Walter Scott’s birth chart
NovelistBorn August 15, 1771, Edinburgh, United KingdomDied September 21, 1832
Warm, generous and made to be seen.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonLibraor Scorpio
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too. More sensitive to criticism than it looks. Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
The Sun conjunction Saturn (close at 2.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra or Scorpio, the Peacemaker
Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace. Needs beauty, balance and someone to share things with.
For a birth after 12:59 p.m., his Moon was in Scorpio.
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.
How he thought
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Precise, practical and clever. Notices the detail everyone else missed. A poet’s mind: he heard what went unsaid, and his best ideas came from somewhere hard to explain.
Mercury conjunction Neptune (wide at 6.5°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars trine Uranus (wide at 4.3°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his heart and his discipline (the Sun, Venus and Saturn) 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
Walter Scott was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 31% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 38 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Walter Scott, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1830, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1800 and 1801. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Walter Scott
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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Leo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Walter Scott’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too.
What is Walter Scott’s Moon sign?
Libra or Scorpio. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 12:59 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
What is Walter Scott’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 August 15, 1771. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Walter Scott’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.
How does your chart compare with Walter Scott’s?
Set your chart beside Walter Scott’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 Walter Scott’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Henry Raeburn, 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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