Aphex Twin’s birth chart
Born 18 August 1971, in Limerick, Ireland. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Cancer or Leo
Aphex Twin’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Aphex Twin was born on Wednesday, 18 August 1971, in Limerick, Ireland. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo is their zodiac sign. The Moon changed sign at about 19:00, from Cancer to Leo; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. They turn 55 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is three fire, three air, two earth and one water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Fixed signs hold four, mutable signs four and cardinal signs one. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Jupiter and Pluto, about 0.8° 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: Mercury and Mars. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 18 August, among them Roman Polanski, Robert Redford and Edward Norton.
See the sky the day Aphex Twin was born: the stars over Limerick, Ireland, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Aphex Twin’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 24° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Aphex Twin that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 19:00, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 19:00: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Aphex Twin that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Born after about 19:00: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Aphex Twin up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Limerick, Ireland, at each hour of the day.
Aphex Twin’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Aphex Twin 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 18 August 1971, computed for Limerick, Ireland.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:35 | Gemini rising |
| 01:35 to 04:05 | Cancer rising |
| 04:05 to 07:00 | Leo rising |
| 07:00 to 09:50 | Virgo rising |
| 09:50 to 12:45 | Libra rising |
| 12:45 to 15:35 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:35 to 18:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:10 to 19:55 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:55 to 21:00 | Aquarius rising |
| 21:00 to 21:50 | Pisces rising |
| 21:50 to 22:40 | Aries rising |
| 22:40 to 23:45 | Taurus rising |
| 23:45 to 24:00 | Gemini 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 18 August 1971, 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 | 24° Leo 51' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 19:00, then Leo |
| Mercury | 9° Virgo 05'℞ |
| Venus | 22° Leo 17' |
| Mars | 14° Aquarius 53'℞ |
| Jupiter | 27° Scorpio 30' |
| Saturn | 5° Gemini 38' |
| Uranus | 11° Libra 01' |
| Neptune | 0° Sagittarius 18' |
| Pluto | 28° Virgo 15' |
| North Node | 14° Aquarius 34' |
| South Node | 14° Leo 34' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Aphex Twin’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Aphex Twin’s private life.
Purpose for Aphex Twin is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 19:00, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 19:00: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Aphex Twin's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Born after about 19:00: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Aphex Twin faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Aphex Twin did.
For Aphex Twin, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
Venus in Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For Aphex Twin, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. Aphex Twin can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
Jupiter in Scorpio
27° Scorpio 30' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Aphex Twin, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Aphex Twin that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Uranus in Libra
11° Libra 01' at midday
freedom, generational
Aphex Twin holds Uranus in Libra in common with many people born in the same stretch of years. Together that generation reshapes ideas of partnership, fairness and how relationships are arranged. Its personal side is a readiness to question traditional roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.
Neptune in Sagittarius
0° Sagittarius 18' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Sagittarius is the dream of a generation: grand systems of belief and utopian journeys. What belongs to Aphex Twin in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.
Pluto in Virgo
28° Virgo 15' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Aphex Twin and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in Aphex Twin’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.
Jupiter sextile Pluto
about 0.8° at midday
Meaningful growth without constant upheaval is what Jupiter sextile Pluto describes, with Aphex Twin's sense of possibility and depth working in concert. The opportunities that matter tend to come at a manageable pace, not all at once in a way that would be hard to absorb.
Sun conjunction Venus
about 2.6° at midday
Who Aphex Twin is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
Sun square Jupiter
about 2.7° at midday
Ambition can outpace what time and energy will realistically support, and with this aspect Aphex Twin may promise more than can be delivered and then walk it back. The lesson of a Sun-Jupiter square is scaling a good instinct to a size that holds.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 2.8° at midday
For Aphex Twin, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
Mercury square Saturn
about 3.4° at midday
Self-doubt can get into thinking when Mercury is square Saturn, in the form of over-editing or delaying a decision that was ready. Sharing the unfinished thought anyway, again and again, is what loosens the doubt's hold over what Aphex Twin is willing to say out loud.
Mars trine Uranus
about 3.9° at midday
Aphex Twin's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
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 2.0°
- Venus square Jupiterabout 5.2°
- Saturn opposition Neptuneabout 5.3°
- Saturn trine Uranusabout 5.4°
- Sun square Neptuneabout 5.5°
Leo Suns born within 2 years of Aphex Twin
Also born on 18 August
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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