Christoph Waltz
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Christoph Waltz’s birth chart

ActorBorn October 4, 1956, Vienna, Austria

Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal.

  • SunLibraThe Diplomat
  • MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Libra, the Diplomat

    Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal. Works best with a partner and hates a needless fight. Aim and action run at different speeds, and he spends real effort keeping them in step.

    The Sun quincunx Mars (close at 2.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker

    Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored. Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.

    Venus square Saturn (close at 1.3°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst

    A careful, exact mind. Spots the flaw, fixes the plan and gets the wording just right. A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.

    Mercury sextile Saturn (close at 2.0°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior

    Gentle on the surface and quietly strong. Works best for a cause worth believing in. He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.

    Mars opposition Jupiter (wide at 5.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his feelings and his imagination (the Sun, the Moon and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws his attention first.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Christoph Waltz was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Thursday, eleven days after the September equinox.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Christoph Waltz was born, as it was on 66 days of 1956. How often the famous were

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Christoph Waltz was born, as it was on 60 days of 1956. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Christoph Waltz, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2014 and 2015, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1985. The third begins in 2044. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Libra

You and Christoph Waltz

Would you be friends? Is there 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.

Christoph Waltz’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Christoph Waltz’s zodiac sign?

Libra. Christoph Waltz was born on October 4, 1956, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal. Works best with a partner and hates a needless fight.

What is Christoph Waltz’s Moon sign?

Libra, the Peacemaker. Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.

What is Christoph Waltz’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 October 4, 1956. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Christoph Waltz’s Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.

How does your chart compare with Christoph Waltz’s?

Set your chart beside Christoph Waltz’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 Christoph Waltz’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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