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Tom Ellis’ birth chart

ActorBorn November 17, 1978, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Private and powerful.

  • SunScorpioThe Detective
  • MoonGeminior Cancer
  • VenusScorpioThe Devotee

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Scorpio, the Detective

    Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. Born original: his identity and his need for freedom are the same thing, and he surprises people, himself included.

    The Sun conjunction Uranus (wide at 7.6°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Gemini or Cancer, the Talker

    Feels better after talking it through. Needs conversation, variety and something interesting to think about.

    For a birth after 8:16 p.m., his Moon was in Cancer.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee

    Loves intensely and loyally. Wants a close, honest bond and nothing less. He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.

    Venus square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher

    Frank, curious and full of opinions. Thinks in big pictures and loves a debate about what really matters. A poet’s mind: he hears what goes unsaid, and his best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.

    Mercury conjunction Neptune (exact at 0.0°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion

    Adventurous and principled. Throws himself behind big causes and what is right. Drive with the brakes on: he wants to move, something holds him back, and the friction makes him tough.

    Mars square Saturn (close at 1.5°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his heart and his independence (the Sun, Venus and Uranus) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Tom Ellis was born three days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 93% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, 34 days before the December solstice.

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Tom Ellis was born, as it was on 42 days of 1978. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Tom Ellis, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2008, at 29: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2037. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Scorpio

You and Tom Ellis

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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.

Tom Ellis’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Tom Ellis’ zodiac sign?

Scorpio. Tom Ellis was born on November 17, 1978, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.

What is Tom Ellis’ Moon sign?

Gemini or Cancer. The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 8:16 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.

What is Tom Ellis’ 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 17, 1978. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Tom Ellis’ Venus sign?

Scorpio, the Devotee. Loves intensely and loyally. Wants a close, honest bond and nothing less.

How does your chart compare with Tom Ellis’?

Set your chart beside Tom Ellis’ 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 Tom Ellis’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, 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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