H. P. Lovecraft’s birth chart
WriterBorn August 20, 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, United StatesDied March 15, 1937
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Uranus (wide at 3.9°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace. Needs beauty, balance and someone to share things with. Restless feelings: he felt most at home where things were new.
The Moon conjunction Uranus (exact at 0.0°)
How he loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals. Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Precise, practical and clever. Notices the detail everyone else missed.
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Adventurous and principled. Throws himself behind big causes and what is right. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars opposition Pluto (close at 2.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his feelings, his heart and his independence (the Moon, Venus and Uranus) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
H. P. Lovecraft was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 22% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, 33 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For H. P. Lovecraft, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1919 and 1920, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and H. P. Lovecraft
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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.
H. P. Lovecraft’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is H. P. Lovecraft’s zodiac sign?
Leo. H. P. Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is H. P. Lovecraft’s Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace.
What is H. P. Lovecraft’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 August 20, 1890. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is H. P. Lovecraft’s Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals.
How does your chart compare with H. P. Lovecraft’s?
Set your chart beside H. P. Lovecraft’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 H. P. Lovecraft’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Lucius B. Truesdell, 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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