 1.1°)
What she needed
Moon in Taurus, the Hearth
Calm, warm and steady. Feels safest with good food, soft things and a familiar routine, and makes everyone around her feel the same.
How she loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging. Love felt like something to be earned, and she held back until she was sure of it.
Venus square Saturn (close at 2.7°)
How she thought
Mercury in Aries, the Spark
Quick to answer and quick to decide. Says what is on her mind, and gets to the idea first. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Mercury trine Uranus (close at 2.5°)
What drove her
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Confident, dramatic and courageous. Puts heart into every effort and likes to lead from the front. Her drive and her discipline worked together easily: she could push hard and keep going.
Mars trine Saturn (close at 1.2°)
The shape of her chart
Neptune is the hub of her chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so her imagination touched everything else in it. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Florence Nightingale was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 40 days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Florence Nightingale, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1908 and 1909, at 88: her third Saturn return, after the second in 1879 and 1880. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Taurus
You and Florence Nightingale
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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.
Florence Nightingale’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Florence Nightingale’s zodiac sign?
Taurus. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after.
What is Florence Nightingale’s Moon sign?
Taurus, the Hearth. Calm, warm and steady. Feels safest with good food, soft things and a familiar routine, and makes everyone around her feel the same.
What is Florence Nightingale’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 May 12, 1820. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Florence Nightingale’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging.
How does your chart compare with Florence Nightingale’s?
Set your chart beside Florence Nightingale’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 Florence Nightingale’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Henry Hering (1814-1893), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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