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George Orwell’s birth chart

WriterBorn June 25, 1903, Motihari, IndiaDied January 21, 1950

Tender under a careful shell.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonCanceror Gemini
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. Born near a new Moon, so what he wanted and what he needed moved as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.

    The Sun conjunction the Moon (almost exact at 0.3°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Cancer or Gemini, the Nest-Maker

    Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms. Feelings without edges: other people’s sorrow and joy reached him as if they were his own.

    The Moon conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.6°) · For a birth before 7:34 a.m., his Moon was in Gemini.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.

    Venus sextile Pluto (close at 2.2°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit

    Quick, witty and endlessly curious. Picks up a subject fast and can talk about ten things at once. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.

    Mercury trine Mars (close at 2.6°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Libra, the Negotiator

    Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair. His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.

    Mars trine Saturn (almost exact at 0.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    Mars is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his drive touched everything else in it. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    George Orwell was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Thursday, two days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For George Orwell, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1933, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and George Orwell

Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, 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.

George Orwell’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is George Orwell’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. George Orwell was born on June 25, 1903, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.

What is George Orwell’s Moon sign?

Cancer or Gemini. The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 7:34 a.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.

What is George Orwell’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 June 25, 1903. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is George Orwell’s Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.

How does your chart compare with George Orwell’s?

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

Photo: Cassowary Colorizations, 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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