Rod Laver’s birth chart
Tennis playerBorn August 9, 1938, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
The Sun square Uranus (close at 1.9°)
What he needs
Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand
Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed. He picks up what others feel before a word is said, and his compassion reaches far.
The Moon trine Neptune (close at 2.3°)
How he loves
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.
Venus quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Precise, practical and clever. Notices the detail everyone else missed. A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Mercury trine Uranus (wide at 6.7°)
What drives him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to his heart and wants the effort to be seen. Purpose and drive in one place: he is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun conjunction Mars (wide at 4.8°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his drive and his intensity (the Sun, Mars and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first. No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Rod Laver was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 96% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, 45 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Rod Laver, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1997 and 1998, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1968. The third begins in 2027. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Rod Laver
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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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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Rod Laver’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Rod Laver was born on August 9, 1938, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is Rod Laver’s Moon sign?
Capricorn, the Steady Hand. Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
What is Rod Laver’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 August 9, 1938. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Rod Laver’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How does your chart compare with Rod Laver’s?
Set your chart beside Rod Laver’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 Rod Laver’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Evers, Joost / Anefo, CC0, 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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