Bea Arthur’s birth chart
Born 13 May 1922, in New York City, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Sagittarius Moon
Bea Arthur’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
13 May 1922 was a Saturday: the day Bea Arthur was born in New York City, New York. Their zodiac sign was Taurus, with the Moon in Sagittarius. Bea died on 25 April 2009, aged 86. No verified birth time is on file for Bea; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four air, three fire, two water and one earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, two and five. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Pluto: a square, about 1.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 13 May, among them Stevie Wonder, Robert Pattinson and Romelu Lukaku.
See the sky the day Bea was born: the stars over New York City, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Bea Arthur’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 22° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Bea Arthur 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
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Bea, 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 New York City, New York, at each hour of the day.
Bea Arthur’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Bea 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 13 May 1922, computed for New York City, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:00 to 02:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:25 to 03:35 | Pisces rising |
| 03:35 to 04:45 | Aries rising |
| 04:45 to 06:15 | Taurus rising |
| 06:15 to 08:05 | Gemini rising |
| 08:05 to 10:30 | Cancer rising |
| 10:30 to 13:00 | Leo rising |
| 13:00 to 15:35 | Virgo rising |
| 15:35 to 18:05 | Libra rising |
| 18:05 to 20:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:40 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 13 May 1922, 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 | 22° Taurus 05' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 11° Gemini 16' |
| Venus | 15° Gemini 23' |
| Mars | 25° Sagittarius 05'℞ |
| Jupiter | 9° Libra 47'℞ |
| Saturn | 1° Libra 10'℞ |
| Uranus | 13° Pisces 04' |
| Neptune | 13° Leo 16' |
| Pluto | 8° Cancer 26' |
| North Node | 7° Libra 53' |
| South Node | 7° Aries 53' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Bea Arthur’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Bea Arthur’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Bea Arthur'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.
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 Bea edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Bea's Mercury in Gemini describes a mind that moves fast across many subjects at once and communicates easily in almost any setting. The tension is skimming the surface of a topic and moving on before going deep enough to be sure of it. The result is knowing a little about a great many things.
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. Bea 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 Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Bea may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Libra
9° Libra 47' at midday ℞
growth and excess
In Bea'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.
For Bea, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Uranus in Pisces
13° Pisces 04' at midday
freedom, generational
Bea has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Neptune in Leo
13° Leo 16' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Bea 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
8° Cancer 26' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Bea 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 Bea Arthur’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 square Pluto
about 1.4° at midday
Ambition can turn into a struggle for control under this square, over outcomes that were never fully Bea Arthur's to control. The considerable drive involved is better aimed at transformation than at domination, which tends to produce a result that lasts.
Mercury trine Jupiter
about 1.5° at midday
Bea's thinking and sense of possibility reinforce each other, which gives them an easy, optimistic way of connecting ideas. Learning and explaining come naturally with Mercury trine Jupiter, and a good explanation of theirs tends to stay with people long after the conversation ends.
Mercury square Uranus
about 1.8° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Bea may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Mercury sextile Neptune
about 2.0° at midday
Bea's thinking and imagination cooperate gently, so creative and intuitive ideas are within easy reach. The inventiveness is soft and pleasant rather than analytical, useful for easing a difficult conversation without losing the point of it.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 2.1° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Bea, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
Venus square Uranus
about 2.3° at midday
In Bea's chart the desire for closeness and the need for freedom can work against each other, and this square is known for sudden shifts in an otherwise good relationship. The remedy is to build enough independence into the relationship that none has to be created by pulling away.
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.
- Jupiter sextile Neptuneabout 3.5°
- Mercury conjunction Venusabout 4.1°
- Uranus trine Plutoabout 4.6°
- Venus trine Jupiterabout 5.6°
- Mars square Saturnabout 6.1°
Taurus Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Bea Arthur
Also born on 13 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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