Birth Chart

Elsa Morante

Sun Leo

Moon Scorpio

Ascendant Sagittarius

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Leo - 25°14' - in house 8

↣ Moon in Scorpio - 12°10' - in house 11

↣ Mercury in Virgo - 02°10' - in house 8/9 - retrograde

↣ Venus in Virgo - 07°14' - in house 9

↣ Mars in Virgo - 20°20' - in house 9

↣ Jupiter in Sagittarius - 05°56' - in house 12

↣ Saturn in Gemini - 03°23' - in house 6

↣ Uranus in Aquarius - 00°32' - in house 2 - retrograde

↣ Neptune in Cancer - 24°41' - in house 7/8

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 29°44' - in house 7

↣ North Node in Aries - 13°35' - in house 4

↣ Ascendant in Sagittarius - 24°19' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Libra - 17°58' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Capricorn - 15°16'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 8

↣ Moon in house 11

↣ Mercury in house 8/9

↣ Venus in house 9

↣ Mars in house 9

↣ Jupiter in house 12

↣ Saturn in house 6

↣ Uranus in house 2

↣ Neptune in house 7/8

↣ Pluto in house 7

↣ North Node in house 4

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (6°56' applying)

↣ Sun and Pluto sextile (4°30' applying)

↣ Sun and Ascendant trine (0°56' applying)

↣ Moon and Venus sextile (4°55' separating)

↣ Moon and Saturn antiparallel

↣ Moon and Pluto antiparallel

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (3°06' separating)

↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (5°04' separating)

↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (3°46' separating)

↣ Mercury and Saturn square (1°12' separating)

↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (2°26' applying)

↣ Mercury and North Node parallel

↣ Mercury and Midheaven antiparallel

↣ Venus and Jupiter square (1°18' separating)

↣ Venus and Saturn square (3°52' separating)

↣ Mars and Neptune sextile (4°22' applying)

↣ Mars and North Node parallel

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant trine (5°04' applying)

↣ Mars and Ascendant square (3°59' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Saturn opposition (2°34' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Uranus sextile (5°24' separating) parallel

↣ Jupiter and Neptune antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Uranus trine (2°51' separating)

↣ Uranus and Neptune opposition (5°50' applying) antiparallel

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (9°26' applying)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant opposition (5°26' applying)

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°41' separating)

↣ North Node and Midheaven opposition (4°23' separating)

Birth data

Chart date: 18/08/1912
Chart time: 15:30
Date and time quality: AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Rome, Italy
Latitude and longitude: 41°54' North · 12°29' East
Time zone: 01:00 East

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About

Elsa Morante was an Italian writer—novelist, poet, translator and author of children’s books—whose work shaped postwar Italian literature. Largely self-taught, she began publishing short stories in the 1930s and released her first book, Il Gioco Segreto, in 1941. Her output includes award‑winning novels, poetry and translations, reflecting interests in music, psychoanalysis and the great classics.

Her international recognition was cemented by L'isola di Arturo (1957), which won the Strega Prize, and by La storia (1974), a novel set in Rome during World War II that became a national bestseller and appears on lists of reference works. Menzogna e sortilegio, her debut novel, received the Viareggio Prize.

Her experience during the Nazi occupation and a temporary exile in southern Italy informed central themes of her writing: childhood, memory, love as an ambiguous force, and the use of fantasy as an escape from reality. Her prose and characters often explore autobiographical and psychological dimensions, leaving a lasting legacy in twentieth‑century Italian literature.

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