Douglas Adams’s birth chart
Born 11 March 1952, in Cambridge, England, at 11:10 (Rodden A).
Pisces Sun · Virgo Moon · Cancer rising
Douglas Adams’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, England, on 11 March 1952, a Tuesday. Their zodiac sign was Pisces, with the Moon in Virgo and Cancer rising. Douglas died on 11 May 2001, aged 49. The birth time, 11:10, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was given from memory by the person or someone close to them.
Of the ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in air, three in water and one in earth. Cardinal signs hold five, fixed signs three and mutable signs two. The tightest aspect is Moon sextile Mars, 0.1° from exact. Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was full.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 11 March, among them Rupert Murdoch, Didier Drogba and Fábio Coentrão.
See the sky the night Douglas was born: the stars over Cambridge, England at 11:10, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Douglas Adams’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
20° Pisces 49'
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Douglas Adams the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Virgo
17° Virgo 28'
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Douglas 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.
Rising sign
Cancer
9° Cancer 16'
With Cancer rising, Douglas tends to come across as approachable and a little guarded. People often confide in a Cancer rising early and find that they are noticed in return; the shell opens on its own schedule.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 11:10 on 11 March 1952, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 20° Pisces 49' | House 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 17° Virgo 28' | House 4 |
| Mercury | 6° Aries 34' | House 10 |
| Venus | 23° Aquarius 41' | House 9 |
| Mars | 17° Scorpio 20' | House 5 |
| Jupiter | 18° Aries 30' | House 11 |
| Saturn | 13° Libra 11'℞ | House 5 |
| Uranus | 9° Cancer 55'℞ | House 1 |
| Neptune | 21° Libra 06'℞ | House 5 |
| Pluto | 19° Leo 38'℞ | House 3 |
| North Node | 0° Pisces 34' | House 9 |
| South Node | 0° Virgo 34' | House 3 |
Douglas Adams’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Douglas Adams’s private life.
Sun in Pisces
20° Pisces 49' · tenth house
purpose and vitality
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Douglas Adams's vitality tends to ebb and flow with their surroundings. The thing to watch is losing their own direction inside someone else's story. There may be days when they feel unstoppable, and others when they need to disappear for a while.
The Sun in the tenth house ties Douglas's sense of self to career and public standing, whether or not that is admitted plainly. The placement points to wanting a name attached to something visible and worth being proud of, and to a readiness to work at it for years.
Moon in Virgo
17° Virgo 28' · fourth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Douglas's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Douglas's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
For Douglas, the Moon in the fourth house can make home the place where emotions live, and the placement is associated with unusual sensitivity to the mood of a household. A settled home probably steadies almost everything else, while chaos there can unsettle them quickly.
Mercury in Aries
6° Aries 34' · tenth house
mind and voice
Mercury in Aries suggests that Douglas thinks in quick, decisive strokes and says what they mean without much preamble. Sometimes the words arrive before the thought is fully formed, which can come across sharper than intended. It is a mind that finishes other people's sentences and prefers a fast decision to a long meeting.
With Mercury in the tenth house, Douglas is apt to think strategically about reputation and the next move at work, and to turn a plan over privately long before anyone else knows it exists. Clear, well-timed communication may be the skill this placement leans on most.
Venus in Aquarius
23° Aquarius 41' · ninth house
love and values
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Douglas may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
With Venus in the ninth house, Douglas finds beauty in other cultures, in travel and in big, sweeping ideas about how the world works. A shared love of exploring somewhere new can be part of what attracts them to someone, and learning together can appeal deeply.
Mars in Scorpio
17° Scorpio 20' · fifth house
drive and anger
In Douglas's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
With Mars in the fifth house, Douglas is apt to go after what excites them without much hesitation, and creative and romantic pursuits can carry intensity. The placement brings competition and passion alive in this part of life, and is rarely satisfied by a half-hearted effort.
Jupiter in Aries
18° Aries 30' · eleventh house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Douglas's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
With Jupiter in the eleventh house, Douglas brings enthusiasm to the causes and community projects that catch their interest, and keeps a wide and varied circle of friends. In a group working towards a shared goal, that enthusiasm spreads.
Saturn in Libra
13° Libra 11' ℞ · fifth house
discipline and doubt
For Douglas, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Saturn in the fifth house can make self-expression and romance feel risky or quietly judged, so that for Douglas playfulness is something to be practised rather than something that comes easily. Creative confidence is likely to be something grown into over time, arriving later than it does for most people.
Uranus in Cancer
9° Cancer 55' ℞ · first house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Douglas alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
With Uranus in the first house, Douglas is likely to come across as unconventional and hard to define, even by their own account, with labels fitting loosely at best. The placement goes with a presence that shifts the energy of a room by being unpredictable in a way people cannot quite place.
Neptune in Libra
21° Libra 06' ℞ · fifth house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Douglas among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
For Douglas, romance and creativity may carry a dreamlike, sometimes idealised quality, and Neptune in the fifth house can fall for a fantasy as easily as for an actual person. Artistic expression, in whatever form, probably gives Douglas's imagination somewhere solid to go.
Pluto in Leo
19° Leo 38' ℞ · third house
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Douglas, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
With Pluto in the third house, Douglas's mind is drawn to what lies underneath a conversation, and they rarely settle for the tidy, surface version of an explanation. Words can be a way of exposing what other people would rather leave hidden, even when that makes things briefly uncomfortable.
Aspects in Douglas Adams’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon sextile Mars
0.1° separating
Douglas Adams's feelings and drive pull together, which makes it easier to act on an emotional instinct without overthinking it. The courage involved is the everyday kind, at work in small moments nobody else notices.
Jupiter trine Pluto
1.1° applying
In this trine, Douglas's optimism and capacity for transformation feed each other, and the combination can give them the power to turn a big vision into lasting change. The growth it brings tends to be deep as well as broad, which is why the bigger changes usually stick.
Mars square Pluto
2.3° applying
With Mars square Pluto, Douglas'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.
Venus trine Neptune
2.6° separating
Douglas is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
Jupiter opposition Neptune
2.6° applying
The choice, as this opposition frames it for Douglas, is between pursuing a real opportunity and getting lost chasing an idealised version that does not quite exist. Testing an exciting idea against the plain facts protects the optimism; it does not undermine it.
Saturn square Uranus
3.3° applying
The need for stability and the need for freedom can clash in Douglas's chart, producing either rigid routines that eventually snap or sudden breaks from commitments that were meant sincerely. Saturn square Uranus is best answered with structure loose enough to bend before it has to break.
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.
- Neptune sextile Pluto1.5°
- Mercury square Uranus3.3°
- Sun opposition Moon3.4°
- Sun trine Mars3.5°
- Venus opposition Pluto4.0°
- Jupiter opposition Saturn5.3°
- Venus square Mars6.3°
- Mercury opposition Saturn6.6°
- Saturn conjunction Neptune7.9°
Pisces Sun and Virgo Moon, like Douglas Adams
Also born on 11 March
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (From memory). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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