Alan Alda’s birth chart
ActorBorn January 28, 1936, Manhattan, New York, United States
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusCapricornor Sagittarius
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down. His purpose and his feelings are on the same side: the life he chooses and the comfort he needs go together.
The Sun sextile the Moon (almost exact at 0.1°)
What he needs
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Feels in bursts, honestly and all at once. Hates sitting still with a mood, and needs a way to act on it.
How he loves
Venus in Capricorn or Sagittarius, the Loyal Partner
Loves seriously and steadily. Shows love through commitment and reliability. He loves the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Venus trine Uranus (close at 1.5°) · For a birth before 9:01 a.m., his Venus was in Sagittarius.
How he thinks
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. Meaning comes to him before the words do, and clear speech follows the feeling.
Mercury quincunx Neptune (close at 1.7°)
What drives him
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Moves by intuition and feeling. Finds strength in service and in standing up for someone else. Controlled force: he works with patience and grit, and he finishes what he starts.
Mars conjunction Saturn (close at 2.4°)
The shape of his chart
Neptune is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his imagination touches everything else in it.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Alan Alda was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 25% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, 36 days after the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Alan Alda was born, as it was on 67 days of 1936. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Alan Alda, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2024, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1994 and 1995. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and Alan Alda
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Aquarius
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Alan Alda’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. Alan Alda was born on January 28, 1936, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down.
What is Alan Alda’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels in bursts, honestly and all at once. Hates sitting still with a mood, and needs a way to act on it.
What is Alan Alda’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on January 28, 1936. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
How does your chart compare with Alan Alda’s?
Set your chart beside Alan Alda’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Alan Alda’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Moody College of Communication from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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