Bette Davis’s birth chart
Born 5 April 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, at 21:00 (Rodden A).
Aries Sun · Gemini Moon · Scorpio rising
Bette Davis’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Bette Davis was born on Sunday, 5 April 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Their zodiac sign was Aries, with the Moon in Gemini and Scorpio rising. Bette died on 6 October 1989, aged 81. The birth time, 21:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was given from memory by the person or someone close to them.
Of the ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in air, two in earth and two in water. By modality the count is four cardinal, four mutable and two fixed. Three planets stand together in Gemini: Moon, Venus and Pluto. The tightest aspect is Sun sextile Moon, 0.9° from exact. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 5 April, among them Gregory Peck, Spencer Tracy and Agnetha Fältskog. Herbert von Karajan was born on the very same day.
Bette Davis’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aries
15° Aries 52'
An Aries Sun starts things. For Bette Davis that points to energy that is direct and impatient with delay, and to feeling most like themselves when there is something to go first at. The work of this placement is finishing what the spark began.
Moon sign
Gemini
16° Gemini 46'
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Bette, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Rising sign
Scorpio
18° Scorpio 25'
Scorpio rising comes across as intense and self-contained. People tend to sense that there is more going on than Bette is saying; this rising sign keeps more back than it shows.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 21:00 on 5 April 1908, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 15° Aries 52' | House 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 16° Gemini 46' | House 7 |
| Mercury | 20° Pisces 01' | House 4 |
| Venus | 0° Gemini 13' | House 7 |
| Mars | 29° Taurus 16' | House 7 |
| Jupiter | 3° Leo 37' | House 9 |
| Saturn | 2° Aries 09' | House 4 |
| Uranus | 16° Capricorn 48' | House 2 |
| Neptune | 12° Cancer 07' | House 8 |
| Pluto | 22° Gemini 55' | House 8 |
| North Node | 8° Cancer 49' | House 8 |
| South Node | 8° Capricorn 49' | House 2 |
Bette Davis’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Bette Davis’s private life.
Sun in Aries
15° Aries 52' · fifth house
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Aries, Bette Davis's sense of purpose tends to come alive when there is a clear start line. They probably feel most like themselves pushing into something new, though that energy can burn hot and fade before the finish. The typical pattern is a project launched with excitement, then handed off once the routine sets in.
With the Sun in the fifth house, self-expression, romance and creative play are probably where Bette feels most alive, and holding that side back tends to leave them flat. The placement asks for a stage of some kind, even a small and informal one, or that natural warmth has nowhere to go.
Moon in Gemini
16° Gemini 46' · seventh house
needs and habits
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Bette is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
With the Moon in the seventh house, Bette is likely to feel most themselves inside a close partnership, reading the emotional temperature of a relationship constantly and by instinct. Too long alone can leave them unmoored, even when nothing is wrong.
Mercury in Pisces
20° Pisces 01' · fourth house
mind and voice
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Bette is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Mercury in the fourth house turns the mind towards home, family and origins, and for Bette conversations with family may carry more weight than usual. Mercury here is associated with a way of thinking shaped early, in ways a person goes on discovering as an adult.
Venus in Gemini
0° Gemini 13' · seventh house
love and values
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. Bette 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.
In the seventh house, Venus points to a knack for making a relationship feel balanced, fair and warm, and in Bette's chart it suggests partnership is where their charm shows most. Committed pairing tends to appeal more than casual or short-term connection.
Mars in Taurus
29° Taurus 16' · seventh house
drive and anger
Mars in Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times Bette may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
Mars in the seventh house is associated with directness in close relationships, and Bette probably says what they think rather than letting things simmer. Mars here brings energy and frankness into partnership, so disagreements tend to be aired, not avoided.
Jupiter in Leo
3° Leo 37' · ninth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Bette the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
The ninth house is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions excite Bette more than almost anything else. Someone with this placement is often the first to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious course of study.
Saturn in Aries
2° Aries 09' · fourth house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For Bette, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
Saturn sits in the fourth house of Bette's chart, a placement linked with the weight of home and family responsibility on a person's shoulders, often from early on. With this placement, a stable home is apt to be built by sustained effort, and the security created there tends to mean more because of the work it takes.
Uranus in Capricorn
16° Capricorn 48' · second house
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Bette's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Bette is unlikely to be satisfied for long by conventional measures of worth, and with Uranus in the second house, the idea of what is worth having changes over time. They place value on things that are usually overlooked, and would rather travel light than be tied down by what they own.
Neptune in Cancer
12° Cancer 07' · eighth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Bette and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
With Neptune in the eighth house, intimacy can feel like dissolving the usual boundaries with another person, for better and sometimes for worse, and Bette can be unusually sensitive to what goes unsaid. Trust may ask them to keep their feet on the ground rather than merge completely and lose their own outline.
Pluto in Gemini
22° Gemini 55' · eighth house
power, generational
Bette shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
The eighth house is Pluto's natural home, and for Bette questions of trust, power and what is truly shared between people can matter enormously. Pluto here wants to understand what most people are too afraid to look at directly, even about themselves.
Aspects in Bette Davis’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun sextile Moon
0.9° separating
Goals and instincts get along under a Sun-Moon sextile, offering Bette Davis a gentle opening to build confidence whenever they choose to use it. A little deliberate effort turns this ease into lasting self-assurance, the kind that holds up even when a day goes sideways.
Sun square Uranus
0.9° applying
When the Sun is square Uranus, Bette's identity keeps bumping against a need to break from convention, which can look like sudden changes of direction that surprise the people nearby. The skill is choosing those disruptions rather than letting restlessness choose them.
Venus conjunction Mars
1.0° separating
With Venus conjunct Mars, affection and drive are closely linked, so, for Bette, wanting something and going after it are likely to feel like one impulse. The aspect brings plenty of romantic and creative energy; its test is letting the wanting outlast the first chase.
Jupiter trine Saturn
1.5° applying
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Bette pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
Venus sextile Saturn
1.9° applying
This sextile tends to lend a workable, grounded steadiness to Bette's relationships, since affection and a sense of structure get along. Once Bette decides a commitment is right, it usually comes naturally, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
Mars sextile Saturn
2.9° applying
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Bette has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
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.
- Mercury square Pluto2.9°
- Mercury sextile Uranus3.2°
- Moon square Mercury3.2°
- Venus sextile Jupiter3.4°
- Sun square Neptune3.7°
- Mars sextile Jupiter4.4°
- Uranus opposition Neptune4.7°
- Moon conjunction Pluto6.2°
Aries Sun and Gemini Moon, like Bette Davis
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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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (From memory). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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