Thomas Hardy’s birth chart
NovelistBorn June 2, 1840, Dorchester, United KingdomDied January 11, 1928
A mind that won’t sit still.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled. He kept fitting his ambitions to his purpose, and some big plans had to wait.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.4°)
What he needed
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 4.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
Quick, witty and endlessly curious. Picks up a subject fast and can talk about ten things at once. He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mercury conjunction Mars (close at 3.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Quick, clever and busy. Gets things done through talk, ideas and juggling several jobs. Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun conjunction Mars (wide at 7.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Thomas Hardy was born two days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 7% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, eighteen days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Thomas Hardy, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1928, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1899. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Thomas Hardy
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
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
More with the Sun in Gemini
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Thomas Hardy’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.
What is Thomas Hardy’s Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.
What is Thomas Hardy’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 June 2, 1840. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Thomas Hardy’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch.
How does your chart compare with Thomas Hardy’s?
Set your chart beside Thomas Hardy’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 Thomas Hardy’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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