Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birth chart
AuthorBorn July 4, 1804, Salem, Massachusetts, United StatesDied May 19, 1864
Tender under a careful shell.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonGeminior Taurus
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun square Uranus (almost exact at 0.2°)
What he needed
Moon in Gemini or Taurus, the Talker
Sorts out feelings by putting them into words. Needs company, news and a change of scene.
For a birth before 12:26 a.m., his Moon was in Taurus.
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury sextile Venus (close at 3.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
Fast, curious and funny. Thinks out loud and collects ideas from everywhere. Meaning came to him before the words did, and clear speech followed the feeling.
Mercury quincunx Neptune (close at 2.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Slow and sure. He did not rush, and he was hard to push off course. Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
Mars quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.2°)
The shape of his chart
Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born three days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 9% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, thirteen days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Nathaniel Hawthorne, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1862, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1832 and 1833. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Nathaniel Hawthorne
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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.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Moon sign?
Gemini or Taurus. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 12:26 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne’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 July 4, 1804. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.
How does your chart compare with Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, 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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