Clara Bow’s birth chart
Born 29 July 1905, in Brooklyn, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Clara Bow’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Clara Bow was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 29 July 1905, a Saturday. That made Clara a Leo. The Moon was in Gemini until about 03:00 and in Cancer afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Clara died on 27 September 1965, aged 60. No verified birth time is on file for Clara; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is three air, three water, two earth and one fire, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Mutable signs hold five, cardinal signs two and fixed signs two. Gemini holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Venus, Jupiter and Pluto. Closest of the aspects is the square between Jupiter and Saturn, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Saturn and Uranus. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds nine other people born on 29 July, among them Eyvind Johnson, Harry Mulisch and Mikis Theodorakis.
See the sky the day Clara was born: the stars over Brooklyn, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Clara Bow’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 5° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Clara Bow that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 03:00, then Cancer (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 03:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Clara, 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 03:00: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Clara 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 Brooklyn, New York, at each hour of the day.
Clara Bow’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Clara 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 29 July 1905, computed for Brooklyn, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:10 | Taurus rising |
| 00:10 to 02:05 | Gemini rising |
| 02:05 to 04:25 | Cancer rising |
| 04:25 to 07:00 | Leo rising |
| 07:00 to 09:30 | Virgo rising |
| 09:30 to 12:00 | Libra rising |
| 12:00 to 14:35 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:35 to 16:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 16:55 to 18:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 18:50 to 20:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:15 to 21:30 | Pisces rising |
| 21:30 to 22:40 | Aries rising |
| 22:40 to 24:00 | Taurus 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 29 July 1905, 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 | 5° Leo 51' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini until about 03:00, then Cancer |
| Mercury | 2° Virgo 49' |
| Venus | 21° Gemini 43' |
| Mars | 18° Scorpio 30' |
| Jupiter | 1° Gemini 27' |
| Saturn | 1° Pisces 17'℞ |
| Uranus | 0° Capricorn 56'℞ |
| Neptune | 8° Cancer 56' |
| Pluto | 22° Gemini 12' |
| North Node | 0° Virgo 23' |
| South Node | 0° Pisces 23' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Clara Bow’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Clara Bow’s private life.
Purpose for Clara Bow is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 03:00, then Cancer
needs and habits
Born before about 03:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Clara 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 03:00: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Clara'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.
For Clara, 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.
Venus in Gemini loves through conversation, wit and mental connection, and tends to find a dull partner harder to stay with than a challenging one. Clara probably values variety and being kept interested. Attention may wander with this Venus, and that can be treated as more serious than it is. Banter is the natural way to flirt here, more than anything more direct.
In Clara'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 Gemini
1° Gemini 27' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Clara may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Clara, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Capricorn
0° Capricorn 56' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Clara's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
8° Cancer 56' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Clara and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
22° Gemini 12' at midday
power, generational
Clara shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Clara Bow’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.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 0.2° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to Clara Bow it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 0.4° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give Clara a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
Venus conjunction Pluto
about 0.5° at midday
Love tends to run deep and complete under Venus conjunct Pluto, and Clara is likely to lean towards intensity over casual affection. Relationships gain depth from it. What takes practice is trusting a connection without needing to test it to prove it is real.
Mercury square Jupiter
about 1.4° at midday
Thinking can run ahead of the evidence when Mercury is square Jupiter, leading to overconfident claims or promises made faster than Clara can check them. Matching enthusiasm to what has been verified makes their confidence more durable, not less.
Mercury opposition Saturn
about 1.5° at midday
Under Mercury opposite Saturn, a doubt can creep into Clara's thinking about whether it is good enough to share. Speaking the imperfect version out loud matters more than waiting for the polished one.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 1.9° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Clara 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.
One more aspect, listed without a reading.
- Sun sextile Jupiterabout 4.4°
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Clara Bow in the StarMap archive
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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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