Carlos Alberto Torres’s birth chart
Born 17 July 1944, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Cancer Sun · Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Carlos Alberto Torres’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
17 July 1944 was a Monday: the day Carlos Alberto Torres was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their zodiac sign was Cancer. The Moon changed sign at about 22:20, from Gemini to Cancer; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Carlos died on 25 October 2016, aged 72. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is three fire, two air, two water and one earth, leaving out the Moon and Venus, whose signs depend on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, three and two. Leo holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto. The tightest aspect is Mars sextile Saturn, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 17 July, among them Donald Sutherland, Juan Antonio Samaranch and Phyllis Diller.
See the sky the day Carlos was born: the stars over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Carlos Alberto Torres’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Cancer
about 24° Cancer at midday
A Cancer Sun protects. For Carlos Alberto Torres, home, memory and the people they have decided are theirs tend to sit at the centre of things, and they probably read a room before anyone speaks. Care is the strength of this Sun, and their task is to include themselves in it.
Moon sign
Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 22:20, then Cancer (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 22:20: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Carlos, 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.
Born after about 22:20: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Carlos that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at each hour of the day.
Carlos Alberto Torres’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Carlos 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 17 July 1944, computed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:25 | Aries rising |
| 00:25 to 02:40 | Taurus rising |
| 02:40 to 04:55 | Gemini rising |
| 04:55 to 06:55 | Cancer rising |
| 06:55 to 08:40 | Leo rising |
| 08:40 to 10:10 | Virgo rising |
| 10:10 to 11:45 | Libra rising |
| 11:45 to 13:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 13:25 to 15:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 15:30 to 17:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 17:45 to 20:00 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:00 to 22:10 | Pisces rising |
| 22:10 to 24:00 | Aries 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 17 July 1944, 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 | 24° Cancer 52' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini until about 22:20, then Cancer |
| Mercury | 11° Leo 48' |
| Venus | Cancer until about 01:45, then Leo |
| Mars | 3° Virgo 22' |
| Jupiter | 28° Leo 18' |
| Saturn | 3° Cancer 30' |
| Uranus | 11° Gemini 33' |
| Neptune | 1° Libra 47' |
| Pluto | 7° Leo 55' |
| North Node | 27° Cancer 40' |
| South Node | 27° Capricorn 40' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Carlos Alberto Torres’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Carlos Alberto Torres’s private life.
With the Sun in Cancer, Carlos Alberto Torres is likely to feel most alive when caring for people and places that matter to them, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. Feeling unneeded is the sore spot for this placement, and it can be taken personally. The whole day may go better after checking in on someone they love.
Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 22:20, then Cancer
needs and habits
Born before about 22:20: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Carlos 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.
Born after about 22:20: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Carlos's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Mercury in Leo gives Carlos a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Carlos more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 01:45, then Leo
love and values
Born before about 01:45: Venus in Cancer
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for Carlos that suggests valuing emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. Old hurts tend to linger here long after the person who caused them has changed. This is a Venus that feeds people, checks on people and quietly keeps score of who has shown up in return.
Born after about 01:45: Venus in Leo
Venus in Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For Carlos, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
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, Carlos is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Leo
28° Leo 18' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Carlos 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.
Emotional security is where Carlos's Saturn in Cancer builds discipline; it is a placement often associated with learning early to be the steady one. Asking for care tends to be difficult with this Saturn, even when care is clearly needed. Over time, people with this placement often become the dependable anchor for others, including some who never quite return the favour.
Uranus in Gemini
11° Gemini 33' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Carlos and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Libra
1° Libra 47' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Carlos among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
7° Leo 55' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Carlos, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Carlos Alberto Torres’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.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 0.1° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Carlos Alberto Torres 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.
Mercury sextile Uranus
about 0.3° at midday
Fresh angles on ordinary problems come easily to Carlos, because thinking and originality are friends here. Inventiveness takes little effort with this aspect, and it makes routine problems more interesting than they first appear.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 1.3° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Carlos, 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.
Saturn square Neptune
about 1.7° at midday
Practical sense and idealism can pull against each other in this square, and for Carlos that may mean either an uninspired routine or a dream with no realistic plan behind it. The way through is to build the structure and protect the dream at the same time, without sacrificing one for the other.
Mercury conjunction Pluto
about 3.9° at midday
Carlos's thinking is likely to be probing and intense, drawn to what lies underneath a surface explanation. With Mercury conjunct Pluto, getting to the bottom of things comes naturally, and the caution is not to assume a hidden motive where an ordinary one will do.
Mars conjunction Jupiter
about 5.1° at midday
Mars conjunct Jupiter lends Carlos's drive a bold confidence, and they tend to act on a big goal before doubt has a chance to catch up. Momentum is the gift here; pacing is the skill, so that the energy lasts beyond the first burst of enthusiasm.
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.
- Uranus sextile Plutoabout 3.6°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 5.7°
Cancer Suns born within 2 years of Carlos Alberto Torres
Also born on 17 July
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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