Michelle Trachtenberg
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Michelle Trachtenberg’s birth chart

ActressBorn October 11, 1985, New York City, New York, United StatesDied February 26, 2025

Fair, charming and good with people.

  • SunLibraThe Diplomat
  • MoonVirgoThe Mender
  • VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic

What her chart says about her

  1. Who she was

    Sun in Libra, the Diplomat

    Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.

    The Sun sextile Uranus (wide at 3.3°)

  2. What she needed

    Moon in Virgo, the Mender

    Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time. Her moods changed without warning, and she wanted closeness and room to breathe at the same time.

    The Moon square Uranus (close at 1.5°)

  3. How she loved

    Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic

    Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. Loyal in love: she chose carefully, and what she built with people lasted.

    Venus sextile Saturn (close at 1.9°)

  4. How she thought

    Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator

    Thinks in depth and wants the real story. Says little and notices everything. She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.

    Mercury sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)

  5. What drove her

    Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson

    Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Magnetic: affection and desire came together in her, and people noticed.

    Venus conjunction Mars (wide at 4.0°)

  6. The shape of her chart

    In her chart, her feelings, her heart and her drive (the Moon, Venus and Mars) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew her attention first. In her chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day she was born

  • The Moon

    Michelle Trachtenberg was born three days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 9% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, eighteen days after the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Michelle Trachtenberg, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2014, at 29: her first Saturn return. When is yours?

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Signs that click with Libra

You and Michelle Trachtenberg

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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.

Michelle Trachtenberg’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about her chart

What is Michelle Trachtenberg’s zodiac sign?

Libra. Michelle Trachtenberg was born on October 11, 1985, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.

What is Michelle Trachtenberg’s Moon sign?

Virgo, the Mender. Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time.

What is Michelle Trachtenberg’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 11, 1985. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Michelle Trachtenberg’s Venus sign?

Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches.

How does your chart compare with Michelle Trachtenberg’s?

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

Photo: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 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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