Dino Buzzati’s birth chart
Born 16 October 1906, in Belluno, Italy. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Moon in Virgo or Libra
Dino Buzzati’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Dino Buzzati was born in Belluno, Italy, on 16 October 1906, a Tuesday. Their zodiac sign was Libra. The Moon was in Virgo until about 08:35 and in Libra afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Dino died on 28 January 1972, aged 65. No verified birth time is on file for Dino; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four water, two earth, two air and one fire, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. By modality the count is four cardinal, four mutable and one fixed. The tightest aspect is Sun trine Pluto, about 1.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Saturn and Pluto were retrograde. Neptune changed direction that day, turning retrograde, so whether it was retrograde at the birth depends on the hour. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 15 other people born on 16 October, among them Günter Grass, Naomi Osaka and Loreen.
See the sky the day Dino was born: the stars over Belluno, Italy, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Dino Buzzati’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 22° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Dino Buzzati's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 08:35, then Libra (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 08:35: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Dino is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Born after about 08:35: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Dino, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
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 Belluno, Italy, at each hour of the day.
Dino Buzzati’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Dino 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 16 October 1906, computed for Belluno, Italy.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:55 | Leo rising |
| 01:55 to 04:35 | Virgo rising |
| 04:35 to 07:15 | Libra rising |
| 07:15 to 09:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 09:55 to 12:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 12:25 to 14:15 | Capricorn rising |
| 14:15 to 15:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 15:30 to 16:35 | Pisces rising |
| 16:35 to 17:35 | Aries rising |
| 17:35 to 18:55 | Taurus rising |
| 18:55 to 20:45 | Gemini rising |
| 20:45 to 23:10 | Cancer rising |
| 23:10 to 24:00 | Leo 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 16 October 1906, 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 | 22° Libra 10' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo until about 08:35, then Libra |
| Mercury | 6° Scorpio 52' |
| Venus | 5° Sagittarius 14' |
| Mars | 21° Virgo 23' |
| Jupiter | 10° Cancer 45' |
| Saturn | 8° Pisces 55'℞ |
| Uranus | 4° Capricorn 56' |
| Neptune | 12° Cancer 39'turned retrograde that day |
| Pluto | 23° Gemini 41'℞ |
| North Node | 8° Leo 54' |
| South Node | 8° Aquarius 54' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Dino Buzzati’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Dino Buzzati’s private life.
With the Sun in Libra, Dino Buzzati's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
Moon in Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 08:35, then Libra
needs and habits
Born before about 08:35: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Dino's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Dino's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Born after about 08:35: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Dino's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
With Mercury in Scorpio, Dino tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Dino probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Dino is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Cancer
10° Cancer 45' at midday
growth and excess
For Dino, 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 Dino, 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
4° Capricorn 56' at midday
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Dino'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
12° Cancer 39' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Dino 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
23° Gemini 41' at midday ℞
power, generational
Dino 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 Dino Buzzati’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.
Sun trine Pluto
about 1.5° at midday
Dino Buzzati's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
Jupiter trine Saturn
about 1.8° at midday
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Dino pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 1.9° at midday
For Dino, 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.
Mercury sextile Uranus
about 1.9° at midday
Fresh angles on ordinary problems come easily to Dino, because thinking and originality are friends here. Inventiveness takes little effort with this aspect, and it makes routine problems more interesting than they first appear.
Mercury trine Saturn
about 2.0° at midday
Dino's thinking has discipline behind it, which gives them a clear, methodical way of working through ideas. With Mercury trine Saturn, conclusions can be trusted because they have usually been tested already, often more thoroughly than anyone nearby realises.
Mars square Pluto
about 2.3° at midday
With Mars square Pluto, Dino's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
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.
- Venus square Saturnabout 3.7°
- Saturn trine Neptuneabout 3.7°
- Mercury trine Jupiterabout 3.9°
- Saturn sextile Uranusabout 4.0°
- Mercury trine Neptuneabout 5.8°
- Jupiter opposition Uranusabout 5.8°
- Uranus opposition Neptuneabout 7.7°
Libra Suns born within 2 years of Dino Buzzati
Also born on 16 October
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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