N. K. Jemisin’s birth chart
Science fictionBorn September 19, 1972, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What her chart says about her
Who she is
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. Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.1°)
What she needs
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different. What comforts her and what she loves are different things, so her heart and her moods keep negotiating.
The Moon opposition Venus (almost exact at 0.6°)
How she loves
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.
How she thinks
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
A careful, exact mind. Spots the flaw, fixes the plan and gets the wording just right. Big ideas and loose details: she thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from her.
Mercury square Jupiter (close at 2.8°)
What drives her
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
Mars square Saturn (close at 2.3°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her identity, her mind and her drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws her attention first. No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
N. K. Jemisin was born three days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 85% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, three days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For N. K. Jemisin, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2002, at 29: her first Saturn return. The second begins in 2031. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and N. K. Jemisin
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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
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What is N. K. Jemisin’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. N. K. Jemisin was born on September 19, 1972, 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 N. K. Jemisin’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
What is N. K. Jemisin’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 19, 1972. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is N. K. Jemisin’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.
How does your chart compare with N. K. Jemisin’s?
Set your chart beside N. K. Jemisin’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 N. K. Jemisin’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Laura Hanifin, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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