Eddy Merckx’s birth chart
CyclistBorn June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium
Quick, curious and good company.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 1.8°)
What he needs
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Feels calm when things are in order and useful. Shows care through small, practical help. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.
The Sun square the Moon (close at 1.9°)
How he loves
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year. Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Venus sextile Saturn (close at 1.5°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
A restless, clever mind. Loves words, news and the fun of a good exchange. His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
The Moon square Mercury (wide at 3.6°)
What drives him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Slow and sure. He does not rush, and he is hard to push off course. His drive and his imagination speak different languages: he goes after something before he can say what it is.
Mars quincunx Neptune (almost exact at 0.7°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth and air signs: the practical and the solid, and ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Eddy Merckx was born seven days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 48% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, four days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Eddy Merckx, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2003 and 2004, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1974. The third begins in 2033. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Eddy Merckx
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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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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Eddy Merckx’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Eddy Merckx was born on June 17, 1945, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything.
What is Eddy Merckx’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Feels calm when things are in order and useful. Shows care through small, practical help.
What is Eddy Merckx’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 June 17, 1945. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Eddy Merckx’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year.
How does your chart compare with Eddy Merckx’s?
Set your chart beside Eddy Merckx’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 Eddy Merckx’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Nationaal Archief, No restrictions, 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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