Daphne du Maurier’s birth chart
Born 13 May 1907, in London, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Taurus or Gemini
Daphne du Maurier’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
13 May 1907 was a Monday: the day Daphne du Maurier was born in London, England. Their zodiac sign was Taurus. The Moon left Taurus for Gemini at about 03:40 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Daphne died on 19 April 1989, aged 81. StarMap has no verified birth time for Daphne, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is four earth, three water, one fire and one air, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is five, two and two. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Mercury and Jupiter, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus was retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from new to waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 13 May, among them Stevie Wonder, Robert Pattinson and Romelu Lukaku.
See the sky the day Daphne was born: the stars over London, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Daphne du Maurier’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 21° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Daphne du Maurier than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 03:40, then Gemini (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 03:40: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Daphne, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
Born after about 03:40: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Daphne, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over London, England, at each hour of the day.
Daphne du Maurier’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Daphne yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 13 May 1907, computed for London, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:40 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:40 to 01:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:50 to 02:40 | Pisces rising |
| 02:40 to 03:35 | Aries rising |
| 03:35 to 04:45 | Taurus rising |
| 04:45 to 06:30 | Gemini rising |
| 06:30 to 09:00 | Cancer rising |
| 09:00 to 11:50 | Leo rising |
| 11:50 to 14:40 | Virgo rising |
| 14:40 to 17:30 | Libra rising |
| 17:30 to 20:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:20 to 22:50 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:50 to 24:00 | Capricorn rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 13 May 1907, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 21° Taurus 34' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Taurus until about 03:40, then Gemini |
| Mercury | 9° Taurus 10' |
| Venus | 19° Aries 03' |
| Mars | 15° Capricorn 55' |
| Jupiter | 9° Cancer 07' |
| Saturn | 24° Pisces 50' |
| Uranus | 12° Capricorn 26'℞ |
| Neptune | 10° Cancer 34' |
| Pluto | 22° Gemini 30' |
| North Node | 25° Cancer 18' |
| South Node | 25° Capricorn 18' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Daphne du Maurier’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Daphne du Maurier’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Daphne du Maurier's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
Moon in Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 03:40, then Gemini
needs and habits
Born before about 03:40: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Daphne more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
Born after about 03:40: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Daphne is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
With Mercury in Taurus, Daphne is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Daphne that suggests an interest that can fade once the chase is over. The pattern is to fall fast and to need a relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in Daphne's case its anger tends to be controlled, arriving as coldness rather than heat. The tendency is to go quiet and distant instead of saying what is wrong. A frustration is something to outwork rather than voice.
Jupiter in Cancer
9° Cancer 07' at midday
growth and excess
For Daphne, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Daphne, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Capricorn
12° Capricorn 26' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Daphne's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
10° Cancer 34' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Daphne and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
22° Gemini 30' at midday
power, generational
Daphne shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Daphne du Maurier’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Mercury sextile Jupiter
about 0.1° at midday
Daphne du Maurier's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
Mercury sextile Neptune
about 1.4° at midday
Daphne's thinking and imagination cooperate gently, so creative and intuitive ideas are within easy reach. The inventiveness is soft and pleasant rather than analytical, useful for easing a difficult conversation without losing the point of it.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 1.5° at midday
For Daphne, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
Saturn square Pluto
about 2.3° at midday
Saturn square Pluto sets the need for control against the instinct for transformation, and Daphne may grip a structure most tightly at the very moment it needs to change. Each old form that is let go leaves a strength behind that is more real than the grip was.
Venus square Mars
about 3.1° at midday
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Daphne may be caught between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. What the aspect asks for is a want voiced directly, before it leaks out sideways.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Daphne fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Uranus opposition Neptuneabout 1.9°
- Sun sextile Saturnabout 3.3°
- Jupiter opposition Uranusabout 3.3°
- Venus sextile Plutoabout 3.5°
- Mars conjunction Uranusabout 3.5°
- Mars opposition Neptuneabout 5.4°
- Sun trine Marsabout 5.6°
- Mars opposition Jupiterabout 6.8°
Taurus Suns born within 2 years of Daphne du Maurier
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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