Bob Ross’ birth chart
PainterBorn October 29, 1942, Daytona Beach, Florida, United StatesDied July 4, 1995
Intense, private and loyal.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Intense, private and loyal. Wants the real story, not the polite one, and gives all or nothing. Funnier than people expect, and kinder in private than in public. Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
The Sun square Pluto (close at 1.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay. His purpose and his feelings were on the same side: the life he chose and the comfort he needed went together.
The Sun trine the Moon (close at 1.8°)
How he loved
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end. Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Venus conjunction Mars (wide at 3.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury trine Saturn (wide at 6.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Gets things done through people, charm and fairness. Prefers teamwork to a fight, and fights hardest for others. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Mars square Jupiter (close at 2.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his drive and his imagination (Mercury, Mars and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Bob Ross was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 74% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 35 days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Bob Ross, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1972, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and Bob Ross
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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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Questions about his chart
What is Bob Ross’ zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Bob Ross was born on October 29, 1942, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Intense, private and loyal. Wants the real story, not the polite one, and gives all or nothing.
What is Bob Ross’ Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay.
What is Bob Ross’ 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 October 29, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Bob Ross’ Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end.
How does your chart compare with Bob Ross’?
Set your chart beside Bob Ross’ 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 Bob Ross’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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