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Roddy McDowall’s birth chart

ActorBorn September 17, 1928, Herne Hill, United KingdomDied October 3, 1998

Sharp-eyed and quietly kind.

  • SunVirgoThe Fixer
  • MoonScorpioor Libra
  • VenusLibraThe Sweetheart

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Virgo, the Fixer

    Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it. He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.

    The Sun square Mars (close at 1.5°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Scorpio or Libra, the Vault

    Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.

    For a birth before 5:05 a.m., his Moon was in Libra.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart

    Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (close at 2.0°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Libra, the Mediator

    A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.

    Mercury square Pluto (almost exact at 0.8°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker

    Restless, quick and clever. Does several things at once and wins with words. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.

    Mercury trine Mars (wide at 5.4°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    Mercury is the hub of his chart: it takes part in four of its aspects, more than any other body, so his mind touched everything else in it.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Roddy McDowall was born three days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 11% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, five days before the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Roddy McDowall, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1986, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1957. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Virgo

You and Roddy McDowall

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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.

Roddy McDowall’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Roddy McDowall’s zodiac sign?

Virgo. Roddy McDowall was born on September 17, 1928, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it.

What is Roddy McDowall’s Moon sign?

Scorpio or Libra. The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 5:05 a.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.

What is Roddy McDowall’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 September 17, 1928. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Roddy McDowall’s Venus sign?

Libra, the Sweetheart. Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.

How does your chart compare with Roddy McDowall’s?

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

Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, 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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