Patrick White’s birth chart
Born 28 May 1912, in London, England, at 11:00 (Rodden A).
Gemini Sun · Scorpio Moon · Virgo rising
Patrick White’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Patrick White was born in London, England, on 28 May 1912, a Tuesday. That made Patrick a Gemini, with the Moon in Scorpio and Virgo rising. Patrick died on 30 September 1990, aged 78. The birth time, 11:00, 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 earth signs, three in air, two in fire and two in water. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is one, six and three. Mercury, Venus and Saturn all fall in Taurus. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Venus and Saturn: a conjunction, 0.9° from exact. Jupiter and Uranus were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 28 May, among them Kylie Minogue, Ian Fleming and Carey Mulligan.
Patrick White’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Gemini
6° Gemini 43'
A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and Patrick White probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.
Moon sign
Scorpio
7° Scorpio 17'
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Patrick that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
Rising sign
Virgo
2° Virgo 13'
Virgo rising gives Patrick a first impression that is precise, observant and modest. People tend to trust the judgement of a Virgo rising and sometimes mistake that reserve for coolness, until they see how much help is on offer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 11:00 on 28 May 1912, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 6° Gemini 43' | House 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 7° Scorpio 17' | House 3 |
| Mercury | 16° Taurus 09' | House 9 |
| Venus | 26° Taurus 12' | House 10 |
| Mars | 0° Leo 04' | House 11 |
| Jupiter | 11° Sagittarius 02'℞ | House 4 |
| Saturn | 25° Taurus 17' | House 10 |
| Uranus | 3° Aquarius 17'℞ | House 5 |
| Neptune | 21° Cancer 50' | House 11 |
| Pluto | 27° Gemini 57' | House 10 |
| North Node | 20° Aries 49' | House 9 |
| South Node | 20° Libra 49' | House 3 |
Patrick White’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Patrick White’s private life.
Sun in Gemini
6° Gemini 43' · tenth house
purpose and vitality
For Patrick White, the Sun in Gemini means vitality that comes from variety, and purpose that feels most real when they are learning or explaining something new. What suffers is focus, with energy scattered across too many half-finished things at once. Several projects and three hobbies on the go at the same time would be in character.
The Sun in the tenth house ties Patrick'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 Scorpio
7° Scorpio 17' · third house
needs and habits
For Patrick, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
The Moon in the third house suggests someone who talks or writes a feeling through until it makes sense, and Patrick may find silence around an unspoken worry deeply unsettling. A conversation with the right person at the right moment is often how Patrick finds their footing again.
Mercury in Taurus
16° Taurus 09' · ninth house
mind and voice
With Mercury in Taurus, Patrick is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
With Mercury in the ninth house, Patrick thinks in big frameworks and enjoys following an idea all the way to where it leads, even if that means a change of mind along the way. Foreign ideas, languages and philosophies excite them more than familiar, well-worn ones.
Venus in Taurus
26° Taurus 12' · tenth house
love and values
Venus in Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Patrick's chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.
Venus in the tenth house brings Patrick's charm and diplomacy into public life, and is linked with being easy to work alongside. Work that lets them create, connect or beautify something is likely to suit them far better than work built on pure competition.
Mars in Leo
0° Leo 04' · eleventh house
drive and anger
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Patrick 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.
Mars in the eleventh house puts energy into friendships and causes, and Patrick is often the one who gets a whole group moving. Friction in a group probably does not scare them off, and they would rather push through a disagreement than step around it.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
11° Sagittarius 02' ℞ · fourth house
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Patrick 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.
With Jupiter in the fourth house, Patrick probably likes a home with room in it, for more people, more projects and the warmth visitors feel on coming through the door. A generous, welcoming household may matter more to Patrick than a tidy or impressive one.
Saturn in Taurus
25° Taurus 17' · tenth house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Patrick 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.
Saturn in the tenth house is associated with taking the long road in working life, and Patrick is inclined to trust sustained effort over shortcuts. Saturn here goes with a reliability that shows long before any confidence in their own standing among their peers.
Uranus in Aquarius
3° Aquarius 17' ℞ · fifth house
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Patrick'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.
Uranus in the fifth house gives creativity and romance a spark of the unexpected, and a predictable routine in either is apt to leave Patrick restless. The people and projects that appeal with this placement tend to be the ones that surprise, not the ones that confirm what is already known.
Neptune in Cancer
21° Cancer 50' · eleventh house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Patrick 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.
Friendships and causes with an idealistic edge draw Patrick, who may hold a vision for their community that reaches well beyond the practical. With Neptune in the eleventh house, disappointment can follow when a group falls short of that vision, even when its effort was sincere.
Pluto in Gemini
27° Gemini 57' · tenth house
power, generational
Patrick 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.
Influence may matter more to Patrick than surface status, and with Pluto in the tenth house, a working life that stops meaning something may well be reinvented. Pluto here is associated with caring more about public power than public popularity, two things that are easy to confuse.
Aspects in Patrick White’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Venus conjunction Saturn
0.9° separating
Venus conjunct Saturn describes a serious, committed way of loving, and Patrick White is likely to treat a relationship as something to build, not simply to enjoy. Loyalty comes with it. So does the harder task of trusting that affection can be deserved before it has been worked for.
Mars opposition Uranus
3.2° applying
When Patrick acts on their own terms, it can bring them up against people or systems that expect the usual process to be followed; this opposition lives in that clash. Rebellion chosen deliberately, moment by moment, tends to serve them better than a reaction to every restriction.
Sun trine Uranus
3.4° separating
Being original feels easy rather than effortful with this aspect, because Patrick's sense of self and need for freedom sit comfortably together. They are likely to gravitate towards places that let them be exactly who they are without much friction.
Saturn sextile Neptune
3.5° separating
Patrick's ideas tend to take a workable, grounded shape without losing their spark, a result of the gentle alliance between discipline and imagination in this sextile. It is a quiet, practical creativity, and it usually produces something people can use and not just admire.
Venus sextile Mars
3.9° applying
A sextile between Venus and Mars tends to let Patrick 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.
Moon square Uranus
4.0° separating
Needing people and needing independence can pull against each other under the Moon square Uranus, and the usual sign is a sudden withdrawal from an otherwise good relationship. Building in enough space from the start means Patrick does not need to bolt for it later.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Sun opposition Jupiter4.3°
- Venus sextile Neptune4.4°
- Mars sextile Saturn4.8°
- Moon square Mars7.2°
- Moon opposition Mercury8.9°
Gemini Sun and Scorpio Moon, like Patrick White
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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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