Wole Soyinka’s birth chart
WriterBorn July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Tender under a careful shell.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 3.1°)
What he needs
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.
How he loves
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 2.9°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines. Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
Mercury square Jupiter (close at 2.4°)
What drives him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Busy, versatile and sharp. Gets moving through talk, travel and a steady supply of new plans. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mars trine Saturn (close at 1.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Wole Soyinka was born two days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 3% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-one days after the June solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Wole Soyinka was born, as it was on 66 days of 1934. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Wole Soyinka, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2023, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1993 and 1994. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Wole Soyinka
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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 Cancer
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Wole Soyinka’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.
What is Wole Soyinka’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.
What is Wole Soyinka’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 July 13, 1934. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Wole Soyinka’s Venus sign?
Gemini, the Charmer. Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match.
How does your chart compare with Wole Soyinka’s?
Set your chart beside Wole Soyinka’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 Wole Soyinka’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Geraldo Magela/Agência Senado, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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