
Forest Whitaker’s birth chart
ActorBorn July 15, 1961, Longview, Texas, United States
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonLeoor Virgo
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
The Sun opposition Saturn (wide at 3.9°)
What he needs
Moon in Leo or Virgo, the Warm Heart
Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars. Restless feelings: he feels most at home where things are new.
The Moon conjunction Uranus (almost exact at 0.6°) · For a birth after 10:55 p.m., his Moon was in Virgo.
How he loves
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night. What he wants from love and what love gives him keep needing adjustment, and he learns to see people as they are.
Venus quincunx Neptune (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
Thinks through feeling and memory. Listens well and remembers exactly how something was said. The facts and the bigger picture need constant reconciling, and he keeps checking one against the other.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. In love he wants tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships are rarely calm.
Venus square Mars (almost exact at 0.9°)
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Forest Whitaker was born three days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 7% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, twenty-four days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Forest Whitaker, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2020, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1991. The third begins in 2049. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Forest Whitaker
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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.
Forest Whitaker’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Forest Whitaker’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Forest Whitaker was born on July 15, 1961, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.
What is Forest Whitaker’s Moon sign?
Leo or Virgo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 10:55 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
What is Forest Whitaker’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 July 15, 1961. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Forest Whitaker’s Venus sign?
Gemini, the Charmer. Loves with words and wit. Needs a partner to talk with late into the night.
How does your chart compare with Forest Whitaker’s?
Set your chart beside Forest Whitaker’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 Forest Whitaker’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Marlene Landu, 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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To cite this page: Forest Whitaker’s birth chart, Under Your Stars, https://underyourstars.com/people/forest-whitaker
