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Virgo · August 26

Harry Potter · Ministry of Magic

Dolores Umbridge: zodiac sign and birth chart

Dolores Umbridge is a Virgo, born on August 26. The year is never given, so her Moon and the rest of her chart come from NEBO's take. The Sun is canon, and it fits: a woman who runs a whole school with forms, decrees and a very pink cardigan.

  • SunVirgo
  • MoonCapricorn
  • RisingTaurus
  • MarsSagittarius
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SourceDay and month: Wizarding World (formerly Pottermore), per the HP Lexicon's birthday calendar. Her birth year is never given in the books or the films, so everything except the Sun comes from NEBO's take.

Birth chart

Umbridge's chart at a glance

Sun from the canon birthday. Canon gives no year, so the rest is NEBO's take from her character.

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  • Fire1
  • Earth3
  • Air0
  • Water0
  • Mostly earth. 3 of her 4 placements are earth signs.
  • About 1 in 32 birthdays get Umbridge in the app's Harry Potter world.
  • Other Virgos here: Hermione Granger and Nymphadora Tonks.

NEBO's take

Canon says Virgo. Her personality says Capricorn.

We ran Umbridge through the same model that matches people to characters in the app, and looked at which chart gets her most often. It reads her as Capricorn: cold, ambitious and in control, with the sweet voice as the wrapping.

Canon

Virgo SunAugust 26, from Wizarding World. Year never given

NEBO's take

Capricorn SunRead from her personality
  • Sun CanonVirgoNEBO's takeCapricorn

    Canon gives her Virgo: forms, detail, everything done "properly". Capricorn is the climber behind it, from Senior Undersecretary to High Inquisitor.

  • Moon CanonNo birth yearNEBO's takeCapricorn

    Canon gives no Moon, because her birth year is never given. Our take is Capricorn: the voice stays sweet and the face never slips, even in the middle of a detention.

  • Rising CanonNo birth timeNEBO's takeTaurus

    No birth time in canon. First impression at the Welcome Feast: a pink cardigan, a girlish voice, a little cough and a smile that doesn't move.

  • Mercury CanonNo birth yearNEBO's takeCapricorn

    No canon Mercury. Capricorn talks in rules and titles: her own course aims, Educational Decrees, the High Inquisitor.

  • Venus CanonNo birth yearNEBO's takeAquarius

    No canon Venus. Aquarius gives her taste a stubborn streak of its own: pink everywhere and plates of kittens on the office walls, as if nobody could object.

  • Mars CanonNo birth yearNEBO's takeSagittarius

    No canon Mars. Sagittarius is the crusader: she sacks Professor Trelawney on the front steps, in front of the whole school, sure she is in the right.

Where we agree: both signs love a rule and a proper procedure. Canon's Virgo files the paperwork, our Capricorn wants the title that comes with it.

How she shows up

Why she's like this

Virgo is the sign of rules, details and doing things by the book. Umbridge does all of it, with a smile, and in pink.

  • CoreVirgo Sun

    Rules for everything

    Educational Decree Twenty-Four: no student club, team or society without the High Inquisitor's signature. Slytherin's papers come back almost at once. Gryffindor's Quidditch team has to wait.

    Order of the Phoenix

  • CoreVirgo Sun

    Takes notes on everybody

    She sits at the back of her colleagues' lessons with a clipboard and writes while they teach. Professor Trelawney can't finish a sentence without a little cough from the corner.

    Order of the Phoenix

  • FeelingsCapricorn Moon

    Sweet voice, no mercy

    Detention in her pink office, kittens on the plates. She hands Harry a black quill and says, "Oh, you won't need ink." The words "I must not tell lies" cut into the back of his hand.

    Order of the Phoenix

  • First impressionTaurus rising

    Smile on, voice small

    At the Welcome Feast she clears her throat with a little "Hem, hem" and cuts in while Dumbledore is still talking, to give a speech about progress. Half the Hall stops listening.

    Order of the Phoenix

  • In a fightMars in Sagittarius

    Crusades in public

    She sacks Professor Trelawney on the castle steps in front of the whole school. Dumbledore steps in: she can dismiss her, but she can't send her out of the castle.

    Order of the Phoenix

Your turn

Which Harry Potter character are you?

Pick your birthday. Your Sun sign gives a first answer right here, then the app reads your whole chart.

Chemistry

Who Umbridge clicks with, and who she clashes with

Read from the charts on their pages. The plot may disagree.

Pick a side

Are you more Umbridge or Harry?

Your birthday settles it. The app reads your whole chart and tells you who you really get.

Similar charts

Who else has Umbridge's chart

Famous Virgos with her placements

Their charts line up with Umbridge's chart. A chart match only: none of them is connected to this page.

Umbridge in real life

The app casts mostly Capricorn Suns as Umbridge, the same sign our model reads in her. Olivia Cooke and Hunter Schafer fit it, with Ana de Armas as a Taurus on the list.

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Characters like Umbridge

Closest charts first: shared signs, same elements.

Which Harry Potter character are you?

Add your birthday and the app finds your character, your house and how close you are to Umbridge.

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Questions

Umbridge's zodiac sign: what people ask

What is Dolores Umbridge's zodiac sign?

Virgo. Wizarding World gives her birthday as August 26, and Virgo runs from August 23 to September 22.

When is Dolores Umbridge's birthday?

August 26. Her birth year is never given in the books or the films.

Is Umbridge a Virgo?

Yes, by her canon birthday, and it fits the rules, the forms and the clipboard. Our personality model reads her as Capricorn first: cold, ambitious and in control.

What is Umbridge's Moon sign?

Canon doesn't say, because there is no birth year and no birth time. In NEBO's take it is Capricorn.

What element is Umbridge?

Earth. Virgo is an earth sign, and 3 of her 4 placements are earth too.

Who is Umbridge most compatible with?

By chart, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger and Narcissa Malfoy. Capricorn Moon and Taurus Moon: they calm down the same way, no translation needed.

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