Lawrence Durrell’s birth chart
Born 27 February 1912, in Jalandhar, India. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Pisces Sun · Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Lawrence Durrell’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Lawrence Durrell was born on Tuesday, 27 February 1912, in Jalandhar, India. That made Lawrence a Pisces. The Moon changed sign at about 18:00, from Gemini to Cancer; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Lawrence died on 7 November 1990, aged 78. StarMap has no verified birth time for Lawrence, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is four air, three water, one fire and one earth, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is one, three and five. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Mars and Jupiter: an opposition, about 2.8° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 27 February, among them John Steinbeck, Elizabeth Taylor and Joanne Woodward.
See the sky the day Lawrence was born: the stars over Jalandhar, India, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Lawrence Durrell’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
about 7° Pisces at midday
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Lawrence Durrell the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 18:00, then Cancer (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 18:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Lawrence, 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.
Born after about 18:00: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Lawrence that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
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 Jalandhar, India, at each hour of the day.
Lawrence Durrell’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Lawrence 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 27 February 1912, computed for Jalandhar, India.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 00:50 to 03:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 03:10 to 05:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 05:05 to 06:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 06:45 to 08:05 | Pisces rising |
| 08:05 to 09:30 | Aries rising |
| 09:30 to 11:05 | Taurus rising |
| 11:05 to 13:05 | Gemini rising |
| 13:05 to 15:20 | Cancer rising |
| 15:20 to 17:45 | Leo rising |
| 17:45 to 20:05 | Virgo rising |
| 20:05 to 22:25 | Libra rising |
| 22:25 to 24:00 | Scorpio 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 27 February 1912, 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 | 7° Pisces 19' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini until about 18:00, then Cancer |
| Mercury | 3° Pisces 36' |
| Venus | 4° Aquarius 25' |
| Mars | 10° Gemini 47' |
| Jupiter | 13° Sagittarius 37' |
| Saturn | 14° Taurus 56' |
| Uranus | 1° Aquarius 30' |
| Neptune | 21° Cancer 18'℞ |
| Pluto | 26° Gemini 58'℞ |
| North Node | 22° Aries 32' |
| South Node | 22° Libra 32' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Lawrence Durrell’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Lawrence Durrell’s private life.
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Lawrence Durrell'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.
Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 18:00, then Cancer
needs and habits
Born before about 18:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Lawrence 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.
Born after about 18:00: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Lawrence's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Lawrence is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Lawrence 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 Mars in Gemini, Lawrence is likely to act through words, argument and quick manoeuvring rather than force, and anger to come out sharp and verbal. Arguments can be won without the conflict underneath ever being resolved. A disagreement can still be under debate long after the other person just wants it to end.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
13° Sagittarius 37' at midday
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Lawrence is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Lawrence is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Uranus in Aquarius
1° Aquarius 30' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Lawrence's birth have it too. The generation is defined by rapid technological and social change within a single lifetime. One person's share of it is an unusually easy relationship with disruption and reinvention.
Neptune in Cancer
21° Cancer 18' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Lawrence 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
26° Gemini 58' at midday ℞
power, generational
Lawrence 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 Lawrence Durrell’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.
Mars opposition Jupiter
about 2.8° at midday
Mars opposite Jupiter pits Lawrence Durrell's own direct action against other people's grander plans or expectations, which can end in overcommitting to someone else's vision. Lawrence's own sense of scale is usually a better guide than anyone else's.
Venus conjunction Uranus
about 2.9° at midday
Affection runs independent and a little unpredictable with Venus conjunct Uranus, and Lawrence is likely to be drawn to people and situations that keep them interested more than settled. There is romantic excitement in that. The difficulty is letting closeness deepen without the urge to bolt from it.
Sun square Mars
about 3.5° at midday
Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between Lawrence's sense of self and their drive to act. With the Sun square Mars, a pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into determination they can use.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 3.7° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Lawrence'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.
Sun square Jupiter
about 6.3° at midday
Ambition can outpace what time and energy will realistically support, and with this aspect Lawrence may promise more than can be delivered and then walk it back. The lesson of a Sun-Jupiter square is scaling a good instinct to a size that holds.
Venus trine Mars
about 6.4° at midday
Lawrence is likely to have a warm, confident way of going after what, and who, they want, since affection and drive back each other up. Romance and creative work tend to come without strain under this trine, in a manner other people find refreshingly straightforward.
Pisces Suns born within 2 years of Lawrence Durrell
Also born on 27 February
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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