Image: Wikimedia CommonsWriting & thought · May 3, 1564 · Stratford-upon-Avon
William Shakespeare's Birth Chart
Sun in Taurus · Moon in Libra
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Wikipedia
Section I · The core
The two luminaries
Two lights set the tone of the whole chart: the Sun, the identity; the Moon, the emotional world.
William Shakespeare's Sun, in Taurus
Your centre is steadiness: you slowly build things that last, and sensory pleasure orders you.
William Shakespeare's Moon, in Libra
Your emotional peace depends on the harmony around you: conflict weighs on you, beauty repairs you.
Section II · The map
Their natal wheel
The sky on the day they were born. The outer ring is the twelve signs; the lines across the centre, the aspects between planets. Without a birth time, houses and the Ascendant aren't drawn.
Section III · The detail
Planets and aspects
The exact numbers behind the drawing. Each table expands one layer of the wheel.
William Shakespeare's placements
We compute the placements for the day of birth. Without the exact time the Ascendant and houses can't be fixed, but each planet's sign is reliable.
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 12°51′ |
| Moon | Libra | 9°41′ |
| Mercury | Aries | 16°50′ |
| Venus | Gemini | 13°43′ |
| Mars | Cancer | 7°41′ |
| Jupiter | Leo | 0°31′ |
| Saturn | Cancer | 27°41′ |
| Uranus | Sagittarius ℞ | 6°53′ |
| Neptune | Gemini | 6°39′ |
| Pluto | Pisces | 15°26′ |
William Shakespeare's aspects
Each aspect is an angle between two planets; it defines how they speak to each other. Aspects to the Moon are approximate: they depend on the exact birth time.
Elements and modalities
How their energy is split across the four elements and the three modalities.
Section IV · The signature
The signature of their sky
The whole at a glance: how the planets are spread, and the accents that set the overall tone of the chart.
Seesaw
Your planets gather in two opposite groups: you live in the push and pull between them.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Fire and the Cardinal modality.
Venus is the most connected planet in their chart: 5 aspects tie it to the rest.
Their chart forms no major pattern (grand trine, T-square, grand cross or stellium).
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