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Norman Mailer’s birth chart

WriterBorn January 31, 1923, Long Branch, New Jersey, United StatesDied November 10, 2007

Original, independent and fair.

  • SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
  • MoonCanceror Leo
  • VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker

    Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone. He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.

    The Sun quincunx Pluto (close at 1.2°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Cancer or Leo, the Nest-Maker

    Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.

    For a birth after 2:57 p.m., his Moon was in Leo.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer

    Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans. Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.

    Venus sextile Saturn (wide at 4.0°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor

    An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.

    Mercury sextile Mars (close at 2.4°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer

    Bold, fast and ready for a challenge. Charges at a goal and loves the thrill of starting. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.

    Mars square Pluto (close at 2.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touched everything else in it. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Norman Mailer was born the day before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 99% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, 40 days after the December solstice.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Norman Mailer was born, as it was on 66 days of 1923. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Norman Mailer, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1981 and 1982, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1952. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Aquarius

You and Norman Mailer

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

Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.

The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Norman Mailer’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Norman Mailer’s zodiac sign?

Aquarius. Norman Mailer was born on January 31, 1923, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone.

What is Norman Mailer’s Moon sign?

Cancer or Leo. The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 2:57 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.

What is Norman Mailer’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 January 31, 1923. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Norman Mailer’s Venus sign?

Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans.

How does your chart compare with Norman Mailer’s?

Set your chart beside Norman Mailer’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 Norman Mailer’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, 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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