Jorge Luis Borges’ birth chart
WriterBorn August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDied June 14, 1986
Modest about a great deal of skill.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard. He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun square Uranus (close at 2.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return. A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Venus sextile Neptune (close at 1.6°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Venus (close at 2.9°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Works best alongside others. Prefers diplomacy to battle, and fights for justice when it counts. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars trine Pluto (wide at 4.8°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touched everything else in it. In his chart, fire signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Jorge Luis Borges was born three days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 83% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, twenty-nine days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Jorge Luis Borges was born, as it was on 67 days of 1899. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Jorge Luis Borges, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1957, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1928. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Jorge Luis Borges
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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.
Jorge Luis Borges’ chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Jorge Luis Borges’ zodiac sign?
Virgo. Jorge Luis Borges was born on August 24, 1899, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What is Jorge Luis Borges’ Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
What is Jorge Luis Borges’ 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 24, 1899. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Jorge Luis Borges’ Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return.
How does your chart compare with Jorge Luis Borges’?
Set your chart beside Jorge Luis Borges’ 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 Jorge Luis Borges’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Grete Stern, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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