Boris Christoff’s birth chart
Born 18 May 1914, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Pisces Moon
Boris Christoff’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Boris Christoff was born on Monday, 18 May 1914, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. That made Boris a Taurus, with the Moon in Pisces. Boris died on 28 June 1993, aged 79. No verified birth time is on file for Boris; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is five air, two earth, two water and one fire. Fixed signs hold five, mutable signs four and cardinal signs one. Gemini holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Venus, Saturn and Pluto. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Sun and Neptune, about 0.7° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus was retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 18 May, among them Tina Fey, Ricardo Carvalho and Yuya Osako.
See the sky the day Boris was born: the stars over Plovdiv, Bulgaria, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Boris Christoff’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 26° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Boris Christoff 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
Pisces
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Pisces, Boris 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 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at each hour of the day.
Boris Christoff’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Boris 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 18 May 1914, computed for Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:10 to 01:35 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:35 to 02:40 | Pisces rising |
| 02:40 to 03:50 | Aries rising |
| 03:50 to 05:15 | Taurus rising |
| 05:15 to 07:10 | Gemini rising |
| 07:10 to 09:30 | Cancer rising |
| 09:30 to 12:05 | Leo rising |
| 12:05 to 14:40 | Virgo rising |
| 14:40 to 17:15 | Libra rising |
| 17:15 to 19:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 19:50 to 22:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:10 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 18 May 1914, 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 | 26° Taurus 36' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces |
| Mercury | 27° Taurus 48' |
| Venus | 20° Gemini 31' |
| Mars | 8° Leo 26' |
| Jupiter | 21° Aquarius 23' |
| Saturn | 18° Gemini 19' |
| Uranus | 11° Aquarius 36'℞ |
| Neptune | 25° Cancer 54' |
| Pluto | 29° Gemini 49' |
| North Node | 11° Pisces 57' |
| South Node | 11° Virgo 57' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Boris Christoff’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Boris Christoff’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Boris Christoff'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 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 Boris more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
With Mercury in Taurus, Boris is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
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. Boris 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 Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Boris 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 Aquarius
21° Aquarius 23' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Boris may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Boris that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Uranus in Aquarius
11° Aquarius 36' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Boris'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 Cancer
25° Cancer 54' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Boris 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.
Pluto in Gemini
29° Gemini 49' at midday
power, generational
Boris 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.
Aspects in Boris Christoff’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.
Sun sextile Neptune
about 0.7° at midday
Creativity and empathy are there when Boris Christoff makes room for them, because identity and imagination work gently together in this aspect. The sensitivity is soft, and people notice it without it having to be announced.
Venus trine Jupiter
about 0.9° at midday
Affection and a sense of plenty reinforce each other in Boris'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.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 1.2° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Boris's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Mercury sextile Neptune
about 1.9° at midday
Boris'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 conjunction Saturn
about 2.2° at midday
Venus conjunct Saturn describes a serious, committed way of loving, and Boris is likely to treat a relationship as something to build, not simply to enjoy. Loyalty comes with it. So does the harder task of trusting that affection can be deserved before it has been worked for.
Jupiter trine Saturn
about 3.1° at midday
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Boris 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.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Mars opposition Uranusabout 3.2°
- Sun square Jupiterabout 5.2°
- Saturn trine Uranusabout 6.7°
Taurus Sun and Pisces Moon, like Boris Christoff
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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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