Tennessee Williams’s birth chart
Born 26 March 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi, at 02:30 (Rodden A).
Aries Sun · Aquarius Moon · Capricorn rising
Tennessee Williams’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
26 March 1911 was a Sunday: the day Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi. Their zodiac sign was Aries, with the Moon in Aquarius and Capricorn rising. Tennessee died on 25 February 1983, aged 71. The birth time, 02:30, 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 four, five and one. Closest of the aspects is the square between Moon and Jupiter, 1.4° from exact. Jupiter and Neptune were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 26 March, among them Richard Dawkins, Keira Knightley and Larry Page.
See the sky the night Tennessee was born: the stars over Columbus, Mississippi at 02:30, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Tennessee Williams’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aries
4° Aries 34'
An Aries Sun starts things. For Tennessee Williams that points to energy that is direct and impatient with delay, and to feeling most like themselves when there is something to go first at. The work of this placement is finishing what the spark began.
Moon sign
Aquarius
12° Aquarius 14'
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. Tennessee is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
Rising sign
Capricorn
24° Capricorn 58'
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 Tennessee without their asking for it.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 02:30 on 26 March 1911, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 4° Aries 34' | House 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 12° Aquarius 14' | House 1 |
| Mercury | 10° Aries 30' | House 2 |
| Venus | 2° Taurus 53' | House 3 |
| Mars | 9° Aquarius 08' | House 1 |
| Jupiter | 13° Scorpio 35'℞ | House 9 |
| Saturn | 5° Taurus 16' | House 3 |
| Uranus | 28° Capricorn 42' | House 1 |
| Neptune | 18° Cancer 46'℞ | House 6 |
| Pluto | 25° Gemini 56' | House 5 |
| North Node | 10° Taurus 35' | House 3 |
| South Node | 10° Scorpio 35' | House 9 |
Tennessee Williams’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Tennessee Williams’s private life.
With the Sun in Aries, Tennessee Williams's sense of purpose tends to come alive when there is a clear start line. They probably feel most like themselves pushing into something new, though that energy can burn hot and fade before the finish. The typical pattern is a project launched with excitement, then handed off once the routine sets in.
The Sun in the second house rests Tennessee's sense of worth on what is built and looked after over time, not on one good season. They feel most confident when the things they own and make reflect their own taste, their own standards and their own pace.
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and Tennessee is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
The Moon in the first house tends to make Tennessee's moods visible almost immediately, so that how they feel colours how they come across before a single word has been said. Other people are apt to read that emotional weather quickly, sometimes before it has been named.
Mercury in Aries suggests that Tennessee thinks in quick, decisive strokes and says what they mean without much preamble. Sometimes the words arrive before the thought is fully formed, which can come across sharper than intended. It is a mind that finishes other people's sentences and prefers a fast decision to a long meeting.
With Mercury in the second house, Tennessee weighs up what things are worth with care and holds clear, well-reasoned opinions about value that they can explain in detail. Talking a choice or a plan through out loud helps them settle on the right one.
Venus in Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Tennessee'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 third house puts Tennessee's charm into conversation, with a knack for saying a difficult thing so that it lands gently. Words are often one of the clearest ways of showing affection, sometimes clearer than gestures or gifts.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. Tennessee can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
For Tennessee, action comes first and thought later, with an energy that is direct, physical and hard to miss when they walk into a room. Someone with Mars in the first house is usually seen as a person who moves the moment a decision is made, rarely one who lingers over it.
Jupiter in Scorpio
13° Scorpio 35' ℞ · ninth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Tennessee, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
The ninth house is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions excite Tennessee more than almost anything else. Someone with this placement is often the first to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious course of study.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Tennessee 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.
In Tennessee's chart, Saturn sits in the third house, a placement associated with caution in speech: a sense of being unheard or over-careful with words, and a freedom to speak up that comes with deliberate practice. What they say often carries weight, because they choose their words with care.
Uranus in Capricorn
28° Capricorn 42' · first house
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Tennessee'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.
With Uranus in the first house, Tennessee is likely to come across as unconventional and hard to define, even by their own account, with labels fitting loosely at best. The placement goes with a presence that shifts the energy of a room by being unpredictable in a way people cannot quite place.
Neptune in Cancer
18° Cancer 46' ℞ · sixth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Tennessee 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.
With Neptune in the sixth house, a daily routine works best when it includes something restful or quietly meaningful, and rigid, uninspired work wearies Tennessee in a way that is hard to explain. Being of service to someone often feeds Tennessee more than the task itself does.
Pluto in Gemini
25° Gemini 56' · fifth house
power, generational
Tennessee 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.
Pluto in the fifth house makes romance and creativity all-or-nothing, and Tennessee is inclined to love and create with total, visible commitment rather than half measures. Someone with Pluto here holds on to what they make and who they love, once they have decided, completely and for a long time.
Aspects in Tennessee Williams’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon square Jupiter
1.4° applying
Emotional generosity can run ahead of what can be sustained when the Moon is square Jupiter, and Tennessee Williams may end up overcommitting their time or their care. Generosity with limits lasts longer, for them and for everyone else, than generosity offered with no limits at all.
Mercury sextile Mars
1.4° separating
Speaking up quickly and clearly when it matters comes easily to Tennessee, since thinking and drive work in step. That plain directness serves them well in fast-moving conversations and quick decisions alike.
Moon sextile Mercury
1.7° separating
Feelings and thoughts are on speaking terms for Tennessee, so talking through whatever is going on inside comes more easily than average. Think of it as self-awareness without the hard work, at its most useful in ordinary, everyday conversations.
Venus conjunction Saturn
2.4° applying
Venus conjunct Saturn describes a serious, committed way of loving, and Tennessee 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.
Moon conjunction Mars
3.1° separating
Feeling and the instinct to act are fused when the Moon is conjunct Mars, so emotion tends to come out as immediate action rather than quiet processing. It gives Tennessee emotional courage, and the skill to practise is a pause before the reaction, so that it serves them rather than just discharging the feeling.
Mars square Saturn
3.9° separating
Tennessee's drive can meet resistance, from outside obstacles or from private doubt, and frustration builds when progress feels blocked. Under this square, every stretch of steady work done anyway turns that resistance into competence, the kind that is there when it is needed most.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus square Uranus4.2°
- Mars square Jupiter4.4°
- Sun sextile Mars4.6°
- Jupiter trine Neptune5.2°
- Sun sextile Uranus5.9°
- Sun conjunction Mercury5.9°
- Venus square Mars6.3°
- Saturn square Uranus6.6°
- Moon square Saturn7.0°
Aries Sun and Aquarius Moon, like Tennessee Williams
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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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