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David Attenborough’s birth chart

BroadcasterBorn May 8, 1926, Isleworth, United Kingdom

Steady as bedrock.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonAriesor Pisces
  • VenusAriesThe Chaser

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Taurus, the Gardener

    Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after. A quiet strength: under pressure he grows more focused, and he knows how to start over.

    The Sun sextile Pluto (wide at 4.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Aries or Pisces, the Quick Flame

    Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on. Tenderness through and through: he needs beauty and affection the way others need air.

    The Moon conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.7°) · For a birth before 9:56 a.m., his Moon was in Pisces.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit. Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new win his heart.

    Venus conjunction Uranus (wide at 3.8°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Aries, the Spark

    Quick to answer and quick to decide. Says what is on his mind, and gets to the idea first. He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.

    Mercury trine Neptune (almost exact at 0.5°)

  5. 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.

  6. The shape of his chart

    Saturn is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his discipline touches everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in fire and water signs: instinct and enthusiasm, and feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    David Attenborough was born three days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 15% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, 44 days before the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For David Attenborough, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2014, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1984 and 1985. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Taurus

You and David Attenborough

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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.

David Attenborough’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is David Attenborough’s zodiac sign?

Taurus. David Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after.

What is David Attenborough’s Moon sign?

Aries or Pisces. The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 9:56 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.

What is David Attenborough’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 May 8, 1926. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is David Attenborough’s Venus sign?

Aries, the Chaser. Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit.

How does your chart compare with David Attenborough’s?

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

Photo: UK Government, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (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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