Christiane Amanpour’s birth chart
Born 12 January 1958, in Ealing, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Capricorn Sun · Libra Moon
Christiane Amanpour’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Christiane Amanpour was born on Sunday, 12 January 1958, in Ealing, England. The Sun was in Capricorn, so Capricorn is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Libra. Christiane turns 68 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Christiane; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against air three, earth two and water one. Mutable signs hold four, cardinal signs three and fixed signs three. Sagittarius holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mercury, Mars and Saturn. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Mercury and Jupiter: a sextile, about 1.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Venus, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was at its last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 12 January, among them Jeff Bezos, Hande Yener and Nikolai Noskov.
See the sky the day Christiane was born: the stars over Ealing, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Christiane Amanpour’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
about 21° Capricorn at midday
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Christiane Amanpour up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Libra
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Christiane, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
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 Ealing, England, at each hour of the day.
Christiane Amanpour’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Christiane 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 12 January 1958, computed for Ealing, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:30 | Libra rising |
| 01:30 to 04:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 04:20 to 06:50 | Sagittarius rising |
| 06:50 to 08:35 | Capricorn rising |
| 08:35 to 09:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:45 to 10:35 | Pisces rising |
| 10:35 to 11:30 | Aries rising |
| 11:30 to 12:35 | Taurus rising |
| 12:35 to 14:25 | Gemini rising |
| 14:25 to 16:55 | Cancer rising |
| 16:55 to 19:45 | Leo rising |
| 19:45 to 22:35 | Virgo rising |
| 22:35 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 12 January 1958, 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 | 21° Capricorn 47' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra |
| Mercury | 28° Sagittarius 21' |
| Venus | 15° Aquarius 53'℞ |
| Mars | 14° Sagittarius 13' |
| Jupiter | 29° Libra 53' |
| Saturn | 20° Sagittarius 42' |
| Uranus | 10° Leo 22'℞ |
| Neptune | 4° Scorpio 37' |
| Pluto | 1° Virgo 57'℞ |
| North Node | 7° Scorpio 26' |
| South Node | 7° Taurus 26' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Christiane Amanpour’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Christiane Amanpour’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, Christiane Amanpour is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Christiane's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
Christiane's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Christiane may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Christiane may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Libra
29° Libra 53' at midday
growth and excess
In Christiane's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Christiane is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.
Uranus in Leo
10° Leo 22' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Christiane shares Uranus in Leo with a generation, one that redefines self-expression and individuality, often through forms of creativity and visibility that were not available before. Closer to home, it suggests being comfortable with being seen in ways older relatives find unfamiliar.
Neptune in Scorpio
4° Scorpio 37' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Christiane shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Pluto in Virgo
1° Virgo 57' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Christiane and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in Christiane Amanpour’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 sextile Jupiter
about 1.5° at midday
Christiane Amanpour's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
Venus sextile Mars
about 1.7° at midday
A sextile between Venus and Mars tends to let Christiane go after what they like without much inner conflict, because affection and drive are pulling the same way. It is a pleasant, workable confidence, at its most useful in the early stages of anything new.
Jupiter sextile Pluto
about 2.1° at midday
Meaningful growth without constant upheaval is what Jupiter sextile Pluto describes, with Christiane's sense of possibility and depth working in concert. The opportunities that matter tend to come at a manageable pace, not all at once in a way that would be hard to absorb.
Mercury trine Pluto
about 3.6° at midday
Christiane's thinking and depth support each other, which gives them a natural ability to work through complex or hidden material without getting overwhelmed. With Mercury trine Pluto, research and difficult conversations both come easily, and Christiane can stay with a hard subject long after others have looked away.
Mars trine Uranus
about 3.9° at midday
Christiane's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 4.7° at midday
For Christiane, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
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 2.7°
- Venus sextile Saturnabout 4.8°
- Venus opposition Uranusabout 5.5°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 5.8°
- Mars conjunction Saturnabout 6.5°
Capricorn Sun and Libra Moon, like Christiane Amanpour
Also born on 12 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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