Michael Phelps’ birth chart
SwimmerBorn June 30, 1985, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonSagittariusThe Free Spirit
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong. Purpose and drive in one place: he is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun conjunction Mars (wide at 5.2°)
What he needs
Moon in Sagittarius, the Free Spirit
Needs room to roam and a reason to be hopeful. Shakes off a bad mood with a joke or a long walk. Restless feelings: he feels most at home where things are new.
The Moon conjunction Uranus (almost exact at 0.9°)
How he loves
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year. Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.
Venus opposition Saturn (close at 2.0°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. His words have force: he speaks to persuade, and he keeps his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury square Pluto (almost exact at 0.7°)
What drives him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Fights hardest for the people closest to him. Works best for a cause that feels personal. Effort and restlessness keep catching each other off guard, and his plans change at short notice.
Mars quincunx Uranus (close at 1.0°)
The shape of his chart
Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Michael Phelps was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 95% lit, in Sagittarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, nine days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Michael Phelps, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2014, at 28: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2043. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Michael Phelps
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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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What is Michael Phelps’ zodiac sign?
Cancer. Michael Phelps was born on June 30, 1985, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong.
What is Michael Phelps’ Moon sign?
Sagittarius, the Free Spirit. Needs room to roam and a reason to be hopeful. Shakes off a bad mood with a joke or a long walk.
What is Michael Phelps’ 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 June 30, 1985. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Michael Phelps’ Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves with patience, touch and loyalty. Shows it in comfort, good food and being there year after year.
How does your chart compare with Michael Phelps’?
Set your chart beside Michael Phelps’ 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 Phelps’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Agência Brasil Fotografias, 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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