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Joyce Carol Oates’ birth chart

AuthorBorn June 16, 1938, Lockport, New York, United States

A mind that won’t sit still.

  • SunGeminiThe Messenger
  • MoonAquariusor Capricorn
  • VenusCancerThe Nurturer

What her chart says about her

  1. Who she is

    Sun in Gemini, the Messenger

    A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled. The self she knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and she works to keep hold of the real one.

    The Sun square Neptune (wide at 6.4°)

  2. What she needs

    Moon in Aquarius or Capricorn, the Cool Head

    Needs freedom, friendship and room to think. Handles feelings by stepping back and making sense of them.

    For a birth before 2:08 a.m., her Moon was in Capricorn.

  3. How she loves

    Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer

    Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging. A deep, private heart: she draws people in and keeps some feelings locked away.

    Venus conjunction Pluto (close at 1.1°)

  4. How she thinks

    Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit

    Quick, witty and endlessly curious. Picks up a subject fast and can talk about ten things at once. A patient, exact mind: she chooses every word, and her thinking gets sharper with practice.

    Mercury sextile Saturn (almost exact at 0.8°)

  5. What drives her

    Mars in Cancer, the Defender

    Fights hardest for the people closest to her. Works best for a cause that feels personal. Big drive and big confidence: she goes after large goals, and her enthusiasm carries others along.

    Mars trine Jupiter (wide at 4.1°)

  6. The shape of her chart

    In her chart, her heart, her drive and her intensity (Venus, Mars and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws her attention first. In her chart, water signs hold the most planets: feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day she was born

  • The Moon

    Joyce Carol Oates was born four days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 88% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Thursday, five days before the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Joyce Carol Oates, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1997 and 1998, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1968. The third begins in 2027. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Gemini

You and Joyce Carol Oates

Would you be friends? Is there a spark? See where your chart meets hers, 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.

Joyce Carol Oates’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about her chart

What is Joyce Carol Oates’ zodiac sign?

Gemini. Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16, 1938, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.

What is Joyce Carol Oates’ Moon sign?

Aquarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 2:08 a.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.

What is Joyce Carol Oates’ 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 16, 1938. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Joyce Carol Oates’ Venus sign?

Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging.

How does your chart compare with Joyce Carol Oates’?

Set your chart beside Joyce Carol Oates’ 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 Joyce Carol Oates’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Per A.J. Andersson, 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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