Sam Mendes’ birth chart
StageBorn August 1, 1965, Reading, United Kingdom
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonLibraor Virgo
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him. The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun square Neptune (wide at 8.3°)
What he needs
Moon in Libra or Virgo, the Peacemaker
Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.
For a birth before 4:54 a.m., his Moon was in Virgo.
How he loves
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new win his heart.
Venus conjunction Uranus (wide at 4.7°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
Clever, methodical and useful. Turns a muddle into a list and the list into results.
What drives him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair. When to push and when to wait takes constant judging, and he learns timing the hard way.
Mars quincunx Saturn (close at 2.0°)
The shape of his chart
Saturn is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his discipline touches everything else in it. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Sam Mendes was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 21% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 40 days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Sam Mendes, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2024 and 2025, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1995. The third begins in 2054. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Sam Mendes
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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
Together, chart beside chart
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What is Sam Mendes’ zodiac sign?
Leo. Sam Mendes was born on August 1, 1965, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.
What is Sam Mendes’ Moon sign?
Libra or Virgo. The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 4:54 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.
What is Sam Mendes’ 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 1, 1965. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Sam Mendes’ 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 Sam Mendes’?
Set your chart beside Sam Mendes’ 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 Sam Mendes’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). 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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