Sylvia Plath’s birth chart
PoetBorn October 27, 1932, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United StatesDied February 11, 1963
Private and powerful.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonLibraor Virgo
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun square Saturn (wide at 5.4°)
What she needed
Moon in Libra or Virgo, the Peacemaker
Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.
For a birth before 12:16 a.m., her Moon was in Virgo.
How she loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. She loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds she formed changed both people.
Venus sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.1°)
How she thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden. Sharp words and a sharp mind: she argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to her.
Mercury square Mars (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove her
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to her, and wants to be recognised for it. Quick and inventive in action: she moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.3°)
The shape of her chart
Mercury is the hub of her chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so her mind touched everything else in it. Most of her planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Sylvia Plath was born two days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 5% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 34 days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Sylvia Plath, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1961, at 28: her first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and Sylvia Plath
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets hers, 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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
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Questions about her chart
What is Sylvia Plath’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.
What is Sylvia Plath’s Moon sign?
Libra or Virgo. The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 12:16 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
What is Sylvia Plath’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 October 27, 1932. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Sylvia Plath’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How does your chart compare with Sylvia Plath’s?
Set your chart beside Sylvia Plath’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 Sylvia Plath’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Giovanni Giovannetti/Grazia Neri, 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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