Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s birth chart
NovelistBorn November 11, 1821, Maryina Roshcha District, RussiaDied February 9, 1881
Intense, private and loyal.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonGeminiThe Talker
- VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Intense, private and loyal. Wants the real story, not the polite one, and gives all or nothing. Funnier than people expect, and kinder in private than in public. The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.
The Sun quincunx Saturn (close at 2.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Gemini, the Talker
Light on his feet emotionally. Feels at home in a good conversation and gets restless in silence.
How he loved
Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner
Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting. Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
A wide-ranging mind. Learns by asking, travelling and following a question as far as it goes.
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to his heart and wants the effort to be seen. Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his heart, his independence and his imagination (Venus, Uranus and Neptune) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born two days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 96% lit, in Gemini. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 40 days before the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born, as it was on 67 days of 1821. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1880, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1851. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
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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.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born on November 11, 1821, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Intense, private and loyal. Wants the real story, not the polite one, and gives all or nothing.
What is Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Moon sign?
Gemini, the Talker. Light on his feet emotionally. Feels at home in a good conversation and gets restless in silence.
What is Fyodor Dostoyevsky’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 November 11, 1821. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Venus sign?
Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting.
How does your chart compare with Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s?
Set your chart beside Fyodor Dostoyevsky’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 Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Vasily Perov, 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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