Ray Bradbury’s birth chart
AuthorBorn August 22, 1920, Waukegan, Illinois, United StatesDied June 5, 2012
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonSagittariusThe Free Spirit
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him. Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter (almost exact at 0.2°)
What he needed
Moon in Sagittarius, the Free Spirit
Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
Venus conjunction Saturn (exact at 0.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
The Moon trine Mercury (almost exact at 0.3°)
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Determined, focused and private. Plans quietly and never forgets a goal. He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
The Sun square Mars (wide at 7.4°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his optimism and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Ray Bradbury was born seven days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 62% lit, in Sagittarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 31 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Ray Bradbury, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2008, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1978 and 1979. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Ray Bradbury
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
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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
More with the Sun in Leo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Ray Bradbury’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.
What is Ray Bradbury’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius, the Free Spirit. Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.
What is Ray Bradbury’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 22, 1920. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Ray Bradbury’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 Ray Bradbury’s?
Set your chart beside Ray Bradbury’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 Ray Bradbury’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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