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Richard Petty’s birth chart

Racing driverBorn July 2, 1937, Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States

Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonAriesor Taurus
  • VenusTaurusThe Keeper

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. Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.

    The Sun sextile Uranus (close at 2.5°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Aries or Taurus, the Quick Flame

    Feels in bursts, honestly and all at once. Hates sitting still with a mood, and needs a way to act on it. His feelings run large: he wants more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gives.

    The Moon square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°) · For a birth after 8:35 p.m., his Moon was in Taurus.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Taurus, the Keeper

    Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.

    Venus trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.8°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

    Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines. He doubts his own ideas before anyone else can, and so he checks every one twice.

    Mercury square Saturn (close at 1.6°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist

    Quietly powerful. Works in private, holds nothing back, and does not give up. He works for ideals: his drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.

    Mars sextile Neptune (wide at 3.2°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Richard Petty was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 37% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, ten days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Richard Petty, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2026, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1996 and 1997. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and Richard Petty

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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 Petty’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Richard Petty’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. Richard Petty was born on July 2, 1937, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.

What is Richard Petty’s Moon sign?

Aries or Taurus. The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 8:35 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.

What is Richard Petty’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 2, 1937. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Richard Petty’s Venus sign?

Taurus, the Keeper. Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real.

How does your chart compare with Richard Petty’s?

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

Photo: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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