William Somerset Maugham’s birth chart
PlaywrightBorn January 25, 1874, 8th arrondissement of Paris, FranceDied December 16, 1965
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonTaurusThe Hearth
- VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down. 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 (almost exact at 0.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus, the Hearth
Calm, warm and steady. Feels safest with good food, soft things and a familiar routine, and makes everyone around him feel the same.
How he loved
Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner
Careful with the heart and true once it is given. Shows love by being reliable year after year. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Capricorn or Aquarius, the Planner
Practical, measured and dryly funny. Trusts experience over theory and gets to the point. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury trine Jupiter (close at 2.5°) · For a birth after 11:50 p.m., his Mercury was in Aquarius.
What drove him
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Gentle on the surface and quietly strong. Works best for a cause worth believing in. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars sextile Pluto (close at 1.1°)
The shape of his chart
Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
William Somerset Maugham was born seven days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 55% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 34 days after the December solstice.
Saturn return
For William Somerset Maugham, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1962, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1933. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and William Somerset Maugham
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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.
William Somerset Maugham’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Aquarius
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What is William Somerset Maugham’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. William Somerset Maugham was born on January 25, 1874, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down.
What is William Somerset Maugham’s Moon sign?
Taurus, the Hearth. Calm, warm and steady. Feels safest with good food, soft things and a familiar routine, and makes everyone around him feel the same.
What is William Somerset Maugham’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 January 25, 1874. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is William Somerset Maugham’s Venus sign?
Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Careful with the heart and true once it is given. Shows love by being reliable year after year.
How does your chart compare with William Somerset Maugham’s?
Set your chart beside William Somerset Maugham’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 William Somerset Maugham’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Carl Van Vechten (1880 - 1964), 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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