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Fred Astaire’s birth chart

DancerBorn May 10, 1899, Omaha, Nebraska, United StatesDied June 22, 1987

Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonGeminior Taurus
  • VenusAriesThe Chaser

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Taurus, the Gardener

    Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last. The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.

    The Sun quincunx Saturn (close at 2.7°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Gemini or Taurus, the Talker

    Light on his feet emotionally. Feels at home in a good conversation and gets restless in silence.

    For a birth before 8:12 a.m., his Moon was in Taurus.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.

    Venus sextile Pluto (close at 1.8°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Aries, the Spark

    A sharp, impatient mind. Cuts straight to the point and likes a good argument. He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.

    Mercury sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.6°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Leo, the Leader

    Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.

    Mars sextile Pluto (wide at 3.5°)

  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 touched everything else in it. In his chart, fire signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Fred Astaire was born the day after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 1% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, 41 days before the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Fred Astaire, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1987, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1958. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Taurus

You and Fred Astaire

Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.

Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts

The chart

Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.

The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Fred Astaire’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Fred Astaire’s zodiac sign?

Taurus. Fred Astaire was born on May 10, 1899, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last.

What is Fred Astaire’s Moon sign?

Gemini or Taurus. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 8:12 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.

What is Fred Astaire’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 10, 1899. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Fred Astaire’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 Fred Astaire’s?

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

Photo: Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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