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Orson Scott Card’s birth chart

Science fiction novelistBorn August 24, 1951, Richland, Washington, United States

Notices what is out of place and knows how to make it better.

  • SunVirgoThe Fixer
  • MoonGeminior Taurus
  • VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. 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.

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Gemini or Taurus, the Talker

    Feels better after talking it through. Needs conversation, variety and something interesting to think about. His feelings turn straight into action: when something matters, he does something about it.

    The Moon sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.7°) · For a birth before 2:28 a.m., his Moon was in Taurus.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic

    Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.

    Venus quincunx Jupiter (close at 2.3°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst

    Precise, practical and clever. Notices the detail everyone else missed. A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.

    Mercury sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Leo, the Leader

    Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.

    Mars sextile Saturn (close at 2.9°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws his attention first.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Orson Scott Card was born eight days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 47% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, 30 days before the September equinox.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Orson Scott Card was born, as it was on 78 days of 1951. How often the famous were

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Orson Scott Card was born, as it was on 43 days of 1951. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Orson Scott Card, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2009 and 2010, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1980. The third begins in 2039. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Virgo

You and Orson Scott Card

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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.

Orson Scott Card’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Orson Scott Card’s zodiac sign?

Virgo. Orson Scott Card was born on August 24, 1951, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Notices what is out of place and knows how to make it better.

What is Orson Scott Card’s Moon sign?

Gemini or Taurus. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 2:28 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.

What is Orson Scott Card’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 24, 1951. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Orson Scott Card’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 Orson Scott Card’s?

Set your chart beside Orson Scott Card’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 Orson Scott Card’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Nihonjoe, CC BY 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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