Ray Bradbury’s birth chart
Born 22 August 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, at 16:50 (Rodden AA).
Leo Sun · Sagittarius Moon · Capricorn rising
Ray Bradbury’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
22 August 1920 was a Sunday: the day Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Sagittarius and Capricorn rising. Ray died on 5 June 2012, aged 91. The birth time, 16:50, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is five fire, three water, two earth and no air. Fixed signs hold five, mutable signs four and cardinal signs one. Leo holds a stellium, four planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune. Closest of the aspects is the conjunction between Venus and Saturn, 0.2° from exact. Uranus was retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 22 August, among them Dua Lipa, Leni Riefenstahl and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
See the sky the night Ray was born: the stars over Waukegan, Illinois at 16:50, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Ray Bradbury’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
29° Leo 27'
A Leo Sun shines. For Ray Bradbury that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Sagittarius
15° Sagittarius 26'
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Ray, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
Rising sign
Capricorn
6° Capricorn 50'
Capricorn rising comes across as composed and capable, and people with it tend to seem older than their age when young, then younger than their age later. Responsibility is likely to land on Ray without their asking for it.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 16:50 on 22 August 1920, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 29° Leo 27' | House 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 15° Sagittarius 26' | House 11 |
| Mercury | 13° Leo 38' | House 7 |
| Venus | 13° Virgo 14' | House 8 |
| Mars | 21° Scorpio 59' | House 10 |
| Jupiter | 29° Leo 03' | House 8 |
| Saturn | 13° Virgo 00' | House 8 |
| Uranus | 3° Pisces 52'℞ | House 2 |
| Neptune | 11° Leo 58' | House 7 |
| Pluto | 8° Cancer 29' | House 7 |
| North Node | 9° Scorpio 24' | House 10 |
| South Node | 9° Taurus 24' | House 4 |
Ray Bradbury’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Ray Bradbury’s private life.
Purpose for Ray Bradbury is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
Ray is apt to go looking for what lies beneath the surface, in themselves and in the people close to them, and shallow exchanges may leave them cold. With the Sun in the eighth house, trust tends to become the ground their identity is built on, and opening up may wait until it exists.
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Ray edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
With the Moon in the eleventh house, Ray feels most at ease among friends who see the world the same way and share a sense of what matters in it. Not belonging anywhere can quietly unsettle a person with this placement, while a steady circle feels like part of their foundation.
Mercury in Leo gives Ray a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Ray more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Mercury in the seventh house is associated with thinking best out loud with another person, and Ray may need to talk an idea through with someone before it feels settled. Negotiation and dialogue may come more naturally than solitary decisions, which rarely sit comfortably for long.
With Venus in Virgo, Ray is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.
Venus in the eighth house wants intimacy that goes all the way down, not the kind that stays comfortably light, and Ray is inclined to build trust slowly and value it highly once it exists. The placement suggests that whatever Ray shares with someone means more when the bond behind it is solid.
In Ray'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.
Mars in the tenth house makes ambition the driving force, and Ray is apt to push hard towards a public goal once their sights are set on it. Competition at work sharpens their focus where it might intimidate someone else, and a proper challenge can bring out Ray's best effort.
Jupiter in Leo
29° Leo 03' · eighth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Ray the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
Jupiter in the eighth house brings a quiet trust to intimacy and to whatever is held in common, and for Ray it suggests an expectation that things will be fair with the people closest to them. The placement goes with meeting deep change openly, not warily.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Ray 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.
Saturn in the eighth house points to trust that builds slowly, and Ray is inclined to take time before letting anyone close. Once that trust is in place, the placement suggests a wish to keep what is shared for a long time.
Uranus in Pisces
3° Pisces 52' ℞ · second house
freedom, generational
Ray has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Ray is unlikely to be satisfied for long by conventional measures of worth, and with Uranus in the second house, the idea of what is worth having changes over time. They place value on things that are usually overlooked, and would rather travel light than be tied down by what they own.
Neptune in Leo
11° Leo 58' · seventh house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Ray alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Neptune in the seventh house can lead Ray to idealise a partner, blurring the line between the person who is there and the one who was hoped for. Disappointment can follow when reality does not match the dream, though compassion is apt to stay at the heart of how Ray loves.
Pluto in Cancer
8° Cancer 29' · seventh house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Ray 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.
Pluto in the seventh house is associated with bonds that run unusually deep once trust is built, and in Ray's chart it points to close partnerships that change a person. The placement is also linked with power struggles before that trust has had a chance to settle in.
Aspects in Ray Bradbury’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Venus conjunction Saturn
0.2° separating
Venus conjunct Saturn describes a serious, committed way of loving, and Ray Bradbury 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.
Sun conjunction Jupiter
0.4° separating
Ray's identity carries a natural optimism and a generous sense of scale, so they tend to think bigger than the room requires. Confidence comes easily with the Sun conjunct Jupiter, and the discipline worth building is matching that optimism with follow-through.
Mercury conjunction Neptune
1.7° separating
With Mercury conjunct Neptune, Ray's thinking is likely to be imaginative and impressionistic, working through images and instinct as much as straight logic. It is a creative and intuitive strength, at its best when a compelling idea has been held up against the facts before being embraced.
Moon trine Mercury
1.8° separating
Ray can probably explain what they feel almost as soon as they feel it, because feeling and thinking flow together easily here. A Moon-Mercury trine makes for a comforting voice in emotional moments, and people with it are often the ones others call first when something has gone wrong.
Moon square Venus
2.2° separating
The Moon square Venus sets emotional needs against the desire for harmony, and Ray may swallow a feeling to keep things smooth. Learning that a relationship can survive a little honest friction resolves this over time.
Moon square Saturn
2.4° separating
With the Moon square Saturn, emotional needs can run into self-doubt: a fear of asking for too much, or of feelings being an inconvenience. Each time Ray lets someone show up for them anyway, that fear loses a little of its grip.
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.
- Moon trine Neptune3.5°
- Sun opposition Uranus4.4°
- Saturn sextile Pluto4.5°
- Uranus trine Pluto4.6°
- Venus sextile Pluto4.7°
- Jupiter opposition Uranus4.8°
- Sun square Mars7.5°
Leo Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Ray Bradbury
Also born on 22 August
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 (Quoted BC/BR). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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