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Henry David Thoreau’s birth chart

EssayistBorn July 12, 1817, Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse, Massachusetts, United StatesDied May 6, 1862

Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonGeminior Cancer
  • VenusGeminiThe Charmer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.

    The Sun quincunx Neptune (close at 2.3°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Gemini or Cancer, the Talker

    Feels better after talking it through. Needs conversation, variety and something interesting to think about. He thought with his feelings: memory, mood and wit came together, and his words gave away what he felt.

    The Moon conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.9°) · For a birth after 12:54 p.m., his Moon was in Cancer.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Gemini, the Charmer

    Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match. Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.

    Venus square Saturn (almost exact at 0.3°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Cancer or Gemini, the Remembering Mind

    Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines. The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and he kept checking one against the other.

    Mercury quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°) · For a birth before 4:35 a.m., his Mercury was in Gemini.

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Taurus, the Stayer

    Slow to start and impossible to stop. He worked steadily, built things to last and did not give up under pressure. His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.

    Mars sextile Saturn (almost exact at 0.3°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his optimism, his independence and his imagination (Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, water signs hold the most planets: feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Henry David Thoreau was born two days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 3% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, twenty days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Henry David Thoreau, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1847, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Cancer

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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.

Henry David Thoreau’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Henry David Thoreau’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.

What is Henry David Thoreau’s Moon sign?

Gemini or Cancer. The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 12:54 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.

What is Henry David Thoreau’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 July 12, 1817. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Henry David Thoreau’s Venus sign?

Gemini, the Charmer. Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match.

How does your chart compare with Henry David Thoreau’s?

Set your chart beside Henry David Thoreau’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 Henry David Thoreau’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: B. D. Maxham, 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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