Carroll Shelby’s birth chart
Automotive designerBorn January 11, 1923, Leesburg, Texas, United StatesDied May 10, 2012
Patient and determined.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Patient and determined. Plays the long game, earns respect slowly, and grows warmer and more playful with the years. Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun square Saturn (almost exact at 0.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them. His feelings liked freedom: he needed space in close ties and gave it back just as easily.
The Moon trine Uranus (close at 2.0°)
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion. A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury sextile Venus (close at 2.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. What he knew and what he said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with him.
Mercury quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Works from instinct and compassion. Fights for others more easily than for himself. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (close at 2.4°)
The shape of his chart
Jupiter is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his optimism touched everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Carroll Shelby was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 31% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, twenty days after the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Carroll Shelby, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2011, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1981 and 1982. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and Carroll Shelby
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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.
Carroll Shelby’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Capricorn
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What is Carroll Shelby’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Carroll Shelby was born on January 11, 1923, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Patient and determined. Plays the long game, earns respect slowly, and grows warmer and more playful with the years.
What is Carroll Shelby’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.
What is Carroll Shelby’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 11, 1923. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Carroll Shelby’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.
How does your chart compare with Carroll Shelby’s?
Set your chart beside Carroll Shelby’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 Carroll Shelby’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Sherry Lambert Stapleton from No.. I live in Halifax VA., 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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