Ted Hughes’ birth chart
PoetBorn August 17, 1930, Mytholmroyd, United KingdomDied October 28, 1998
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonTaurusor Gemini
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
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. The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
The Sun square the Moon (almost exact at 0.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus or Gemini, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
For a birth after 11:46 p.m., his Moon was in Gemini.
How he loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals. Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Venus square Saturn (close at 2.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Clever, methodical and useful. Turns a muddle into a list and the list into results. A probing mind: he got to the bottom of things, and his words had power when he chose to use them.
Mercury sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.4°)
What drove him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Busy, versatile and sharp. Gets moving through talk, travel and a steady supply of new plans. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.9°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in four of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touched everything else in it. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Ted Hughes was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 50% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 37 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Ted Hughes, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1989, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1959. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Ted Hughes
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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 Leo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Ted Hughes’ zodiac sign?
Leo. Ted Hughes was born on August 17, 1930, 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 Ted Hughes’ Moon sign?
Taurus or Gemini. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 11:46 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is Ted Hughes’ 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 17, 1930. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Ted Hughes’ Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals.
How does your chart compare with Ted Hughes’?
Set your chart beside Ted Hughes’ 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 Ted Hughes’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Layle Silbert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. 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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