Birth chart

Orson Welles

Actors1915 – 1985Born 6 May 1915 · Kenoshatime unknown

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Time unknown — no reliable birth time, so houses and the Ascendant are left out and the Moon is shown as a range.

Every figure gets a data-confidence rating for its birth time. Where the time is unknown, we compute a partial chart rather than guess. How we build this base

Sun

Taurus

Moon

Aquarius

Rising

Unknown

The Ascendant needs an exact birth time, which we don't have for this chart.

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Mercury · orb 5°56′Sun square Uranus · orb 0°28′Mercury sextile Jupiter · orb 0°14′Mercury square North Node · orb 1°44′Mercury square South Node · orb 1°44′Mercury sextile Chiron · orb 0°33′Venus conjunct Mars · orb 3°45′Venus sextile Uranus · orb 3°60′Mars sextile Uranus · orb 0°15′Jupiter conjunct Chiron · orb 0°47′Saturn conjunct Pluto · orb 1°12′Neptune sextile Lilith · orb 0°50′Sun — Taurus 15°07′ · +0.97°/day15°07′Mercury — Taurus 21°03′ · +2.15°/day21°03′Venus — Aries 11°34′ · +1.20°/day11°34′Mars — Aries 15°19′ · +0.76°/day15°19′Jupiter — Pisces 20°48′ · +0.19°/day20°48′Saturn — Gemini 29°26′ · +0.11°/day29°26′Uranus — Aquarius 15°34′ · +0.01°/day15°34′Neptune — Cancer 27°51′ · +0.02°/day27°51′Pluto — Cancer 0°38′ · +0.02°/day0°38′North Node — Aquarius 22°46′ · +0.00°/day22°46′South Node — Leo 22°46′ · +0.00°/day22°46′Chiron — Pisces 21°35′ · +0.04°/day21°35′Lilith — Taurus 28°41′ · +0.11°/day28°41′
AspectsAngles (ASC/MC)· Hover a planet or aspect for details

Positions from a Swiss-ephemeris engine · houses & angles omitted (time unknown)

Reading the placements

These notes describe the chart, not the person — a lens for reflection.

Sun in Taurus

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core sense of self, and in Taurus it grows through steadiness. There's a pull toward what is solid and real — comfort, the senses, things that last, a pace that can't be rushed. People often experience this placement as calm and dependable, and sometimes as a deep reluctance to change what already works. The theme worth exploring is where steadiness ends and standing still begins — the way staying put can hold you up in one moment and quietly hold you back in the next. Rootedness and inertia look identical from the outside, and telling what you keep because it is yours from what you keep because it is genuinely good for you is the whole quiet art here.

Moon in Aquarius

Astrologers read the Moon in Aquarius as a heart that thinks. You process feeling at a slight remove, turning it into an idea you can look at from across the room. Safety means space, freedom, and belonging to something bigger — a group, a cause, a circle that lets you be yourself. Closeness that grabs too tight makes you cooler, not warmer. The perspective is genuinely steadying, and it can also become a place to hide from a plain, unclever feeling. Detachment explains the weather; it does not always sit in the rain with you. Warmth tends to live in the plain, personal feeling you'd rather rise above and turn into an idea, and staying with it a beat longer is where it thaws.

The astronomy

The raw computed positions behind this chart — the same numbers any ephemeris would give.

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunTaurus 15°07′
MercuryTaurus 21°03′
VenusAries 11°34′
MarsAries 15°19′
JupiterPisces 20°48′
SaturnGemini 29°26′
UranusAquarius 15°34′
NeptuneCancer 27°51′
PlutoCancer 0°38′
North NodeAquarius 22°46′
South NodeLeo 22°46′
ChironPisces 21°35′
LilithTaurus 28°41′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°28′
  • 0°47′
  • 1°12′
  • 0°14′
  • 0°15′
  • 5°56′
  • 0°33′
  • 1°44′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth33%
Fire27%
Water23%
Air17%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Cardinal40%
Fixed40%
Mutable20%

Leading: Cardinal

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