Paul Dirac’s birth chart
Theoretical physicistBorn August 8, 1902, Bristol, United KingdomDied October 20, 1984
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. His purpose and his feelings were on the same side: the life he chose and the comfort he needed went together.
The Sun sextile the Moon (almost exact at 0.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (close at 1.9°)
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. Affection and independence needed constant trading off, and he kept renegotiating the terms of his relationships.
Venus quincunx Uranus (close at 1.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Mercury opposition Jupiter (almost exact at 0.4°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
Mars quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.5°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his heart, his drive and his imagination (Venus, Mars and Neptune) gather in Cancer, and that part of life drew his attention first.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Paul Dirac was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 25% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 46 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Paul Dirac, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1961, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1931. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Paul Dirac
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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 Paul Dirac’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Paul Dirac was born on August 8, 1902, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is Paul Dirac’s Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.
What is Paul Dirac’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 8, 1902. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Paul Dirac’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.
How does your chart compare with Paul Dirac’s?
Set your chart beside Paul Dirac’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 Paul Dirac’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Nobel Foundation, 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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