Charlton Heston’s birth chart
Born 4 October 1923, in Evanston, Illinois, at 07:55 (Rodden AA).
Libra Sun · Cancer Moon · Scorpio rising
Charlton Heston’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Charlton Heston was born on Thursday, 4 October 1923, in Evanston, Illinois. The Sun was in Libra, so Libra was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Cancer and Scorpio rising. Charlton died on 5 April 2008, aged 84. The birth time, 07:55, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Water carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against air three, earth two and fire one. Cardinal signs hold five, mutable signs three and fixed signs two. Sun, Venus and Saturn all fall in Libra. The tightest aspect is Jupiter square Neptune, 0.6° from exact. Two planets were retrograde: Mercury and Uranus. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 4 October, among them Susan Sarandon, Christoph Waltz and Dakota Johnson.
Charlton Heston’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
10° Libra 18'
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Charlton Heston's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Cancer
26° Cancer 03'
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Charlton 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
Scorpio
3° Scorpio 44'
Scorpio rising comes across as intense and self-contained. People tend to sense that there is more going on than Charlton is saying; this rising sign keeps more back than it shows.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 07:55 on 4 October 1923, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 10° Libra 18' | House 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 26° Cancer 03' | House 9 |
| Mercury | 29° Virgo 56'℞ | House 11 |
| Venus | 16° Libra 44' | House 12 |
| Mars | 21° Virgo 20' | House 11 |
| Jupiter | 19° Scorpio 05' | House 1 |
| Saturn | 21° Libra 29' | House 12 |
| Uranus | 14° Pisces 36'℞ | House 5 |
| Neptune | 19° Leo 42' | House 10 |
| Pluto | 12° Cancer 22' | House 9 |
| North Node | 11° Virgo 09' | House 10 |
| South Node | 11° Pisces 09' | House 4 |
Charlton Heston’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Charlton Heston’s private life.
Sun in Libra
10° Libra 18' · eleventh house
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Libra, Charlton Heston's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
The Sun in the eleventh house means Charlton finds themselves through friendships and the causes they throw their weight behind, more than through solitary achievement. Charlton is at their best inside a group with a shared purpose, and being cut off from that kind of company can dim their spark.
Moon in Cancer
26° Cancer 03' · ninth house
needs and habits
With the Moon in Cancer, Charlton'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.
The Moon in the ninth house is restored by new places, new ideas and a wider view than the everyday routine offers, and staying still for too long makes Charlton quietly restless. A change of scenery, even a small one, settles them again.
Mercury in Virgo
29° Virgo 56' ℞ · eleventh house
mind and voice
For Charlton, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
Mercury in the eleventh house means Charlton thinks in terms of the whole group, coming up with ideas for the causes and communities they care about rather than only for themselves. Brainstorming with friends, informally and without pressure, is probably where much of Charlton's best thinking happens.
Venus in Libra
16° Libra 44' · twelfth house
love and values
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Charlton probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Charlton may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Venus in the twelfth house keeps affections private and sometimes idealised, and Charlton may feel more deeply than they show to most people. The placement values quiet acts of devotion, done without an audience, over public displays or grand romantic gestures.
Mars in Virgo
21° Virgo 20' · eleventh house
drive and anger
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, Charlton is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Mars in the eleventh house puts energy into friendships and causes, and Charlton is often the one who gets a whole group moving. Friction in a group probably does not scare them off, and they would rather push through a disagreement than step around it.
Jupiter in Scorpio
19° Scorpio 05' · first house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Charlton, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
Jupiter in the first house can give Charlton a natural confidence and openness that people notice right away, often before very much has been said. Charlton usually walks into a situation expecting it to go reasonably well, and that expectation shapes how people respond.
Saturn in Libra
21° Libra 29' · twelfth house
discipline and doubt
For Charlton, 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.
Saturn in the twelfth house puts a quiet discipline into Charlton's private life, and solitude can feel like a duty before it slowly becomes a source of strength. Saturn here makes facing what is unresolved within slow work, and the peace it brings is likely to be hard-won.
Uranus in Pisces
14° Pisces 36' ℞ · fifth house
freedom, generational
Charlton 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.
Uranus in the fifth house gives creativity and romance a spark of the unexpected, and a predictable routine in either is apt to leave Charlton restless. The people and projects that appeal with this placement tend to be the ones that surprise, not the ones that confirm what is already known.
Neptune in Leo
19° Leo 42' · tenth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Charlton 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.
Neptune in the tenth house can make Charlton's public image harder to pin down than most, shifting as other people project hopes onto it. Creative or compassionate work is apt to suit this placement better than a rigid, conventional structure.
Pluto in Cancer
12° Cancer 22' · ninth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Charlton 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.
With Pluto in the ninth house, Charlton's view of the world is apt to be overturned and rebuilt at some point, an old outlook giving way to one that has been personally tested. The placement is linked with questioning a philosophy thoroughly before taking it on.
Aspects in Charlton Heston’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Jupiter square Neptune
0.6° applying
Jupiter square Neptune lets optimism drift into wishful thinking, and plans can end up built more on hope than on a clear reading of the situation. For Charlton Heston the answer may be to keep hoping and to pair that hope with an honest look at the details.
Saturn sextile Neptune
1.8° separating
Charlton's ideas tend to take a workable, grounded shape without losing their spark, a result of the gentle alliance between discipline and imagination in this sextile. It is a quiet, practical creativity, and it usually produces something people can use and not just admire.
Sun square Pluto
2.1° applying
With this aspect, Charlton's identity can get entangled in struggles over control, whether inwardly or with people who challenge them. Whenever Charlton chooses to change rather than to dominate, the friction turns into hard-won strength they can rely on the next time things get difficult.
Mars sextile Jupiter
2.2° separating
There is confident, well-aimed energy in this sextile, and not much wasted effort, since Charlton's drive and optimism pull together. Taking the initiative suits Charlton, above all when they commit to one goal and do not scatter their energy across several.
Venus sextile Neptune
3.0° applying
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Charlton, 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.
Moon sextile Mercury
3.9° applying
Feelings and thoughts are on speaking terms for Charlton, so talking through whatever is going on inside comes more easily than average. Think of it as self-awareness without the hard work, at its most useful in ordinary, everyday conversations.
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 trine Pluto2.2°
- Venus square Pluto4.4°
- Jupiter trine Uranus4.5°
- Moon square Saturn4.6°
- Moon sextile Mars4.7°
- Venus conjunction Saturn4.7°
- Sun conjunction Venus6.4°
- Jupiter trine Pluto6.7°
- Mars opposition Uranus6.7°
- Moon trine Jupiter7.0°
Libra Sun and Cancer Moon, like Charlton Heston
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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 (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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