Percy Bysshe Shelley’s birth chart
PoetBorn August 4, 1792, Horsham, United KingdomDied July 8, 1822
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonPiscesThe Tide
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
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. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Pisces, the Tide
Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company.
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return. Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Venus conjunction Uranus (wide at 6.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Precise, practical and clever. Notices the detail everyone else missed. A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury trine Saturn (close at 2.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair. Enthusiasm at full speed: he charged at life with confidence, and setbacks slowed him only briefly.
Mars conjunction Jupiter (almost exact at 0.2°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his heart and his independence (the Sun, Venus and Uranus) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born two days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 95% lit, in Pisces. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, 44 days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Percy Bysshe Shelley, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1822, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Percy Bysshe Shelley
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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.
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
More with the Sun in Leo
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What is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on August 4, 1792, 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 Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Moon sign?
Pisces, the Tide. Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company.
What is Percy Bysshe Shelley’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 4, 1792. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return.
How does your chart compare with Percy Bysshe Shelley’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: After Amelia Curran, 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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