Bobby Darin’s birth chart
Born 14 May 1936, in East Harlem, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Aquarius or Pisces
Bobby Darin’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Bobby Darin was born on Thursday, 14 May 1936, in East Harlem, New York. Their zodiac sign was Taurus. The Moon changed sign at about 13:50, from Aquarius to Pisces; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Bobby died on 20 December 1973, aged 37. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Earth carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against air two, water two and fire one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is one, three and five. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Sun, Venus and Uranus. The tightest aspect is Mercury square Neptune, about 1.0° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter and Neptune were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from last quarter to waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 14 May, among them Mark Zuckerberg, George Lucas and Cate Blanchett.
See the sky the day Bobby was born: the stars over East Harlem, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Bobby Darin’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 23° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Bobby Darin 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
Aquarius or Pisces
Aquarius until about 13:50, then Pisces (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 13:50: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. Bobby is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
Born after about 13:50: Moon in Pisces
With the Moon in Pisces, Bobby may well pick up the mood of a whole room. Music, water, sleep and imagination tend to restore them, and it matters whose moods they carry home. The empathy of this Moon is a gift that needs a door.
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 East Harlem, New York, at each hour of the day.
Bobby Darin’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Bobby 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 14 May 1936, computed for East Harlem, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:50 to 02:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:20 to 03:30 | Pisces rising |
| 03:30 to 04:40 | Aries rising |
| 04:40 to 06:05 | Taurus rising |
| 06:05 to 08:00 | Gemini rising |
| 08:00 to 10:25 | Cancer rising |
| 10:25 to 12:55 | Leo rising |
| 12:55 to 15:25 | Virgo rising |
| 15:25 to 18:00 | Libra rising |
| 18:00 to 20:30 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:30 to 22:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:55 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 14 May 1936, 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° Taurus 39' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aquarius until about 13:50, then Pisces |
| Mercury | 12° Gemini 59' |
| Venus | 11° Taurus 18' |
| Mars | 0° Gemini 54' |
| Jupiter | 22° Sagittarius 42'℞ |
| Saturn | 20° Pisces 31' |
| Uranus | 6° Taurus 33' |
| Neptune | 14° Virgo 01'℞ |
| Pluto | 25° Cancer 26' |
| North Node | 4° Capricorn 13' |
| South Node | 4° Cancer 13' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Bobby Darin’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Bobby Darin’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Bobby Darin'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.
Moon in Aquarius or Pisces
Aquarius until about 13:50, then Pisces
needs and habits
Born before about 13:50: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and Bobby is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
Born after about 13:50: Moon in Pisces
The Moon in Pisces makes for a porous daily mood, one that picks up the emotional temperature of a room without choosing to. Quiet, music or time near water probably restores Bobby more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
Bobby'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 Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Bobby's chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.
With Mars in Gemini, Bobby is likely to act through words, argument and quick manoeuvring rather than force, and anger to come out sharp and verbal. Arguments can be won without the conflict underneath ever being resolved. A disagreement can still be under debate long after the other person just wants it to end.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
22° Sagittarius 42' at midday ℞
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Bobby is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Bobby, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Taurus
6° Taurus 33' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Bobby shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
14° Virgo 01' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Bobby 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
25° Cancer 26' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Bobby 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 Bobby Darin’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.
Mercury square Neptune
about 1.0° at midday
Wishful assumptions, or a compelling but unverified story, can blur thinking when Mercury is square Neptune. What helps Bobby Darin is pairing imagination with a habit of checking the details before repeating the story as though it were settled fact.
Sun sextile Pluto
about 1.8° at midday
Bobby's identity and depth are allies, which gives them resilience without constant upheaval. They probably handle intensity better than most, and it takes less out of them than it looks from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 2.2° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to Bobby it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Venus trine Neptune
about 2.7° at midday
Bobby is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
Sun sextile Saturn
about 3.1° at midday
Steady, unglamorous effort is likely to feel worthwhile to Bobby rather than draining, because it fits their sense of who they are. Consistency probably comes more easily to them than they give themselves credit for, especially once they stop waiting for permission to claim it.
Venus conjunction Uranus
about 4.7° at midday
Affection runs independent and a little unpredictable with Venus conjunct Uranus, and Bobby is likely to be drawn to people and situations that keep them interested more than settled. There is romantic excitement in that. The difficulty is letting closeness deepen without the urge to bolt from it.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Saturn trine Plutoabout 4.9°
- Saturn opposition Neptuneabout 6.5°
- Sun conjunction Marsabout 7.2°
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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; 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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