Mark Twain’s birth chart
AuthorBorn November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, United StatesDied April 21, 1910
Curious, honest and always after the next horizon: a trip, a big idea, a better answer.
- SunSagittariusThe Explorer
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer
Curious, honest and always after the next horizon: a trip, a big idea, a better answer. A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
The Sun trine Pluto (wide at 5.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move. He put people at ease without trying: kindness and charm came from the same place.
The Moon trine Venus (close at 2.9°)
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with.
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury trine Jupiter (wide at 4.5°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Energetic and bold, driven by belief. Aims high and sets off with enthusiasm. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.2°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his heart and his drive (the Sun, Venus and Mars) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Mark Twain was born four days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 83% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, twenty-one days before the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Mark Twain, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1894 and 1895, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1865. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Sagittarius
You and Mark Twain
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
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
More with the Sun in Sagittarius
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Mark Twain’s zodiac sign?
Sagittarius. Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, with the Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer. Curious, honest and always after the next horizon: a trip, a big idea, a better answer.
What is Mark Twain’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 Mark Twain’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 30, 1835. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Mark Twain’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with.
How does your chart compare with Mark Twain’s?
Set your chart beside Mark Twain’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 Mark Twain’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: A.F. Bradley, New York, 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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