Sally Ride’s birth chart
AstronautBorn May 26, 1951, Los Angeles, California, United StatesDied July 23, 2012
A mind that won’t sit still.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled. Purpose and drive in one place: she was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun conjunction Mars (close at 1.1°)
What she needed
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
How she loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. She loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Venus square Neptune (almost exact at 0.6°)
How she thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
A steady, sensible mind. Learns by doing and remembers what was learned. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Mercury sextile Uranus (close at 2.4°)
What drove her
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Quick, clever and busy. Gets things done through talk, ideas and juggling several jobs. Big drive and big confidence: she went after large goals, and her enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars sextile Jupiter (wide at 3.6°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Sally Ride was born six days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 62% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, twenty-six days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Sally Ride, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2009, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1979 and 1980. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Sally Ride
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets hers, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
The chart
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Gemini
See allQuestions about her chart
What is Sally Ride’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.
What is Sally Ride’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
What is Sally Ride’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 May 26, 1951. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Sally Ride’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.
How does your chart compare with Sally Ride’s?
Set your chart beside Sally Ride’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 Sally Ride’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: NASA; retouched by Coffeeandcrumbs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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To cite this page: Sally Ride’s birth chart, Under Your Stars, https://underyourstars.com/people/sally-ride