Rudyard Kipling’s birth chart
WriterBorn December 30, 1865, Mumbai, IndiaDied January 18, 1936
Responsible from an early age.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonGeminiThe Talker
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done. The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun square Neptune (almost exact at 0.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Gemini, the Talker
Feels better after talking it through. Needs conversation, variety and something interesting to think about.
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans. Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Venus conjunction Mars (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
Frank, curious and full of opinions. Thinks in big pictures and loves a debate about what really matters. He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mercury conjunction Mars (exact at 0.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Energetic and bold, driven by belief. Aims high and sets off with enthusiasm. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars opposition Uranus (wide at 7.3°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his drive (Mercury, Venus and Mars) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, fire signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Rudyard Kipling was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 95% lit, in Gemini. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, eight days after the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Rudyard Kipling was born, as it was on 83 days of 1865. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Rudyard Kipling, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1924 and 1925, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1895. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and Rudyard Kipling
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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.
Rudyard Kipling’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Rudyard Kipling’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done.
What is Rudyard Kipling’s Moon sign?
Gemini, the Talker. Feels better after talking it through. Needs conversation, variety and something interesting to think about.
What is Rudyard Kipling’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 December 30, 1865. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Rudyard Kipling’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans.
How does your chart compare with Rudyard Kipling’s?
Set your chart beside Rudyard Kipling’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 Rudyard Kipling’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Bain News Service, publisher, 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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