André the Giant’s birth chart
Born 19 May 1946, in Coulommiers, France. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
André the Giant’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
André the Giant was born in Coulommiers, France, on 19 May 1946, a Sunday. That made André a Taurus. The Moon changed sign at about 03:40, from Sagittarius to Capricorn; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. André died on 28 January 1993, aged 46. No verified birth time is on file for André; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four air, two fire, two earth and one water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and two mutable. The tightest aspect is Mercury square Mars, about 1.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Jupiter and Neptune. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 13 other people born on 19 May, among them Natalia Oreiro, Diego Forlán and Andrea Pirlo.
See the sky the day André was born: the stars over Coulommiers, France, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
André the Giant’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 27° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to André the Giant than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 03:40, then Capricorn (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 03:40: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift André, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
Born after about 03:40: Moon in Capricorn
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, André may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Coulommiers, France, at each hour of the day.
André the Giant’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for André yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 19 May 1946, computed for Coulommiers, France.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:50 to 02:05 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:05 to 03:05 | Pisces rising |
| 03:05 to 04:00 | Aries rising |
| 04:00 to 05:15 | Taurus rising |
| 05:15 to 07:05 | Gemini rising |
| 07:05 to 09:30 | Cancer rising |
| 09:30 to 12:15 | Leo rising |
| 12:15 to 15:00 | Virgo rising |
| 15:00 to 17:45 | Libra rising |
| 17:45 to 20:30 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:30 to 23:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:00 to 24:00 | Capricorn rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 19 May 1946, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 27° Taurus 51' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius until about 03:40, then Capricorn |
| Mercury | 14° Taurus 10' |
| Venus | 24° Gemini 19' |
| Mars | 12° Leo 44' |
| Jupiter | 18° Libra 28'℞ |
| Saturn | 21° Cancer 01' |
| Uranus | 16° Gemini 21' |
| Neptune | 6° Libra 03'℞ |
| Pluto | 9° Leo 35' |
| North Node | 20° Gemini 49' |
| South Node | 20° Sagittarius 49' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
André the Giant’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about André the Giant’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and André the Giant's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 03:40, then Capricorn
needs and habits
Born before about 03:40: Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make André edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Born after about 03:40: Moon in Capricorn
With the Moon in Capricorn, André's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
With Mercury in Taurus, André is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
Venus in Gemini loves through conversation, wit and mental connection, and tends to find a dull partner harder to stay with than a challenging one. André probably values variety and being kept interested. Attention may wander with this Venus, and that can be treated as more serious than it is. Banter is the natural way to flirt here, more than anything more direct.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for André its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
Jupiter in Libra
18° Libra 28' at midday ℞
growth and excess
In André's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
Emotional security is where André's Saturn in Cancer builds discipline; it is a placement often associated with learning early to be the steady one. Asking for care tends to be difficult with this Saturn, even when care is clearly needed. Over time, people with this placement often become the dependable anchor for others, including some who never quite return the favour.
Uranus in Gemini
16° Gemini 21' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by André and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Libra
6° Libra 03' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, André among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
9° Leo 35' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for André, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in André the Giant’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Mercury square Mars
about 1.4° at midday
With Mercury square Mars, thought and impulse can clash, and sharp words get said before André the Giant has fully thought them through. The remedy is a short pause between the thought and the sentence, which changes very little except the outcome.
Jupiter trine Uranus
about 2.1° at midday
Jupiter trine Uranus gives André a knack for spotting unconventional opportunities before other people do, which is what a sense of possibility and originality produce together. Growth arrives through new directions, ones a more cautious approach would probably have missed.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 2.5° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to André it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Mars conjunction Pluto
about 3.1° at midday
With Mars conjunct Pluto, drive tends to be intense and relentless, and once André is committed to something they are likely to see it through whatever the cost. There is staying power to spare, so the art is in choosing battles, and keeping that intensity away from the ones that do not deserve it.
Mars sextile Uranus
about 3.6° at midday
Bold, original action comes to André without much friction, because drive and independence are on good terms in this sextile. It is useful initiative with little drama attached, the sort that tries something new without making a big production of it.
Mercury square Pluto
about 4.6° at midday
A simple disagreement can turn into something more charged when Mercury is square Pluto, as André looks for motives that may not be there. The lesson is trusting a straightforward answer when the evidence supports one, rather than assuming the deeper explanation is always the true one.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.5°
- Venus trine Jupiterabout 5.9°
Taurus Suns born within 2 years of André the Giant
Also born on 19 May
How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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