Roald Dahl’s birth chart
WriterBorn September 13, 1916, Llandaff, United KingdomDied November 23, 1990
Modest about a great deal of skill.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard. His restlessness kept testing his plans, so he changed course more than once to stay true to himself.
The Sun quincunx Uranus (wide at 3.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return. Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
Thinks in terms of fairness and sees both sides. Speaks with tact and grace. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Determined, focused and private. Plans quietly and never forgets a goal. Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars square Neptune (almost exact at 0.9°)
The shape of his chart
Mars is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his drive touched everything else in it.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Roald Dahl was born two days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, nine days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Roald Dahl, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1975 and 1976, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1946. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Roald Dahl
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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
Together, chart beside chart
More with the Sun in Virgo
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What is Roald Dahl’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What is Roald Dahl’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
What is Roald Dahl’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 September 13, 1916. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Roald Dahl’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 Roald Dahl’s?
Set your chart beside Roald Dahl’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 Roald Dahl’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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