Laurence Olivier’s birth chart
ActorBorn May 22, 1907, Dorking, United KingdomDied July 11, 1989
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.
- SunGeminior Taurus
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusAriesor Taurus
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini or Taurus, the Messenger
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 2.3°) · For a birth before 6:04 a.m., his Sun was in Taurus.
What he needed
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well. He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.
The Moon square Pluto (almost exact at 0.2°)
How he loved
Venus in Aries or Taurus, the Chaser
Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit.
For a birth after 3:19 p.m., his Venus was in Taurus.
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 2.4°)
What drove him
Mars in Capricorn, the Achiever
Ambitious, disciplined and patient. Works hard and climbs steadily. Electric: he acted on impulse, loved a risk and refused to be told what to do.
Mars conjunction Uranus (wide at 5.5°)
The shape of his chart
Saturn is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his discipline touched everything else in it. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Laurence Olivier was born five days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 69% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, 31 days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Laurence Olivier, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1966 and 1967, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1937. When is yours?
You and Laurence Olivier
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.
Laurence Olivier’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
Questions about his chart
What is Laurence Olivier’s zodiac sign?
Gemini or Taurus. The Sun moved from Taurus into Gemini at 6:04 a.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is Laurence Olivier’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.
What is Laurence Olivier’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 22, 1907. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
How does your chart compare with Laurence Olivier’s?
Set your chart beside Laurence Olivier’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 Laurence Olivier’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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