George Eliot’s birth chart
NovelistBorn November 22, 1819, Nuneaton, United KingdomDied December 22, 1880
Intense, private and loyal.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonAquariusor Capricorn
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What her chart says about her
Who she 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. A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
The Sun trine Pluto (wide at 3.8°)
What she needed
Moon in Aquarius or Capricorn, the Cool Head
Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of her own. Quick feelings and a quick temper: she reacted first, and her courage came from the same place as her flashes of anger.
The Moon opposition Mars (close at 1.8°) · For a birth before 7:47 a.m., her Moon was in Capricorn.
How she loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion. Affection came to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism helped each other.
Venus sextile Jupiter (almost exact at 0.7°)
How she thought
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
Thinks big and speaks frankly. Loves ideas, learning and talking about what things mean. She thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mercury conjunction Uranus (wide at 6.4°)
What drove her
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to her heart and wants the effort to be seen. Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
The Sun trine Mars (wide at 4.9°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her mind, her heart, her independence and her imagination (Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life drew her attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one she had to find.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
George Eliot was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 27% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, 30 days before the December solstice.
Saturn return
For George Eliot, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1878, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1848 and 1849. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and George Eliot
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about her chart
What is George Eliot’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. George Eliot was born on November 22, 1819, 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 George Eliot’s Moon sign?
Aquarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 7:47 a.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
What is George Eliot’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 22, 1819. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is George Eliot’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.
How does your chart compare with George Eliot’s?
Set your chart beside George Eliot’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 George Eliot’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886), 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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