Herman Melville

Herman Melville

Born August 1, 1819 in New York City, United States

Historical figure

Sun in Leo

About Herman Melville

American novelist and poet best known for Moby-Dick, now considered one of the great American novels though it was a commercial failure in his lifetime. His experiences as a sailor and whaler deeply informed his fiction. He died in obscurity before being rediscovered in the 20th century.

Herman Melville the Leo

Leo is warmth with the volume up. A fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun itself, Leo is here to create, to express, and to make the people nearby feel a bit more alive for having been noticed. The reputation for wanting attention undersells it: what Leo actually wants is to be seen, which is a different and more human thing.

Herman Melville's birth chart

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces☉ 8°☽ 11°☿ 4°♀ 20°♂ 7°♃ 12°℞♄ 0°℞♅ 20°℞♆ 26°℞♇ 27°℞☊ 13°℞⚷ 28°℞
  • Trine
  • Sextile
  • Square
  • Opposition
  • Dotted: uncertain without a birth time
  • Conjunctions sit side by side

Drawn from the birth date alone: without a birth time there is no Rising sign or houses, and a planet that changed sign that day shows both signs.

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Herman Melville's planets

SunSun in Leo
MoonMoon in Sagittarius
MercuryMercury in Virgo
VenusVenus in Cancer
MarsMars in Gemini
JupiterJupiter in Aquarius
SaturnSaturn in Aries
UranusUranus in Sagittarius
NeptuneNeptune in Sagittarius
PlutoPluto in Pisces

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10 planets
  • Earth1 of 10 planets
  • Air2 of 10 planets
  • Water2 of 10 planets

Strongest: Fire

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10 planets
  • Fixed2 of 10 planets
  • Mutable6 of 10 planets

Strongest: Mutable

Herman Melville's love archetype

The Heartfelt Wordsmith

From Venus in Cancer and Mars in Gemini.

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