J.K. Rowling (July 31, 1965)

J.K. Rowling (birth name Joanne) is known as the bestselling author of the Harry Potter stories. She has recently been vilified by the LGBTQ+ community for (supposedly) hate-filled comments she has made.

Rowling’s responses to proposed changes to UK gender recognition laws, and her views on sex and gender, have provoked controversy. Her statements have divided feminists; fuelled debates on freedom of speech and cancel culture; and prompted declarations of support for transgender people from the literary, arts and culture sectors.

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I decided to look at her birth chart after watching an Ellie Dreams Down Under video about her, this morning.

This charted was rectified by another astrologer, and most astrology sites have gone along with the timing of 9:10 pm. But, accidently, I wrote am instead and this popped up. In some ways, this chart setup is more accurate of the effect she has on society, so I’m going to go with this time instead.

The reason? Most of the aspects in this chart are with Saturn in Pisces on the Descendant. And having Pluto and the Moon flanking her (now) Virgo Ascendant gives us a glimpse into the personality that could dream up the literary world of Harry Potter.

There is one inconjunct which would exist even if the birth time was 12 hours later.

Mars Inconjunct Saturn

You have a strong will and always want to have your own way. But very often it seems as if tremendous forces are working to prevent you from getting what you want. If you have this problem, it is because of the way you go about trying to achieve your ends. If you put too much force into your desire to get something, you may unknowingly alienate people because your aggressive manner shows that you will let nothing stop you from getting what you want. Even if that isn’t the way you really feel about it, you should recognize that your forcefulness creates this impression.

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Contrary to the rectified time, Pluto in the 12th House (of the Unconscious) seems to be confirmed by this video discussion between J.K. Rowling and Stephen Fry. And the Moon in the 1st House (of Personality) speaks to her tremendous popularity as an author. But, just to keep things in context, Saturn at about age 25, seems to match the hardship she was facing which was triggered by her mother’s illness and her father’s emotional abandonment.

[Her mother] Anne Rowling was diagnosed with a “virulent strain” of multiple sclerosis when she was 34 or 35 and Jo was 15, and had to give up her job. Rowling’s home life was complicated by her mother’s illness and a strained relationship with her father. Rowling later said “home was a difficult place to be”, and that her teenage years were unhappy. In 2020, she wrote that her father would have preferred a son and described herself as having severe obsessive–compulsive disorder in her teens. She began to smoke, took an interest in alternative rock, and adopted Siouxsie Sioux’s back-combed hair and black eyeliner. Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth, owned a turquoise Ford Anglia that provided an escape from her difficult home life and the means for Harris and Rowling to broaden their activities.

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I rest my case, m’lord.