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Ian McEwan’s birth chart

AuthorBorn June 21, 1948, Aldershot, United Kingdom

Quick, curious and good company.

  • SunGeminior Cancer
  • MoonSagittariusor Capricorn
  • VenusCancerThe Nurturer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Gemini or Cancer, the Messenger

    Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.

    The Sun opposition the Moon (almost exact at 0.9°) · For a birth after 1:11 p.m., his Sun was in Cancer.

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn, the Free Spirit

    Needs room to roam and a reason to be hopeful. Shakes off a bad mood with a joke or a long walk. His moods change without warning, and he wants closeness and room to breathe at the same time.

    The Moon opposition Uranus (close at 2.5°) · For a birth after 1:51 p.m., his Moon was in Capricorn.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer

    Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.8°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

    A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 4.1°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson

    Works carefully and precisely. Gets results through skill and attention to detail.

  6. The shape of his chart

    The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touches everything else in it. Most of his planets are in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Ian McEwan was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, the day of the June solstice.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Ian McEwan was born, as it was on 68 days of 1948. How often the famous were

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Ian McEwan was born, as it was on 43 days of 1948. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Ian McEwan, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2006 and 2007, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1977. The third begins in 2035. When is yours?

You and Ian McEwan

Would you be friends? Is there 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.

Ian McEwan’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

Also born on June 21

Questions about his chart

What is Ian McEwan’s zodiac sign?

Gemini or Cancer. The Sun moved from Gemini into Cancer at 1:11 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.

What is Ian McEwan’s Moon sign?

Sagittarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 1:51 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.

What is Ian McEwan’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 21, 1948. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Ian McEwan’s Venus sign?

Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.

How does your chart compare with Ian McEwan’s?

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

Photo: TimDuncan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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