
David Copperfield’s birth chart
IllusionistBorn September 16, 1956, Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
Modest about a great deal of skill.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard. Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.
The Sun sextile Saturn (wide at 4.2°)
What he needs
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
How he loves
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored. Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new win his heart.
Venus conjunction Uranus (close at 3.0°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury sextile Venus (wide at 3.1°)
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. He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
Mars opposition Jupiter (close at 1.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his heart, his independence and his intensity (Venus, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
David Copperfield was born three days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 89% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, six days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day David Copperfield was born, as it was on 66 days of 1956. How often the famous were
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day David Copperfield was born, as it was on 60 days of 1956. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For David Copperfield, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2014, 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 Virgo
You and David Copperfield
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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 Copperfield’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is David Copperfield’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. David Copperfield was born on September 16, 1956, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What is David Copperfield’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
What is David Copperfield’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 September 16, 1956. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is David Copperfield’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.
How does your chart compare with David Copperfield’s?
Set your chart beside David Copperfield’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 Copperfield’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Homer Liwag, CC0, 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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