Tom Stoppard’s birth chart
PlaywrightBorn July 3, 1937, Zlín, CzechiaDied November 29, 2025
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonTaurusor Aries
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Uranus (close at 1.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus or Aries, the Hearth
Even-tempered and hard to unsettle. Needs calm, touch and things that stay the same.
For a birth before 1:35 a.m., his Moon was in Aries.
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 1.6°)
How he thought
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Mercury square Saturn (exact at 0.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Intense, strategic and relentless. Keeps a goal close and doesn’t let it go. He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Mars sextile Neptune (wide at 3.2°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life drew his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Tom Stoppard was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 29% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, eleven days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Tom Stoppard, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1996 and 1997, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1967. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Tom Stoppard
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
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
More with the Sun in Cancer
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Tom Stoppard’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Tom Stoppard was born on July 3, 1937, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.
What is Tom Stoppard’s Moon sign?
Taurus or Aries. The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 1:35 a.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
What is Tom Stoppard’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 July 3, 1937. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Tom Stoppard’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real.
How does your chart compare with Tom Stoppard’s?
Set your chart beside Tom Stoppard’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 Tom Stoppard’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 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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