Richard Garriott’s birth chart
Video game developerBorn July 4, 1961, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonAriesor Pisces
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun trine Neptune (wide at 3.6°)
What he needs
Moon in Aries or Pisces, the Quick Flame
Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move. His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
The Moon square Mercury (close at 1.3°) · For a birth before 6:12 a.m., his Moon was in Pisces.
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. Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Venus trine Saturn (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Mercury sextile Mars (close at 1.1°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Drive and hope keep going in slightly different directions, and he aims again and again.
Mars quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.6°)
The shape of his chart
The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Richard Garriott was born six days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 58% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, twelve days after the June solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Richard Garriott was born, as it was on 67 days of 1961. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Richard Garriott, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2020, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1991. The third begins in 2050. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
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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.
Richard Garriott’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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Questions about his chart
What is Richard Garriott’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Richard Garriott was born on July 4, 1961, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.
What is Richard Garriott’s Moon sign?
Aries or Pisces. The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 6:12 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
What is Richard Garriott’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 4, 1961. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Richard Garriott’s 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 Richard Garriott’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Richard Garriott’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: NASA, 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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