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John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands

Together from 1954 until his death in 1989.

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Are John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands compatible?

Easy friends, with very different ways of working.

What draws them together
John Cassavetes’s way of loving and Gena Rowlands’s come together easily.
Where they rub
John Cassavetes’s way of loving and Gena Rowlands’s way of thinking pull in opposite directions.
  • As friends

    Easy friends

    John Cassavetes’s personality and Gena Rowlands’s need for freedom come together easily.

  • In love

    A spark that needs tending

    John Cassavetes’s way of loving and Gena Rowlands’s dreams can clash.

  • How they talk

    Different ways of talking

    John Cassavetes’s way of thinking and Gena Rowlands’s personality pull in opposite directions.

  • Working together

    Different ways of working

    John Cassavetes’s serious side and Gena Rowlands’s personality pull in opposite directions.

  • Under one roof

    Takes time to settle in

Their Suns, sign by sign: Gemini and Sagittarius compatibility

What they have in common

John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands share no sign, but some of the same instincts.

John CassavetesGena Rowlands
Sunwho they areOppositesSagittariusGemini
Moonwhat they needPiscesPisces or Aries
Mercuryhow they thinkOppositesSagittariusGemini
Venushow they loveSame elementSagittariusLeo
Marswhat drives themSagittariusTaurus
  • Their Venus signs are both fire. They both love boldly and out loud.
  • Their Sun signs are opposites. Sagittarius and Gemini: opposites in who they are. What one of them lacks, the other has.
  • Their Mercury signs are opposites. Sagittarius and Gemini: opposites in how they think. What one of them lacks, the other has.

The duo they make

The Fixer

Notices what is out of place and knows how to make it better. Shows love by being useful, and has a dry, quick humour that surprises people.

Two charts made into one, each planet halfway between theirs: a Sun in Virgo.

For astrologers: the 22 contacts that held all day on both birthdays, the closest first
  • John Cassavetes’ Sun quincunx Gena Rowlands’ Plutoclose at 1.4°
  • John Cassavetes’ Neptune square Gena Rowlands’ Mercuryclose at 1.6°
  • John Cassavetes’ Venus square Gena Rowlands’ Neptuneclose at 1.9°
  • John Cassavetes’ Venus opposition Gena Rowlands’ Mercuryclose at 2.2°
  • John Cassavetes’ Sun trine Gena Rowlands’ Uranusclose at 2.2°
  • John Cassavetes’ Uranus sextile Gena Rowlands’ Mercuryclose at 2.3°

Sources and credits

When they were together, and their dates and places of birth: Wikidata. Both charts are cast for noon, and only the contacts that held all day on both birthdays are counted.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

A correction, or a request to take this page down: hello@underyourstars.com.

To cite this page: John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands: their birth charts compared, Under Your Stars, https://underyourstars.com/couples/john-cassavetes-and-gena-rowlands

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