Richard Simmons’ birth chart
Fitness instructorBorn July 12, 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesDied July 13, 2024
Tender under a careful shell.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. He kept fitting his ambitions to his purpose, and some big plans had to wait.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Unsettled by conflict and soothed by kindness. Needs good company and a sense that things are fair. Feelings without edges: other people’s sorrow and joy reached him as if they were his own.
The Moon conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he loved
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match. In love he wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships were rarely calm.
Venus square Mars (close at 2.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines. He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mercury conjunction Uranus (close at 2.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars square Uranus (almost exact at 0.4°)
The shape of his chart
The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Richard Simmons was born six days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 41% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, twenty-one days after the June solstice.
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Richard Simmons was born, as it was on 43 days of 1948. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Richard Simmons, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2006 and 2007, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1977. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Richard Simmons
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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 Simmons’ chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Richard Simmons’ zodiac sign?
Cancer. Richard Simmons was born on July 12, 1948, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.
What is Richard Simmons’ Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Unsettled by conflict and soothed by kindness. Needs good company and a sense that things are fair.
What is Richard Simmons’ 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 12, 1948. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Richard Simmons’ 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 Richard Simmons’?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Richard Simmons’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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