Roger Ebert’s birth chart
Film criticBorn June 18, 1942, Urbana, Illinois, United StatesDied April 4, 2013
Quick, curious and good company.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything. The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun square Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (almost exact at 0.7°)
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch.
How he thought
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
A restless, clever mind. Loves words, news and the fun of a good exchange. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 8.5°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.8°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his discipline and his independence (the Sun, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Roger Ebert was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 20% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, three days before the June solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Roger Ebert was born, as it was on 67 days of 1942. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Roger Ebert, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2001, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1971 and 1972. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Roger Ebert
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
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
Together, chart beside chart
More with the Sun in Gemini
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Roger Ebert’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Roger Ebert was born on June 18, 1942, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything.
What is Roger Ebert’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back.
What is Roger Ebert’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 June 18, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Roger Ebert’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch.
How does your chart compare with Roger Ebert’s?
Set your chart beside Roger Ebert’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 Roger Ebert’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Sound Opinions, 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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