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Rita Dove

Astrology Data, Zodiac Sign, Natal Birth Chart, Kundli, and Horoscope


Rita Dove

Birth Name:

Rita Dove

Female

Birth Date:

Thu, Aug 28, 1952

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Akron, Ohio, United States

Age:

71

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

Sun

Vir
16'

About Rita Dove

Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86). Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000. Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006.

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Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Rita Dove

Astrological portrait of Rita Dove

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Rita Dove: Sun 5 Virgo, Moon 7 Sagittarius, Mercury 17 Leo, Venus 23 Virgo, Mars 0 Sagittarius, Jupiter 20 Taurus, Saturn 12 Libra, Uranus 17 Cancer, Neptune 19 Libra, Pluto 21 Leo, Mercury Sextile Neptune, Sun Square Mars, Sun Semi Square Neptune, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Uranus, Mercury Conjunct Pluto, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Semi Sextile Pluto, Mars Semi Square Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Quincunx Neptune, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Uranus Square Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Rita Dove: Living people, 1952 births, 20th-century American women writers, 21st-century American women writers, American women poets, 20th-century American poets, 21st-century American poets, United States National Medal of Arts recipients, Virginia, The New Yorker people, Ohio, American women academics, August 28 births, African-American women writers, African-American writers, Iowa Writers Workshop alumni, African-American academics, National Humanities Medal recipients, Writers from Akron, Miami University alumni, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners, American Poets Laureate, Poets from Virginia, Writers from Charlottesville, Poets Laureate of Virginia, Poets from Ohio

Photo attribution: Gage Skidmore, Own work

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