Bette Davis’ birth chart
ActressBorn April 5, 1908, Lowell, Massachusetts, United StatesDied October 6, 1989
Direct, brave and impatient with waiting.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonGeminiThe Talker
- VenusTaurusor Gemini
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At her best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet. She needed room to be herself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun square Uranus (close at 1.3°)
What she needed
Moon in Gemini, the Talker
Sorts out feelings by putting them into words. Needs company, news and a change of scene.
How she loved
Venus in Taurus or Gemini, the Keeper
Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year. Magnetic: affection and desire came together in her, and people noticed.
Venus conjunction Mars (almost exact at 0.8°) · For a birth after 3:57 p.m., her Venus was in Gemini.
How she thought
Mercury in Pisces, the Poet
Thinks in pictures and feelings. Understands people without needing many words. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Mercury sextile Uranus (close at 2.7°)
What drove her
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Slow to start and impossible to stop. She worked steadily, built things to last and did not give up under pressure. Her drive and her discipline worked together easily: she could push hard and keep going.
Mars sextile Saturn (wide at 3.1°)
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Bette Davis was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 22% lit, in Gemini. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, fifteen days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Bette Davis, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1967, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1937 and 1938. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
You and Bette Davis
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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
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See allQuestions about her chart
What is Bette Davis’ zodiac sign?
Aries. Bette Davis was born on April 5, 1908, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At her best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet.
What is Bette Davis’ Moon sign?
Gemini, the Talker. Sorts out feelings by putting them into words. Needs company, news and a change of scene.
What is Bette Davis’ 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 April 5, 1908. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
How does your chart compare with Bette Davis’?
Set your chart beside Bette Davis’ 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 Bette Davis’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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