William Holden’s birth chart
ActorBorn April 17, 1918, O'Fallon, Illinois, United StatesDied November 12, 1981
Built to begin.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Built to begin. Says yes before the plan is finished and gets everyone else moving. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Uranus (exact at 0.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness.
How he loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond. He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Venus square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks slowly and solidly. A mind, once made up, stays made up. A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury sextile Venus (almost exact at 0.3°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Works carefully and precisely. Gets results through skill and attention to detail. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Mars square Jupiter (wide at 3.5°)
The shape of his chart
Mercury is the hub of his chart: it takes part in four of its aspects, more than any other body, so his mind touched everything else in it.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
William Holden was born seven days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 45% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, twenty-seven days after the March equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day William Holden was born, as it was on 80 days of 1918. How often the famous were
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day William Holden was born, as it was on 81 days of 1918. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For William Holden, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1976, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1946 and 1947. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
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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.
William Holden’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is William Holden’s zodiac sign?
Aries. William Holden was born on April 17, 1918, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Built to begin. Says yes before the plan is finished and gets everyone else moving.
What is William Holden’s Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness.
What is William Holden’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 April 17, 1918. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is William Holden’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How does your chart compare with William Holden’s?
Set your chart beside William Holden’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 William Holden’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: film studio, 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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