Armin Mueller-Stahl’s birth chart
Born 17 December 1930, in Sovetsk, Russia. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sagittarius Sun · Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Armin Mueller-Stahl’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Armin Mueller-Stahl was born in Sovetsk, Russia, on 17 December 1930, a Wednesday. The Sun was in Sagittarius, so Sagittarius is their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Scorpio until about 23:55 and in Sagittarius afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Armin turns 96 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Armin, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in fire signs, three in earth and three in water; none is in air. By modality the count is five cardinal, two fixed and two mutable. Closest of the aspects is the square between Saturn and Uranus, about 0.6° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 17 December, among them Pope Francis, Milla Jovovich and Manny Pacquiao.
See the sky the day Armin was born: the stars over Sovetsk, Russia, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Armin Mueller-Stahl’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
about 24° Sagittarius at midday
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Armin Mueller-Stahl forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 23:55, then Sagittarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 23:55: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Armin that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
Born after about 23:55: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Armin, 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.
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 Sovetsk, Russia, at each hour of the day.
Armin Mueller-Stahl’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Armin 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 17 December 1930, computed for Sovetsk, Russia.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:50 | Libra rising |
| 02:50 to 05:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 05:50 to 08:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:25 to 10:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 10:10 to 11:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 11:10 to 11:50 | Pisces rising |
| 11:50 to 12:35 | Aries rising |
| 12:35 to 13:35 | Taurus rising |
| 13:35 to 15:15 | Gemini rising |
| 15:15 to 17:50 | Cancer rising |
| 17:50 to 20:50 | Leo rising |
| 20:50 to 23:50 | Virgo rising |
| 23:50 to 24:00 | Libra 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 17 December 1930, 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° Sagittarius 47' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio until about 23:55, then Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 14° Capricorn 37' |
| Venus | 22° Scorpio 23' |
| Mars | 16° Leo 48' |
| Jupiter | 18° Cancer 04'℞ |
| Saturn | 12° Capricorn 00' |
| Uranus | 11° Aries 26'℞ |
| Neptune | 5° Virgo 46'℞ |
| Pluto | 20° Cancer 18'℞ |
| North Node | 21° Aries 50' |
| South Node | 21° Libra 50' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Armin Mueller-Stahl’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Armin Mueller-Stahl’s private life.
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Armin Mueller-Stahl's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 23:55, then Sagittarius
needs and habits
Born before about 23:55: Moon in Scorpio
For Armin, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
Born after about 23:55: 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 Armin edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Armin tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. Armin will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Armin is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Armin 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 Cancer
18° Cancer 04' at midday ℞
growth and excess
For Armin, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for Armin, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.
Uranus in Aries
11° Aries 26' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Armin shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Neptune in Virgo
5° Virgo 46' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Armin shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Cancer
20° Cancer 18' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Armin to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in Armin Mueller-Stahl’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.
Saturn square Uranus
about 0.6° at midday
The need for stability and the need for freedom can clash in Armin Mueller-Stahl's chart, producing either rigid routines that eventually snap or sudden breaks from commitments that were meant sincerely. Saturn square Uranus is best answered with structure loose enough to bend before it has to break.
Venus trine Pluto
about 2.1° at midday
With Venus trine Pluto, affection and the capacity for change tend to strengthen each other in Armin's chart, the kind of pairing that gives relationships staying power through hard times. Depth can arrive here without constant upheaval, and that is rarer, and more durable, than the intensity some people mistake for closeness.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto
about 2.2° at midday
Jupiter conjunct Pluto describes growth that is intense and transformative, and Armin is likely to pursue opportunities that change their circumstances outright instead of merely improving them. Ambition comes with it, and the skill is pacing that intensity so that it builds and does not flare and fade.
Mercury conjunction Saturn
about 2.6° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Saturn, Armin's thinking is likely to be careful and structured, and they tend to say only what they are sure of. That makes their word worth taking, and the risk is that caution keeps an idea back until it feels perfectly finished.
Mercury square Uranus
about 3.2° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Armin may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Mercury opposition Jupiter
about 3.5° at midday
With Mercury opposite Jupiter, Armin's own considered opinion has to compete with other people's big claims and grand theories, and it is easy to get swept into someone else's certainty. For Armin, trusting their own careful thinking usually works better than borrowing that confidence.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus trine Jupiterabout 4.3°
- Mars trine Uranusabout 5.4°
- Venus square Marsabout 5.6°
- Mercury opposition Plutoabout 5.7°
- Jupiter opposition Saturnabout 6.1°
- Saturn trine Neptuneabout 6.2°
- Jupiter square Uranusabout 6.6°
Sagittarius Suns born within 2 years of Armin Mueller-Stahl
Also born on 17 December
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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