E. L. Doctorow’s birth chart
Born 6 January 1931, in New York City, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Capricorn Sun · Leo Moon
E. L. Doctorow’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
6 January 1931 was a Tuesday: the day E. L. Doctorow was born in New York City, New York. Their zodiac sign was Capricorn, with the Moon in Leo. They died on 21 July 2015, aged 84. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the ten planets, four are in fire signs, four in earth and two in water; none is in air. Cardinal signs hold six, fixed signs two and mutable signs two. Capricorn holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Saturn. Closest of the aspects is the opposition between Sun and Jupiter, exact to a tenth of a degree. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 6 January, among them Rowan Atkinson, Adriano Celentano and Eddie Redmayne.
See the sky the day E. L. Doctorow was born: the stars over New York City, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
E. L. Doctorow’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
about 15° Capricorn at midday
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry E. L. Doctorow up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Leo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill E. L. Doctorow up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 New York City, New York, at each hour of the day.
E. L. Doctorow’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for E. L. Doctorow 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 6 January 1931, computed for New York City, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:30 | Libra rising |
| 01:30 to 04:00 | Scorpio rising |
| 04:00 to 06:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 06:25 to 08:20 | Capricorn rising |
| 08:20 to 09:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:45 to 10:55 | Pisces rising |
| 10:55 to 12:05 | Aries rising |
| 12:05 to 13:35 | Taurus rising |
| 13:35 to 15:25 | Gemini rising |
| 15:25 to 17:50 | Cancer rising |
| 17:50 to 20:20 | Leo rising |
| 20:20 to 22:55 | Virgo rising |
| 22:55 to 24:00 | Libra 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 6 January 1931, 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 | 15° Capricorn 25' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Leo |
| Mercury | 14° Capricorn 04'℞ |
| Venus | 1° Sagittarius 58' |
| Mars | 14° Leo 19'℞ |
| Jupiter | 15° Cancer 28'℞ |
| Saturn | 14° Capricorn 23' |
| Uranus | 11° Aries 33' |
| Neptune | 5° Virgo 33'℞ |
| Pluto | 19° Cancer 53'℞ |
| North Node | 19° Aries 18' |
| South Node | 19° Libra 18' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
E. L. Doctorow’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about E. L. Doctorow’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, E. L. Doctorow is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain E. L. Doctorow faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small E. L. Doctorow did.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and E. L. Doctorow tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. E. L. Doctorow will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and E. L. Doctorow 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 Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for E. L. Doctorow its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
Jupiter in Cancer
15° Cancer 28' at midday ℞
growth and excess
For E. L. Doctorow, 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 is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for E. L. Doctorow, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.
Uranus in Aries
11° Aries 33' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so E. L. Doctorow shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Neptune in Virgo
5° Virgo 33' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so E. L. Doctorow shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Cancer
19° Cancer 53' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates E. L. Doctorow to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in E. L. Doctorow’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 opposition Jupiter
about 0.0° at midday
The Sun opposite Jupiter can leave E. L. Doctorow torn between their own direction and the draw of other people's philosophies, mentors and offers. Finding their own confidence rather than borrowing someone else's is what turns this pull into growth they can stand behind.
Mercury conjunction Saturn
about 0.3° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Saturn, E. L. Doctorow's thinking is likely to be careful and structured, and they tend to say only what they are sure of. That makes their word worth taking, and the risk is that caution keeps an idea back until it feels perfectly finished.
Sun conjunction Saturn
about 1.0° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Saturn, identity is built through discipline and steady effort, often with an early sense that a place has to be worked for rather than assumed. It tends to make E. L. Doctorow reliable and serious, and the growth comes from believing that they have done enough to rest.
Jupiter opposition Saturn
about 1.1° at midday
E. L. Doctorow is likely to feel two instincts at once: to expand into new opportunities, and to consolidate what is already in hand. Neither is wrong, and with Jupiter opposite Saturn a deliberate alternation between them tends to work better than treating it as a permanent choice.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 1.3° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, E. L. Doctorow's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Mercury opposition Jupiter
about 1.4° at midday
With Mercury opposite Jupiter, E. L. Doctorow's own considered opinion has to compete with other people's big claims and grand theories, and it is easy to get swept into someone else's certainty. For E. L. Doctorow, trusting their own careful thinking usually works better than borrowing that confidence.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Mercury square Uranusabout 2.5°
- Mars trine Uranusabout 2.8°
- Saturn square Uranusabout 2.8°
- Venus square Neptuneabout 3.6°
- Sun square Uranusabout 3.9°
- Jupiter square Uranusabout 3.9°
- Jupiter conjunction Plutoabout 4.4°
- Sun opposition Plutoabout 4.5°
- Saturn opposition Plutoabout 5.5°
- Mercury opposition Plutoabout 5.8°
Capricorn Sun and Leo Moon, like E. L. Doctorow
Also born on 6 January
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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