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Henry Fonda’s birth chart

ActorBorn May 16, 1905, Grand Island, Nebraska, United StatesDied August 12, 1982

Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonLibraor Scorpio
  • 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. Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.

    The Sun square Saturn (wide at 7.1°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Libra or Scorpio, the Peacemaker

    Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.

    For a birth after 7:50 p.m., his Moon was in Scorpio.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (close at 2.2°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker

    A steady, sensible mind. Learns by doing and remembers what was learned. A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.

    Mercury sextile Saturn (close at 1.7°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist

    Intense, strategic and relentless. Keeps a goal close and doesn’t let it go. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.

    Mars opposition Jupiter (close at 1.4°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his optimism (the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Henry Fonda was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 93% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, 36 days before the June solstice.

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Henry Fonda was born, as it was on 43 days of 1905. How often the famous were

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Henry Fonda was born, as it was on 75 days of 1905. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Henry Fonda, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1964 and 1965, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1935. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Taurus

You and Henry Fonda

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

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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.

Henry Fonda’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Henry Fonda’s zodiac sign?

Taurus. Henry Fonda was born on May 16, 1905, 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 Henry Fonda’s Moon sign?

Libra or Scorpio. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 7:50 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.

What is Henry Fonda’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 16, 1905. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Henry Fonda’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 Henry Fonda’s?

Set your chart beside Henry Fonda’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 Henry Fonda’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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