Christine Baranski’s birth chart
Born 2 May 1952, in Buffalo, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Leo Moon
Christine Baranski’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Christine Baranski was born on Friday, 2 May 1952, in Buffalo, New York. That makes Christine a Taurus, with the Moon in Leo. Christine turns 74 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Christine, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against earth two, air two and water two. By modality the count is five cardinal, five fixed and no mutable. The tightest aspect is Neptune sextile Pluto, 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: Mars, Saturn and Neptune. Over the course of the day the Moon went from first quarter to waxing gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 13 other people born on 2 May, among them Satyajit Ray, David Beckham and Dwayne Johnson.
See the sky the day Christine was born: the stars over Buffalo, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Christine Baranski’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 12° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Christine Baranski 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
Leo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Christine up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Buffalo, New York, at each hour of the day.
Christine Baranski’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Christine 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 2 May 1952, computed for Buffalo, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 00:10 to 02:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 02:05 to 03:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 03:25 to 04:35 | Pisces rising |
| 04:35 to 05:45 | Aries rising |
| 05:45 to 07:05 | Taurus rising |
| 07:05 to 09:00 | Gemini rising |
| 09:00 to 11:25 | Cancer rising |
| 11:25 to 14:00 | Leo rising |
| 14:00 to 16:35 | Virgo rising |
| 16:35 to 19:10 | Libra rising |
| 19:10 to 21:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 21:45 to 24:00 | Sagittarius 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 2 May 1952, 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 | 12° Taurus 10' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Leo |
| Mercury | 15° Aries 35' |
| Venus | 27° Aries 54' |
| Mars | 10° Scorpio 01'℞ |
| Jupiter | 0° Taurus 54' |
| Saturn | 9° Libra 24'℞ |
| Uranus | 10° Cancer 47' |
| Neptune | 19° Libra 44'℞ |
| Pluto | 19° Leo 05' |
| North Node | 27° Aquarius 28' |
| South Node | 27° Leo 28' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Christine Baranski’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Christine Baranski’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Christine Baranski'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.
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Christine faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Christine did.
Mercury in Aries suggests that Christine thinks in quick, decisive strokes and says what they mean without much preamble. Sometimes the words arrive before the thought is fully formed, which can come across sharper than intended. It is a mind that finishes other people's sentences and prefers a fast decision to a long meeting.
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Christine that suggests an interest that can fade once the chase is over. The pattern is to fall fast and to need a relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.
In Christine's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
Jupiter in Taurus
0° Taurus 54' at midday
growth and excess
In Christine's chart, Jupiter in Taurus grows through patience, and what it builds tends to come together slowly and steadily rather than in one leap. Taken too far, that can become excess: holding on to more comfort or more stuff than serves them. They are probably generous with food, gifts and shared pleasures, and now and then generosity tips into indulgence.
For Christine, 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.
Uranus in Cancer
10° Cancer 47' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Christine alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
19° Libra 44' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Christine 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
19° Leo 05' 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 Christine, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Christine Baranski’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 trine Uranus
about 0.8° at midday
Christine Baranski'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.
Sun sextile Uranus
about 1.4° at midday
There is room for Christine to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
Saturn square Uranus
about 1.4° at midday
The need for stability and the need for freedom can clash in Christine's chart, producing either rigid routines that eventually snap or sudden breaks from commitments that were meant sincerely. Saturn square Uranus is best answered with structure loose enough to bend before it has to break.
Sun opposition Mars
about 2.1° at midday
The Sun opposite Mars pits self-assertion against putting other people's wishes first, and for Christine that can play out as a tug of war with partners or rivals. Learning to want things directly, without needing a fight to justify the wanting, settles more than it stirs up.
Venus conjunction Jupiter
about 3.0° at midday
Venus conjunct Jupiter tends to make Christine's capacity for love and pleasure generous and expansive, and it usually comes with a warm enjoyment of life. The result is naturally good company; the thing to watch is the point where generosity has quietly become excess.
Mercury trine Pluto
about 3.5° at midday
Christine'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 Christine can stay with a hard subject long after others have looked away.
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 0.7°
- Mercury opposition Neptuneabout 4.2°
- Mercury square Uranusabout 4.8°
- Mercury opposition Saturnabout 6.2°
- Sun square Plutoabout 6.9°
Taurus Sun and Leo Moon, like Christine Baranski
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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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