Author, Screenwriter · Virgo · born September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

Roald Dahl flew fighters in the Second World War before writing the children's books that made him famous, and the darkness in them is usually traced back to that. His adult short stories are as unsettling as the children's ones are gleeful. His antisemitic statements are a documented part of the record and were publicly apologised for by his family in 2020.

Their Virgo side

Virgo craft in a very small form: he revised children's sentences obsessively.

Notable works

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Matilda
• The BFG
• Tales of the Unexpected

Achievements

• Over 300 million copies sold worldwide
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG
• Screenwriter on You Only Live Twice
• Three Edgar Awards for his adult fiction

In their words

• “Those who do not believe in magic will never find it.”
• “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Virgo
• Moon sign: Aries
• Chinese zodiac: Fire Dragon
• Life path number: 3 — The Creative
• Born on a Wednesday

Virgo compatibility

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