Gena Rowlands’ birth chart
ActressBorn June 19, 1930, Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesDied August 14, 2024
A mind that won’t sit still.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonAriesor Pisces
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled. Optimism at the centre of her: she expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter (almost exact at 0.7°)
What she needed
Moon in Aries or Pisces, the Quick Flame
Feels in bursts, honestly and all at once. Hates sitting still with a mood, and needs a way to act on it. She put people at ease without trying: kindness and charm came from the same place.
The Moon trine Venus (almost exact at 0.8°) · For a birth before 9:15 a.m., her Moon was in Pisces.
How she loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored. A graceful mind: she spoke kindly and well, and she knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury sextile Venus (wide at 4.6°)
How she thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
A restless, clever mind. Loves words, news and the fun of a good exchange. Facts and dreams blurred together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Mercury square Neptune (wide at 4.0°)
What drove her
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Slow to start and impossible to stop. She worked steadily, built things to last and did not give up under pressure. Her drive and her discipline worked together easily: she could push hard and keep going.
Mars trine Saturn (close at 2.8°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her identity, her mind and her optimism (the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew her attention first.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Gena Rowlands was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 47% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, two days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Gena Rowlands, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2018, at 88: her third Saturn return, after the second in 1989. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Gena Rowlands
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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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Questions about her chart
What is Gena Rowlands’ zodiac sign?
Gemini. Gena Rowlands was born on June 19, 1930, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.
What is Gena Rowlands’ Moon sign?
Aries or Pisces. The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 9:15 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
What is Gena Rowlands’ 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 19, 1930. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Gena Rowlands’ Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.
How does your chart compare with Gena Rowlands’?
Set your chart beside Gena Rowlands’ 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 Gena Rowlands’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: 20th Century Fox, 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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