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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ birth chart

WriterBorn September 30, 1975, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness.

  • SunLibraThe Diplomat
  • MoonLeoor Cancer
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Libra, the Diplomat

    Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other. Intensity at the centre: he wants the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remakes himself more than once to reach it.

    The Sun conjunction Pluto (close at 2.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Leo or Cancer, the Warm Heart

    Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.

    For a birth before 4:21 a.m., his Moon was in Cancer.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. He loves the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.

    Venus sextile Uranus (close at 2.9°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Libra, the Mediator

    Weighs every side before speaking. Diplomatic, graceful and good at finding the words that keep the peace. A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.

    Mercury trine Mars (almost exact at 0.9°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker

    Busy, versatile and sharp. Gets moving through talk, travel and a steady supply of new plans. Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.

    Mars sextile Jupiter (wide at 3.2°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one he has to find.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Ta-Nehisi Coates was born four days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 27% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, seven days after the September equinox.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Ta-Nehisi Coates was born, as it was on 67 days of 1975. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Ta-Nehisi Coates, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2005, at 29: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2034. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Libra

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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.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ chart in full

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Questions about his chart

What is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ zodiac sign?

Libra. Ta-Nehisi Coates was born on September 30, 1975, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other.

What is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Moon sign?

Leo or Cancer. The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 4:21 a.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.

What is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 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 30, 1975. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.

How does your chart compare with Ta-Nehisi Coates’?

Set your chart beside Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 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 Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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