Zadie Smith’s birth chart
NovelistBorn October 25, 1975, London, United Kingdom
Private and powerful.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonCanceror Gemini
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What her chart says about her
Who she is
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. Her purpose and her drive work together: once she decides on something, she moves on it fast.
The Sun trine Mars (almost exact at 0.3°)
What she needs
Moon in Cancer or Gemini, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness. Her purpose and her feelings are on the same side: the life she chooses and the comfort she needs go together.
The Sun trine the Moon (almost exact at 0.3°) · For a birth before 9:58 a.m., her Moon was in Gemini.
How she loves
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. She loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
Venus square Neptune (wide at 5.4°)
How she thinks
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
Thinks in terms of fairness and sees both sides. Speaks with tact and grace. She thinks in pictures and music: her words carry a mood, and her imagination gives her ideas colour.
Mercury sextile Neptune (close at 3.0°)
What drives her
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Protective to the core. Puts every ounce of strength behind family and the people dearest to her. Her feelings run hot and fast, and she protects the people she loves fiercely.
The Moon conjunction Mars (almost exact at 0.6°)
The shape of her chart
Most of her planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Zadie Smith was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 75% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, 31 days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Zadie Smith, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2005, at 29: her first Saturn return. The second begins in 2034. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and Zadie Smith
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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
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See allQuestions about her chart
What is Zadie Smith’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Zadie Smith was born on October 25, 1975, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.
What is Zadie Smith’s Moon sign?
Cancer or Gemini. The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 9:58 a.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
What is Zadie Smith’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 October 25, 1975. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Zadie Smith’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How does your chart compare with Zadie Smith’s?
Set your chart beside Zadie Smith’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 Zadie Smith’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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