Walt Whitman’s birth chart
PoetBorn May 31, 1819, Long Island, New York, United StatesDied March 26, 1892
Quick, curious and good company.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonVirgoor Leo
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything. His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun trine Jupiter (wide at 7.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo or Leo, the Mender
Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time. He put people at ease without trying: kindness and charm came from the same place.
The Moon trine Venus (close at 1.3°) · For a birth before 3:43 a.m., his Moon was in Leo.
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real.
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks slowly and solidly. A mind, once made up, stays made up. Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Mercury square Jupiter (close at 2.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer
Pure forward motion. Brave, competitive and happiest in the middle of the action. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.2°)
The shape of his chart
Uranus is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his independence touched everything else in it.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Walt Whitman was born eight days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 45% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, twenty-one days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Walt Whitman, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1878 and 1879, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1849. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Walt Whitman
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 Walt Whitman’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything.
What is Walt Whitman’s Moon sign?
Virgo or Leo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 3:43 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
What is Walt Whitman’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 May 31, 1819. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Walt Whitman’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real.
How does your chart compare with Walt Whitman’s?
Set your chart beside Walt Whitman’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 Walt Whitman’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: George Collins Cox / Adam Cuerden, 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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