Mary Shelley’s birth chart
WriterBorn August 30, 1797, Somers Town, United KingdomDied February 1, 1851
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonSagittariusThe Free Spirit
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up her sleeves to fix it. Imagination and identity worked together: she could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.9°)
What she needed
Moon in Sagittarius, the Free Spirit
Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.
How she loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Happiest as half of a well-matched pair. Brings charm, fairness and courtesy to love. Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 4.7°)
How she thought
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Clever, methodical and useful. Turns a muddle into a list and the list into results. What she knew and what she said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with her.
Mercury quincunx Pluto (close at 1.1°)
What drove her
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. A fierce will: she met opposition head on, and a fight brought out her full strength.
Mars opposition Pluto (close at 1.6°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her identity, her mind, her drive and her independence (the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Uranus) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew her attention first. In her chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Mary Shelley was born seven days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 63% lit, in Sagittarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, twenty-three days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Mary Shelley, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1827, at 29: her first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Mary Shelley
Would you have been friends? Would there have been 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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
More with the Sun in Virgo
See allQuestions about her chart
What is Mary Shelley’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up her sleeves to fix it.
What is Mary Shelley’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius, the Free Spirit. Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.
What is Mary Shelley’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 August 30, 1797. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Mary Shelley’s Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Happiest as half of a well-matched pair. Brings charm, fairness and courtesy to love.
How does your chart compare with Mary Shelley’s?
Set your chart beside Mary Shelley’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 Mary Shelley’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Richard Rothwell, 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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