Nora Roberts’s birth chart
Born 10 October 1950, in Silver Spring, Maryland. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Moon in Virgo or Libra
Nora Roberts’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 10 October 1950, a Tuesday. That makes Nora a Libra. The Moon left Virgo for Libra at about 03:30 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Nora turns 76 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Air carries the most weight: five of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against fire two, earth one and water one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is five, two and two. Four planets stand together in Libra: Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Sun and Neptune: a conjunction, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter was retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waning crescent to new.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 10 October, among them Harold Pinter, Pavel Durov and Helen Hayes.
See the sky the day Nora was born: the stars over Silver Spring, Maryland, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Nora Roberts’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 16° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Nora Roberts'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 03:30, then Libra (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 03:30: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Nora 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 03:30: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Nora, 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 Silver Spring, Maryland, at each hour of the day.
Nora Roberts’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Nora 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 10 October 1950, computed for Silver Spring, Maryland.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:25 | Leo rising |
| 02:25 to 04:55 | Virgo rising |
| 04:55 to 07:25 | Libra rising |
| 07:25 to 09:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 09:55 to 12:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 12:15 to 14:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 14:10 to 15:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 15:40 to 16:55 | Pisces rising |
| 16:55 to 18:05 | Aries rising |
| 18:05 to 19:35 | Taurus rising |
| 19:35 to 21:30 | Gemini rising |
| 21:30 to 23:50 | Cancer rising |
| 23:50 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 10 October 1950, 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 | 16° Libra 49' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo until about 03:30, then Libra |
| Mercury | 1° Libra 43' |
| Venus | 8° Libra 04' |
| Mars | 10° Sagittarius 29' |
| Jupiter | 27° Aquarius 53'℞ |
| Saturn | 25° Virgo 42' |
| Uranus | 9° Cancer 28' |
| Neptune | 17° Libra 04' |
| Pluto | 19° Leo 26' |
| North Node | 28° Pisces 21' |
| South Node | 28° Virgo 21' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Nora Roberts’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Nora Roberts’s private life.
With the Sun in Libra, Nora Roberts'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 03:30, then Libra
needs and habits
Born before about 03:30: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Nora's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Nora's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Born after about 03:30: 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 Nora'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.
Mercury in Libra thinks by weighing both sides, and Nora tends to communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. Settling on an opinion can take so long that the moment for it passes. They may change their mind in the middle of a conversation because the other point had merit.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Nora probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Nora may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Nora may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Aquarius
27° Aquarius 53' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Nora may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Nora may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Uranus in Cancer
9° Cancer 28' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Nora 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.
Neptune in Libra
17° Libra 04' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Nora 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.
Pluto in Leo
19° Leo 26' at midday
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 Nora, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Nora Roberts’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 conjunction Neptune
about 0.3° at midday
A Sun-Neptune conjunction tends to make Nora Roberts's sense of self porous and imaginative, drawn towards ideals, art or causes bigger than everyday life. Compassion and creativity come with it, and so does the task of keeping a clear enough sense of who they are underneath the dream.
Venus square Uranus
about 1.4° at midday
In Nora's chart the desire for closeness and the need for freedom can work against each other, and this square is known for sudden shifts in an otherwise good relationship. The remedy is to build enough independence into the relationship that none has to be created by pulling away.
Venus sextile Mars
about 2.4° at midday
A sextile between Venus and Mars tends to let Nora go after what they like without much inner conflict, because affection and drive are pulling the same way. It is a pleasant, workable confidence, at its most useful in the early stages of anything new.
Sun sextile Pluto
about 2.6° at midday
Nora's identity and depth are allies, which gives them resilience without constant upheaval. They probably handle intensity better than most, and it takes less out of them than it looks from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.
Mercury conjunction Saturn
about 6.0° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Saturn, Nora'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.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 6.3° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Nora's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
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 Plutoabout 2.4°
- Sun square Uranusabout 7.3°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 8.7°
Libra Suns born within 2 years of Nora Roberts
Also born on 10 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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