John Dewey’s birth chart
PhilosopherBorn October 20, 1859, Burlington, Vermont, United StatesDied June 1, 1952
Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal. Works best with a partner and hates a needless fight. He kept redrawing the line between the life he had and the life he imagined.
The Sun quincunx Neptune (close at 1.9°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return.
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. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden. His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury opposition Pluto (wide at 4.5°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars opposition Neptune (close at 1.2°)
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 touched everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Dewey was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 34% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, twenty-seven days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For John Dewey, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1948, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1918 and 1919. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and John Dewey
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is John Dewey’s zodiac sign?
Libra. John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal. Works best with a partner and hates a needless fight.
What is John Dewey’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return.
What is John Dewey’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 20, 1859. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Dewey’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 John Dewey’s?
Set your chart beside John Dewey’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 John Dewey’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Unknown, 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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