Robert Browning
Sun: Taurus
Ascendant: Aries
Moon: Sagittarius

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Robert Browning is as equally known for his poetry as he is for being one-half of one of the most famous couples in history. He has Jupiter conjunct the planet of love, Venus, in his marriage sector, making him capable of extreme devotion to his committed partner.

Browning has both Pluto and Moon in the third house which rules writing ability, giving extreme emotional power through the written word, a trait especially perfect for poetry. Further emphasizing his literary talent, he has the ruler of the third house, Mercury, in his creativity sector conjunct his Sun in artistic, Venus-ruled Taurus.

Robert Browning did not became famous for his poetry until later middle-age. His Mercury, in fact, is retrograde. Retrograde planets can point to areas in which we have great talent but do not receive success until later on in life. Dreamy, artsy Neptune is found in his 12th house of hidden things or the slow reveal trining his Moon in his writing sector. In fact, Browning was most known for his use of dramatic monologues, in which the reader learns about the narrator of a piece not through direct speech but through conveyed meanings.

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