Arthur C. Clarke’s birth chart
Born 16 December 1917, in Minehead, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sagittarius Sun · Capricorn Moon
Arthur C. Clarke’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
16 December 1917 was a Sunday: the day Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, England. Their zodiac sign was Sagittarius, with the Moon in Capricorn. They died on 19 March 2008, aged 90. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in earth, three in air and one in water. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and three mutable. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Neptune: a sextile, about 2.6° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 16 December, among them Margaret Mead, Mats Hummels and Liv Ullmann.
Arthur C. Clarke’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
about 23° Sagittarius at midday
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Arthur C. Clarke 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
Capricorn
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, Arthur C. Clarke 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 Minehead, England, at each hour of the day.
Arthur C. Clarke’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Arthur C. Clarke 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 16 December 1917, computed for Minehead, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:40 | Virgo rising |
| 00:40 to 03:30 | Libra rising |
| 03:30 to 06:15 | Scorpio rising |
| 06:15 to 08:45 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:45 to 10:35 | Capricorn rising |
| 10:35 to 11:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 11:45 to 12:35 | Pisces rising |
| 12:35 to 13:30 | Aries rising |
| 13:30 to 14:40 | Taurus rising |
| 14:40 to 16:25 | Gemini rising |
| 16:25 to 18:55 | Cancer rising |
| 18:55 to 21:45 | Leo rising |
| 21:45 to 24:00 | Virgo 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 16 December 1917, 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 | 23° Sagittarius 59' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Capricorn |
| Mercury | 14° Capricorn 13' |
| Venus | 10° Aquarius 10' |
| Mars | 21° Virgo 23' |
| Jupiter | 4° Gemini 10'℞ |
| Saturn | 14° Leo 09'℞ |
| Uranus | 20° Aquarius 42' |
| Neptune | 6° Leo 45'℞ |
| Pluto | 4° Cancer 41'℞ |
| North Node | 1° Capricorn 29' |
| South Node | 1° Cancer 29' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Arthur C. Clarke’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Arthur C. Clarke’s private life.
Sun in Sagittarius
23° Sagittarius 59' at midday
purpose and vitality
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Arthur C. Clarke'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 Capricorn
Capricorn, all day
needs and habits
With the Moon in Capricorn, Arthur C. Clarke'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.
Mercury in Capricorn
14° Capricorn 13' at midday
mind and voice
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Arthur C. Clarke 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. Arthur C. Clarke will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Venus in Aquarius
10° Aquarius 10' at midday
love and values
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Arthur C. Clarke may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Virgo
21° Virgo 23' at midday
drive and anger
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Arthur C. Clarke is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Gemini
4° Gemini 10' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Arthur C. Clarke may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Leo
14° Leo 09' at midday ℞
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Leo builds discipline around self-expression, and in Arthur C. Clarke's chart this placement often starts with a fear of being laughed at or overlooked. The doubt tends to show as playing down achievements before anyone else can. The confidence this placement builds is hard-won and unshowy, and it tends to arrive once the waiting for permission stops.
Uranus in Aquarius
20° Aquarius 42' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Arthur C. Clarke's birth have it too. The generation is defined by rapid technological and social change within a single lifetime. One person's share of it is an unusually easy relationship with disruption and reinvention.
Neptune in Leo
6° Leo 45' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Arthur C. Clarke alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Pluto in Cancer
4° Cancer 41' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Arthur C. Clarke 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 Arthur C. Clarke’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 Neptune
about 2.6° at midday
Inspired ideas are within Arthur C. Clarke's reach without any loss of footing, since possibility and imagination are gently linked by this sextile. The optimism is soft and workable, useful for keeping a project hopeful without letting it drift far from what is real.
Sun square Mars
about 2.6° at midday
Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between Arthur C. Clarke's sense of self and their drive to act. With the Sun square Mars, a pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into determination they can use.
Sun sextile Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
There is room for Arthur C. Clarke to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
Venus opposition Neptune
about 3.4° at midday
This opposition sets grounded affection against a tendency to idealise someone beyond anything that person has shown. For Arthur C. Clarke, checking a relationship against plain facts protects the very tenderness that makes the pull so appealing.
Venus opposition Saturn
about 4.0° at midday
The pull in this aspect is between wanting closeness and a wariness that keeps testing whether it will last. For Arthur C. Clarke, letting someone prove themselves gradually, instead of doubting them from the outset, tends to build security sooner than suspicion does.
Venus trine Jupiter
about 6.0° at midday
Affection and a sense of plenty reinforce each other in Arthur C. Clarke's chart, and the result is a warm, easy generosity in relationships. With this trine, goodwill in love and friendship tends to be given freely and returned in kind, without much forcing on either side.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Saturn opposition Uranusabout 6.5°
- Saturn conjunction Neptuneabout 7.4°
Sagittarius Sun and Capricorn Moon, like Arthur C. Clarke
Also born on 16 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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