Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly’s birth chart

NovelistBorn July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
  • VenusGeminiThe Charmer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.

    The Sun square Neptune (close at 1.1°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand

    Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Gemini, the Charmer

    Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match. In love he wants tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships are rarely calm.

    Venus square Mars (close at 2.6°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Leo or Cancer, the Storyteller

    Speaks with warmth and confidence and tells a great story. Thinks in big, bold ideas. He thinks in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.

    Mercury conjunction Uranus (close at 1.5°) · For a birth before 1:35 a.m., his Mercury was in Cancer.

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior

    Moves by intuition and feeling. Finds strength in service and in standing up for someone else. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.

    Mars trine Saturn (wide at 5.2°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    Saturn is the hub of his chart: it takes part in seven of its aspects, more than any other body, so his discipline touches everything else in it.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Michael Connelly was born the day before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 99% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, 30 days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Michael Connelly, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2014, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1985. The third begins in 2043. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and Michael Connelly

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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.

Michael Connelly’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Michael Connelly’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. Michael Connelly was born on July 21, 1956, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.

What is Michael Connelly’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 Michael Connelly’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 July 21, 1956. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Michael Connelly’s Venus sign?

Gemini, the Charmer. Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match.

How does your chart compare with Michael Connelly’s?

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

Photo: Mark Coggins from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0, 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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