Christian Bale’s birth chart
Born 30 January 1974, in Haverfordwest, Wales. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Moon in Aries or Taurus
Christian Bale’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
30 January 1974 was a Wednesday: the day Christian Bale was born in Haverfordwest, Wales. Their zodiac sign is Aquarius. The Moon left Aries for Taurus at about 11:40 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Christian turns 52 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Christian, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is six air, two earth, one fire and no water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, four and two. Aquarius holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Saturn and Uranus: a trine, about 0.7° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Venus, Saturn and Pluto. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 30 January, among them Dick Cheney, Phil Collins and Gene Hackman. Olivia Colman was born on the very same day.
See the sky the day Christian was born: the stars over Haverfordwest, Wales, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Christian Bale’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 10° Aquarius at midday
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Christian Bale's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Aries or Taurus
Aries until about 11:40, then Taurus (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 11:40: Moon in Aries
With the Moon in Aries, Christian is likely to feel fast and forgive fast. Anger comes up quickly and passes just as quickly, and feeling needs a physical outlet. This is a Moon soothed by action, not by talking it over.
Born after about 11:40: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Christian, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
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 Haverfordwest, Wales, at each hour of the day.
Christian Bale’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Christian 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 30 January 1974, computed for Haverfordwest, Wales.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:35 | Libra rising |
| 00:35 to 03:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:25 to 06:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 06:00 to 07:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 07:45 to 08:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 08:50 to 09:45 | Pisces rising |
| 09:45 to 10:35 | Aries rising |
| 10:35 to 11:45 | Taurus rising |
| 11:45 to 13:30 | Gemini rising |
| 13:30 to 16:00 | Cancer rising |
| 16:00 to 18:50 | Leo rising |
| 18:50 to 21:40 | Virgo rising |
| 21:40 to 24:00 | Libra 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 30 January 1974, 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 | 10° Aquarius 13' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aries until about 11:40, then Taurus |
| Mercury | 24° Aquarius 27' |
| Venus | 29° Capricorn 38'℞ |
| Mars | 15° Taurus 19' |
| Jupiter | 21° Aquarius 10' |
| Saturn | 28° Gemini 31'℞ |
| Uranus | 27° Libra 46' |
| Neptune | 9° Sagittarius 09' |
| Pluto | 6° Libra 41'℞ |
| North Node | 27° Sagittarius 37' |
| South Node | 27° Gemini 37' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Christian Bale’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Christian Bale’s private life.
Christian Bale's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
Moon in Aries or Taurus
Aries until about 11:40, then Taurus
needs and habits
Born before about 11:40: Moon in Aries
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For Christian, comfort probably comes from action rather than discussion. The instinct of this Moon is to pace the room or go for a walk rather than sit with a feeling until it passes on its own.
Born after about 11:40: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Christian more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
In Christian's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
For Christian, Venus in Capricorn means loving in a measured, committed way and valuing stability, ambition and someone to build a life with. The trap is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. With this Venus, love comes out more easily as providing and planning than as words said out loud.
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 Christian 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.
Jupiter in Aquarius
21° Aquarius 10' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Christian 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 Christian 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 Libra
27° Libra 46' at midday
freedom, generational
Christian holds Uranus in Libra in common with many people born in the same stretch of years. Together that generation reshapes ideas of partnership, fairness and how relationships are arranged. Its personal side is a readiness to question traditional roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.
Neptune in Sagittarius
9° Sagittarius 09' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Sagittarius is the dream of a generation: grand systems of belief and utopian journeys. What belongs to Christian in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.
Pluto in Libra
6° Libra 41' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Libra is the signature of the generation Christian belongs to, because Pluto moves so slowly. That generation transforms ideas of partnership, fairness and what people owe one another. Personally it can be an intense need for relationships to be fundamentally fair.
Aspects in Christian Bale’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.
Saturn trine Uranus
about 0.7° at midday
This trine lets Christian Bale build lasting structures that still leave room for change, because discipline and independence are allies here. Consistency and originality coexist with ease, and neither of them has to be given up to make room for the other.
Sun sextile Neptune
about 1.1° at midday
Creativity and empathy are there when Christian 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 square Uranus
about 1.9° at midday
In Christian's chart the desire for closeness and the need for freedom can work against each other, and this square is known for sudden shifts in an otherwise good relationship. The remedy is to build enough independence into the relationship that none has to be created by pulling away.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter
about 3.3° at midday
Christian's thinking is likely to be expansive and enthusiastic, connecting ideas across subjects other people keep separate. It makes for lively conversation, and the habit worth adding is checking the details behind a big idea before committing to it fully.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Christian fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
Sun trine Pluto
about 3.5° at midday
Christian's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 2.5°
- Mercury trine Saturnabout 4.1°
- Sun square Marsabout 5.1°
- Mars square Jupiterabout 5.9°
- Jupiter trine Uranusabout 6.6°
Aquarius Suns born within 2 years of Christian Bale
Also born on 30 January
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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