Michael Ondaatje’s birth chart
NovelistBorn September 12, 1943, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Notices what is out of place and knows how to make it better.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Notices what is out of place and knows how to make it better. Shows love by being useful, and has a dry, quick humour that surprises people. Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
The Sun square Saturn (wide at 7.4°)
What he needs
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own.
How he loves
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. Love comes in sudden starts and stops: he falls for people quickly and needs room just as quickly.
Venus square Uranus (exact at 0.0°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Mercury trine Mars (almost exact at 0.5°)
What drives him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Restless, quick and clever. Does several things at once and wins with words. Electric: he acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
Mars conjunction Uranus (close at 1.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws his attention first. No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Michael Ondaatje was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 95% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, eleven days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Michael Ondaatje was born, as it was on 68 days of 1943. How often the famous were
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Michael Ondaatje was born, as it was on 42 days of 1943. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Michael Ondaatje, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2002 and 2003, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1973. The third begins in 2032. When is yours?
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Signs that click with Virgo
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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.
Michael Ondaatje’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Michael Ondaatje’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Michael Ondaatje was born on September 12, 1943, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Notices what is out of place and knows how to make it better.
What is Michael Ondaatje’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own.
What is Michael Ondaatje’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 September 12, 1943. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Michael Ondaatje’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches.
How does your chart compare with Michael Ondaatje’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Michael Ondaatje’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, 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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