Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s birth chart
PoetBorn February 27, 1807, Portland, Maine, United StatesDied March 24, 1882
Soft-hearted and full of imagination.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Soft-hearted and full of imagination. Picks up on feelings nobody has said out loud. 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 1.4°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.
How he loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How he thought
Mercury in Pisces, the Poet
Thinks in pictures and feelings. Understands people without needing many words. A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury trine Saturn (almost exact at 0.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Works carefully and precisely. Gets results through skill and attention to detail. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars opposition Pluto (wide at 3.3°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his heart and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Pluto) gather in Pisces, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 66% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-one days before the March equinox.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born, as it was on 81 days of 1807. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1866, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1836. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
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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 Wadsworth Longfellow’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s zodiac sign?
Pisces. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Soft-hearted and full of imagination. Picks up on feelings nobody has said out loud.
What is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.
What is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’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 February 27, 1807. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How does your chart compare with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Hanstaingl, 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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