Terry Pratchett’s birth chart
Fantasy authorBorn April 28, 1948, Beaconsfield, United KingdomDied March 12, 2015
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle.
- SunTaurusThe Gardener
- MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Taurus, the Gardener
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last. His purpose and his feelings were on the same side: the life he chose and the comfort he needed went together.
The Sun trine the Moon (almost exact at 0.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand
Keeps feelings under control and feels safest when life is organised and secure. Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
The Moon trine Mercury (almost exact at 0.4°)
How he loved
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night. Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
A steady, sensible mind. Learns by doing and remembers what was learned. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.9°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to his heart and wants the effort to be seen. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.7°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his discipline and his intensity (Mars, Saturn and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first. No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Terry Pratchett was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 75% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, 38 days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Terry Pratchett, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2006, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1976 and 1977. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Taurus
You and Terry Pratchett
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.
Terry Pratchett’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Taurus
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Terry Pratchett’s zodiac sign?
Taurus. Terry Pratchett was born on April 28, 1948, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last.
What is Terry Pratchett’s Moon sign?
Capricorn, the Steady Hand. Keeps feelings under control and feels safest when life is organised and secure.
What is Terry Pratchett’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 April 28, 1948. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Terry Pratchett’s Venus sign?
Gemini, the Charmer. Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.
How does your chart compare with Terry Pratchett’s?
Set your chart beside Terry Pratchett’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 Terry Pratchett’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, 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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