Joan Fontaine’s birth chart
ActressBorn October 22, 1917, Tokyo, JapanDied December 15, 2013
Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other. Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (wide at 4.5°)
What she needed
Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand
Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
How she loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion. She loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Venus opposition Jupiter (close at 1.0°)
How she thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
Weighs every side before speaking. Diplomatic, graceful and good at finding the words that keep the peace. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Mercury trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove her
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to her heart and wants the effort to be seen. Restless and quick to rebel: she pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars opposition Uranus (wide at 3.9°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her drive, her discipline and her imagination (Mars, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew her attention first. Most of her planets are in fire and air signs: instinct and enthusiasm, and ideas and people.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Joan Fontaine was born six days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 34% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, twenty-eight days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Joan Fontaine, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2006, at 88: her third Saturn return, after the second in 1976 and 1977. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Joan Fontaine
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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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See allQuestions about her chart
What is Joan Fontaine’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Joan Fontaine was born on October 22, 1917, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other.
What is Joan Fontaine’s Moon sign?
Capricorn, the Steady Hand. Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
What is Joan Fontaine’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 October 22, 1917. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Joan Fontaine’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.
How does your chart compare with Joan Fontaine’s?
Set your chart beside Joan Fontaine’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 Joan Fontaine’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Whitey Schafer, 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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