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Gore Vidal’s birth chart

WriterBorn October 3, 1925, West Point, New York, United StatesDied July 31, 2012

Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness.

  • SunLibraThe Diplomat
  • MoonAriesor Taurus
  • VenusScorpioThe Devotee

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Libra, the Diplomat

    Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 2.8°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Aries or Taurus, the Quick Flame

    Feels in bursts, honestly and all at once. Hates sitting still with a mood, and needs a way to act on it.

    For a birth after 1:20 p.m., his Moon was in Taurus.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee

    Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface. He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.

    Venus trine Uranus (close at 2.0°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Libra, the Mediator

    Thinks in terms of fairness and sees both sides. Speaks with tact and grace. He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.

    Mercury conjunction Mars (wide at 3.9°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Libra, the Negotiator

    Works best alongside others. Prefers diplomacy to battle, and fights for justice when it counts. Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.

    The Sun conjunction Mars (wide at 6.8°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in water signs: feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Gore Vidal was born the day after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, ten days after the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Gore Vidal, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1983 and 1984, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1954. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Libra

You and Gore Vidal

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.

Gore Vidal’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Gore Vidal’s zodiac sign?

Libra. Gore Vidal was born on October 3, 1925, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other.

What is Gore Vidal’s Moon sign?

Aries or Taurus. The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 1:20 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.

What is Gore Vidal’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 October 3, 1925. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Gore Vidal’s Venus sign?

Scorpio, the Devotee. Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface.

How does your chart compare with Gore Vidal’s?

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

Photo: Sporcomutanda, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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