Mae West’s birth chart
ActressBorn August 17, 1893, Brooklyn, New York, United StatesDied November 22, 1980
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. She reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun square Jupiter (wide at 4.8°)
What she needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them. Restless feelings: she felt most at home where things were new.
The Moon conjunction Uranus (close at 1.0°)
How she loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Shows love through care, help and attention to small things. Affection came to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (wide at 6.2°)
How she thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. A probing mind: she got to the bottom of things, and her words had power when she chose to use them.
Mercury sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.4°)
What drove her
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. She took on more than any one person could, and her boldness ran ahead of her plans.
Mars square Jupiter (close at 1.1°)
The shape of her chart
Mercury is the hub of her chart: it takes part in four of its aspects, more than any other body, so her mind touched everything else in it.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Mae West was born six days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 34% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 36 days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Mae West was born, as it was on 67 days of 1893. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Mae West, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1951 and 1952, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1922. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Mae West
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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
More with the Sun in Leo
See allQuestions about her chart
What is Mae West’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Mae West was born on August 17, 1893, 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 Mae West’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.
What is Mae West’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 17, 1893. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Mae West’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Shows love through care, help and attention to small things.
How does your chart compare with Mae West’s?
Set your chart beside Mae West’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 Mae West’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Paramount Pictures, 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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