Sam Shepard’s birth chart
PlaywrightBorn November 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United StatesDied July 27, 2017
Deep, watchful and all in.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Deep, watchful and all in. Trusts slowly, and once trust is given, it is given completely. 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 (close at 3.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Needs freedom, friendship and room to think. Handles feelings by stepping back and making sense of them. His feelings turned straight into action: when something mattered, he did something about it.
The Moon trine Mars (close at 1.9°)
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Venus square Saturn (almost exact at 0.2°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden. His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury square Pluto (almost exact at 0.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Quick, clever and busy. Gets things done through talk, ideas and juggling several jobs. Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars sextile Jupiter (wide at 3.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Sam Shepard was born six days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 56% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 42 days after the September equinox.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day Sam Shepard was born, as it was on 65 days of 1943. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Sam Shepard, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2002 and 2003, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1973. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and Sam Shepard
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Sam Shepard’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Sam Shepard was born on November 5, 1943, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Deep, watchful and all in. Trusts slowly, and once trust is given, it is given completely.
What is Sam Shepard’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Needs freedom, friendship and room to think. Handles feelings by stepping back and making sense of them.
What is Sam Shepard’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 November 5, 1943. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Sam Shepard’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 Sam Shepard’s?
Set your chart beside Sam Shepard’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 Sam Shepard’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Soerfm, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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