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Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman’s birth chart

Born January 17, 1949 in New York City, birth time not public.

Capricorn Sun · Virgo Moon · Earth · Cardinal

Sun

Capricorn

27° Capricorn 16'

You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.

Moon

Virgo

5° Virgo 37'

You feel by fixing. When something is wrong you look for the practical cause, and you calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. Let people help you without a to-do list attached.

Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.

Rising

Andy Kaufman’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.
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Placements

Sun 27° Capricorn 16'
Moon 5° Virgo 37'
Mercury 16° Aquarius 00'
Venus 5° Capricorn 24'
Mars 10° Aquarius 11'
Jupiter 14° Capricorn 13'
Saturn 5° Virgo 18'
Uranus 27° Gemini 24'
Neptune 15° Libra 10'
Pluto 15° Leo 47'
North Node 0° Taurus 28'
South Node 0° Scorpio 28'

Andy Kaufman's full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

  1. Sun in Capricorn

    27° Capricorn 16'

    purpose and vitality

    They find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast they, and their vitality is steady rather than showy. The tension is measuring their worth by output alone. It shows up as working through the tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.

  2. Moon in Virgo

    5° Virgo 37'

    needs and habits

    Their habits run toward order, and a messy space or an unfinished list unsettles their mood more than most people would guess. Andy is calmed by small, useful tasks. The tension is turning self-care into another chore to get right instead of something they actually enjoy.

  3. Mercury in Aquarius

    16° Aquarius 00'

    mind and voice

    Their thinking is original and a step removed from convention, and they communicate best through ideas rather than small talk. The tension is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has actually moved on. It shows up as being the person in the group who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.

  4. Venus in Capricorn

    5° Capricorn 24'

    love and values

    They love in a measured, committed way and value stability, ambition and someone they can build a life with. The tension is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. It shows up as showing love through providing and planning more easily than through saying it out loud.

  5. Mars in Aquarius

    10° Aquarius 11'

    drive and anger

    They act on principle, and their anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. The tension is detaching from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. It shows up as arguing the issue with real heat while staying strangely calm about the relationship itself.

  6. Jupiter in Capricorn

    14° Capricorn 13'

    growth and excess

    They grow through long-term discipline, and their gains tend to arrive later than they would like but tend to hold once they do. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. It shows up as a slow, earned authority that people trust more the longer they know they.

  7. Saturn in Virgo

    5° Virgo 18'

    discipline and doubt

    They build discipline around competence, often driven by a fear that they have not yet done enough to deserve rest. The doubt shows up as feeling like a fraud even when their actual track record says otherwise. It shows up as becoming genuinely, quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.

  8. Uranus in Gemini

    27° Gemini 24'

    freedom, generational

    Shared by an entire generational span, this placement marks people who come of age alongside a communication revolution, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. Personally, it can show up as a restless need for new information.

  9. Neptune in Libra

    15° Libra 10'

    imagination, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.

  10. Pluto in Leo

    15° Leo 47'

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.

Aspects

How the planets in Andy Kaufman's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

  1. Venus trine Saturn

    0.1° separating

    Their affections and their sense of commitment support each other, giving they a steady, dependable way of loving that people trust. Relationships they build tend to actually last, often well past the point where less committed people would have already moved on.

  2. Moon trine Venus

    0.2° separating

    Their feelings and their affections move together with real ease, giving they a warm, generous emotional life. People feel cared for around they without they having to try very hard, which is part of why people keep coming back.

  3. Mercury opposition Pluto

    0.2° separating

    They feel a pull between their own conclusions and other people's attempts to control the narrative, which can turn a disagreement into a deeper power struggle. Staying with the actual argument, rather than the fight for control, resolves more.

  4. Moon conjunction Saturn

    0.3° separating

    Their emotional life is serious and self-contained, often shaped by an early need to manage their own feelings without much outside help. This makes they genuinely steady under pressure, and the edge is letting themselves be comforted rather than always being the one holding things together.

  • Neptune sextile Pluto0.6°
  • Mercury trine Neptune0.8°
  • Jupiter square Neptune0.9°
  • Mars trine Neptune5.0°
  • Mars opposition Pluto5.6°
  • Mercury conjunction Mars5.8°

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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

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