Kazuo Ishiguro
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s birth chart

NovelistBorn November 8, 1954, Nagasaki, Japan

Private and powerful.

  • SunScorpioThe Detective
  • MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
  • VenusScorpioThe Devotee

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Scorpio, the Detective

    Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. Serious from early on: purpose and duty are one thing to him, and he treats his own life as work to be done well.

    The Sun conjunction Saturn (close at 2.7°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame

    Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee

    Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface. Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.

    Venus square Pluto (almost exact at 0.2°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Libra, the Mediator

    Weighs every side before speaking. Diplomatic, graceful and good at finding the words that keep the peace. Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.

    Mercury square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Aquarius, the Rebel

    Independent and inventive in action. Fights for the group, the future and a fairer way. Drive with the brakes on: he wants to move, something holds him back, and the friction makes him tough.

    Mars square Saturn (almost exact at 0.7°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his heart and his discipline (the Sun, Venus and Saturn) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one he has to find.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Kazuo Ishiguro was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 91% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, 44 days before the December solstice.

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Kazuo Ishiguro was born, as it was on 41 days of 1954. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Kazuo Ishiguro, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2013, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1983 and 1984. The third begins in 2042. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Scorpio

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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.

Kazuo Ishiguro’s chart in full

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Questions about his chart

What is Kazuo Ishiguro’s zodiac sign?

Scorpio. Kazuo Ishiguro was born on November 8, 1954, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.

What is Kazuo Ishiguro’s Moon sign?

Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.

What is Kazuo Ishiguro’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 November 8, 1954. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Kazuo Ishiguro’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 Kazuo Ishiguro’s?

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

Photo: Martin Kraft, 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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