William S. Burroughs’s birth chart
Born 5 February 1914, in St. Louis, Missouri. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Gemini Moon
William S. Burroughs’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
William S. Burroughs was born on Thursday, 5 February 1914, in St. Louis, Missouri. The Sun was in Aquarius, so Aquarius was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Gemini. They died on 2 August 1997, aged 83. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is eight air, two water, no fire and no earth. By modality the count is five fixed, three mutable and two cardinal. Five planets stand together in Aquarius: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus. Gemini holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Moon, Saturn and Pluto. The tightest aspect is Sun conjunction Venus, about 1.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Four planets were retrograde: Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 5 February, among them Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Charlotte Rampling.
See the sky the day William S. Burroughs was born: the stars over St. Louis, Missouri, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
William S. Burroughs’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 16° 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 William S. Burroughs's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Gemini
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For William S. Burroughs, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
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 St. Louis, Missouri, at each hour of the day.
William S. Burroughs’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for William S. Burroughs 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 5 February 1914, computed for St. Louis, Missouri.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:00 | Scorpio rising |
| 02:00 to 04:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 04:25 to 06:20 | Capricorn rising |
| 06:20 to 07:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 07:50 to 09:00 | Pisces rising |
| 09:00 to 10:15 | Aries rising |
| 10:15 to 11:45 | Taurus rising |
| 11:45 to 13:40 | Gemini rising |
| 13:40 to 16:00 | Cancer rising |
| 16:00 to 18:30 | Leo rising |
| 18:30 to 21:00 | Virgo rising |
| 21:00 to 23:30 | Libra rising |
| 23:30 to 24:00 | Scorpio 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 5 February 1914, 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° Aquarius 07' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini |
| Mercury | 24° Aquarius 32' |
| Venus | 14° Aquarius 38' |
| Mars | 6° Cancer 00'℞ |
| Jupiter | 3° Aquarius 33' |
| Saturn | 11° Gemini 14'℞ |
| Uranus | 8° Aquarius 04' |
| Neptune | 26° Cancer 19'℞ |
| Pluto | 29° Gemini 19'℞ |
| North Node | 15° Pisces 17' |
| South Node | 15° Virgo 17' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
William S. Burroughs’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about William S. Burroughs’s private life.
William S. Burroughs'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.
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and William S. Burroughs is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
In William S. Burroughs's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. William S. Burroughs may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Cancer acts to protect the people and things that matter, and its anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The habit to watch, for William S. Burroughs, may be going quiet or indirect instead of naming the upset. Other people tend to notice a shift of mood and take a while to trace it back to its cause.
Jupiter in Aquarius
3° Aquarius 33' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. William S. Burroughs 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.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For William S. Burroughs that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Uranus in Aquarius
8° Aquarius 04' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around William S. Burroughs'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.
Neptune in Cancer
26° Cancer 19' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by William S. Burroughs 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
29° Gemini 19' at midday ℞
power, generational
William S. Burroughs 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 William S. Burroughs’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 Venus
about 1.5° at midday
Who William S. Burroughs is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
Saturn trine Uranus
about 3.2° at midday
This trine lets William S. Burroughs build lasting structures that still leave room for change, because discipline and independence are allies here. Consistency and originality coexist with ease, and neither of them has to be given up to make room for the other.
Venus trine Saturn
about 3.4° at midday
A steady, dependable way of loving, one that people trust, is what this trine gives William S. Burroughs, since affection and commitment hold each other up. Relationships built on it tend to last, often well past the point where less committed people would have moved on.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus
about 4.5° at midday
Growth comes suddenly and by unconventional routes with Jupiter conjunct Uranus, and William S. Burroughs is likely to be drawn to opportunities that break from the expected path. Openness to change is the strength. Following through on one bold idea before moving on to the next is the discipline.
Mercury trine Pluto
about 4.8° at midday
William S. Burroughs's thinking and depth support each other, which gives them a natural ability to work through complex or hidden material without getting overwhelmed. With Mercury trine Pluto, research and difficult conversations both come easily, and William S. Burroughs can stay with a hard subject long after others have looked away.
Sun trine Saturn
about 4.9° at midday
Effort and identity feel like the same project under a Sun-Saturn trine, because William S. Burroughs's sense of self and capacity for discipline reinforce each other. What they build tends to last, since ambition and patience are already in agreement.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus conjunction Uranusabout 6.6°
- Mars conjunction Plutoabout 6.7°
- Jupiter opposition Neptuneabout 7.2°
- Sun conjunction Uranusabout 8.1°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 8.4°
Aquarius Sun and Gemini Moon, like William S. Burroughs
Also born on 5 February
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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