Mary Shelley — birth chart across three traditions

Born: 1797-08-30 at 23:20 · London, United Kingdom

Data source: Rodden AA (the family's own contemporaneous record). Her father William Godwin entered the hour in his journal on the day itself; an encyclopedic biography reproduces the journal page and transcribes the entry as a birth at twenty minutes after eleven at night. The same article gives the date, 30 August 1797, and London as the place, in its opening section, while the journal transcription in the image caption supplies the hour.

English novelist, author of Frankenstein and The Last Man, born in Somers Town, London, to Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. The time of 23:20 comes from her father's diary written the same night, which is why it is rated as a family record rather than an inferred time; it is local London clock time of 1797.

Reading the chart

Virgo Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Cancer rising — a night chart, led by the Moon's agenda.

Moon carries unusual weight here — rules the Ascendant sign (Cancer); sect luminary of this night chart.

Stellium in Virgo: Sun, Mercury, Mars, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.

Earth is the leading element (38% weighted), while fire is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.

Mutable modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is adapting — adjusting and redistributing energy.

Chart ruler: Moon in Sagittarius, house 6 — where this planet acts, the chart's agenda advances.

Planetary distribution: splay — irregular clusters; strongly individual, resists tidy summaries.

Sun at 7°58′ Virgo, house 4: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates precisely, usefully, through discernment and craft — the keynote is refinement. The main arena is home, family, roots and privacy.

Moon at 27°51′ Sagittarius, house 6: emotional life, instinct and the need for safety operates expansively, candidly, aimed at the far horizon — the keynote is meaning. The main arena is work routines, health habits and service. Conjunct the Descendant: prominent — this planet is visible in the life.

Stellium in Virgo: Sun, Mercury, Mars, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.

Moon square Mercury (orb 0°53′, applying): Moon and Mercury grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.

Venus square Ascendant (orb 0°44′): Venus and Ascendant grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.

Moon sextile Midheaven (orb 0°15′): Moon and Midheaven cooperate when invited — an opportunity aspect that rewards small deliberate efforts.

Western natal chart

Sun Virgo 7°57′ · Moon Sagittarius 27°51′ · Ascendant Cancer 2°36′ — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.

Strongest aspects

• Moon □ Mercury (square, orb 0.9°)
• Venus □ Ascendant (square, orb 0.7°)
• Moon ⚹ Midheaven (sextile, orb 0.2°)
• Pluto ☌ Midheaven (conjunction, orb 1.6°)
• Mars ☍ Pluto (opposition, orb 1.9°)
• Sun ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 0.5°)
• Uranus ☍ Part of Fortune (opposition, orb 0.1°)
• Moon △ Mars (trine, orb 3.2°)

Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars

Day Master: Yin Fire (丁). Luck pillars run backward.

Luck pillars 大運

Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)

Moon nakshatra: Mula, pada 3, lord Ketu. Lagna: Gemini. Vimshottari mahadasha running now: Mercury.

Vimshottari mahadashas

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