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Gillian Anderson’s birth chart

ActressBorn August 9, 1968, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Big-hearted and bright.

  • SunLeoThe Bright One
  • MoonPiscesor Aquarius
  • VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic

What her chart says about her

  1. Who she is

    Sun in Leo, the Bright One

    Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 2.4°)

  2. What she needs

    Moon in Pisces or Aquarius, the Tide

    Soaks up the feelings around her. Needs gentleness, music and time alone to come back to herself. What comforts her and what she loves are different things, so her heart and her moods keep negotiating.

    The Moon opposition Venus (close at 2.0°) · For a birth before 6:46 a.m., her Moon was in Aquarius.

  3. How she loves

    Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic

    Shows love through care, help and attention to small things. Loyal in love: she chooses carefully, and what she builds with people lasts.

    Venus trine Saturn (wide at 5.4°)

  4. How she thinks

    Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller

    Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. Facts and dreams blur together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.

    Mercury square Neptune (wide at 4.2°)

  5. What drives her

    Mars in Leo, the Leader

    Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to her, and wants to be recognised for it.

  6. The shape of her chart

    In her chart, her identity, her mind and her drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws her attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.

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The sky the day she was born

  • The Moon

    Gillian Anderson was born the day after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 98% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, 44 days before the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Gillian Anderson, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1998, at 29: her first Saturn return. The second begins in 2027. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Leo

You and Gillian Anderson

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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.

Gillian Anderson’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about her chart

What is Gillian Anderson’s zodiac sign?

Leo. Gillian Anderson was born on August 9, 1968, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.

What is Gillian Anderson’s Moon sign?

Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 6:46 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.

What is Gillian Anderson’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 August 9, 1968. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Gillian Anderson’s Venus sign?

Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Shows love through care, help and attention to small things.

How does your chart compare with Gillian Anderson’s?

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

Photo: Gabriel Hutchinson, 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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