Robert E. Howard’s birth chart
Born 22 January 1906, in Peaster, Texas. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
Robert E. Howard’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Robert E. Howard was born in Peaster, Texas, on 22 January 1906, a Monday. That made them an Aquarius. The Moon changed sign at about 01:00, from Sagittarius to Capricorn; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. They died on 11 June 1936, aged 30. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Earth carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against water three, air two and fire none. Cardinal signs hold four, mutable signs three and fixed signs two. Three planets stand together in Capricorn: Mercury, Venus and Uranus. The tightest aspect is Venus trine Jupiter, about 0.1° 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 a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 22 January, among them Hidetoshi Nakata, John Hurt and Jim Jarmusch.
See the sky the day Robert E. Howard was born: the stars over Peaster, Texas, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Robert E. Howard’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 1° Aquarius at midday
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Robert E. Howard's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 01:00, then Capricorn (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 01:00: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Robert E. Howard, 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.
Born after about 01:00: Moon in Capricorn
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, Robert E. Howard may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
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 Peaster, Texas, at each hour of the day.
Robert E. Howard’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Robert E. Howard 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 22 January 1906, computed for Peaster, Texas.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Libra rising |
| 00:50 to 03:15 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:15 to 05:35 | Sagittarius rising |
| 05:35 to 07:30 | Capricorn rising |
| 07:30 to 09:05 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:05 to 10:30 | Pisces rising |
| 10:30 to 11:50 | Aries rising |
| 11:50 to 13:25 | Taurus rising |
| 13:25 to 15:20 | Gemini rising |
| 15:20 to 17:40 | Cancer rising |
| 17:40 to 20:05 | Leo rising |
| 20:05 to 22:25 | Virgo rising |
| 22:25 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 22 January 1906, 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 | 1° Aquarius 50' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius until about 01:00, then Capricorn |
| Mercury | 13° Capricorn 39' |
| Venus | 26° Capricorn 22' |
| Mars | 19° Pisces 58' |
| Jupiter | 26° Taurus 27' |
| Saturn | 1° Pisces 30' |
| Uranus | 5° Capricorn 57' |
| Neptune | 8° Cancer 24'℞ |
| Pluto | 21° Gemini 01'℞ |
| North Node | 20° Leo 58' |
| South Node | 20° Aquarius 58' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Robert E. Howard’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Robert E. Howard’s private life.
Robert E. Howard's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 01:00, then Capricorn
needs and habits
Born before about 01:00: Moon in Sagittarius
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 Robert E. Howard edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Born after about 01:00: Moon in Capricorn
With the Moon in Capricorn, Robert E. Howard's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Robert E. Howard 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. Robert E. Howard will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
For Robert E. Howard, Venus in Capricorn means loving in a measured, committed way and valuing stability, ambition and someone to build a life with. The trap is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. With this Venus, love comes out more easily as providing and planning than as words said out loud.
With Mars in Pisces, Robert E. Howard is likely to act indirectly, often through avoidance or quiet withdrawal rather than confrontation, and anger can turn into sadness before it has even been named as anger. The habit is to absorb conflict rather than address it. Often they need to leave a tense room before they can work out what they feel.
Jupiter in Taurus
26° Taurus 27' at midday
growth and excess
In Robert E. Howard's chart, Jupiter in Taurus grows through patience, and what it builds tends to come together slowly and steadily rather than in one leap. Taken too far, that can become excess: holding on to more comfort or more stuff than serves them. They are probably generous with food, gifts and shared pleasures, and now and then generosity tips into indulgence.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Robert E. Howard, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Capricorn
5° Capricorn 57' at midday
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Robert E. Howard's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
8° Cancer 24' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Robert E. Howard 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
21° Gemini 01' at midday ℞
power, generational
Robert E. Howard 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 Robert E. Howard’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.
Venus trine Jupiter
about 0.1° at midday
Affection and a sense of plenty reinforce each other in Robert E. Howard's chart, and the result is a warm, easy generosity in relationships. With this trine, goodwill in love and friendship tends to be given freely and returned in kind, without much forcing on either side.
Mars square Pluto
about 1.0° at midday
With Mars square Pluto, Robert E. Howard's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 4.4° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give Robert E. Howard a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 5.0° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to Robert E. Howard it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Mercury opposition Neptune
about 5.2° at midday
Under Mercury opposite Neptune, clear thinking competes with the lure of an appealing story or a hopeful assumption. Checking conclusions against plain evidence keeps Robert E. Howard on firm ground, without asking them to give up the imagination that makes their thinking interesting in the first place.
Sun trine Jupiter
about 5.4° at midday
With the Sun trine Jupiter, Robert E. Howard's sense of self and instinct for growth support each other, which gives them a warm, expansive confidence. They are likely to be quick to see an opening and to make the most of it without forcing anything.
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.
- Uranus opposition Neptuneabout 2.5°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 5.5°
- Saturn trine Neptuneabout 6.9°
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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; 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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