Steve Reich’s birth chart
ComposerBorn October 3, 1936, New York City, New York, United States
Fair, charming and good with people.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonTaurusThe Hearth
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. His restlessness keeps testing his plans, so he changes course more than once to stay true to himself.
The Sun quincunx Uranus (close at 1.6°)
What he needs
Moon in Taurus, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
How he loves
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end. Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Mars (close at 1.6°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
Weighs every side before speaking. Diplomatic, graceful and good at finding the words that keep the peace. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 5.5°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Mars trine Uranus (wide at 4.2°)
The shape of his chart
Uranus is the hub of his chart: it takes part in three of its aspects, more than any other body, so his independence 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
Steve Reich was born three days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 88% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, ten days after the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Steve Reich was born, as it was on 67 days of 1936. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Steve Reich, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2024 and 2025, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1995. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Steve Reich
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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
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Steve Reich’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Steve Reich was born on October 3, 1936, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.
What is Steve Reich’s Moon sign?
Taurus, the Hearth. Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
What is Steve Reich’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 October 3, 1936. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Steve Reich’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end.
How does your chart compare with Steve Reich’s?
Set your chart beside Steve Reich’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 Steve Reich’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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