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David Lynch

David Lynch’s birth chart

Born January 20, 1946 in Missoula at 03:00.

Capricorn Sun · Virgo Moon · Scorpio rising · Earth · Cardinal

Sun

Capricorn

29° Capricorn 45'

You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.

Moon

Virgo

5° Virgo 08'

You feel by fixing. When something is wrong you look for the practical cause, and you calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. Let people help you without a to-do list attached.

Rising

Scorpio

18° Scorpio 15'

You come across as intense and self-contained. People sense that there is more going on than you are saying, and they are right.

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Placements

Sun 29° Capricorn 45'House 3
Moon 5° Virgo 08'House 10
Mercury 15° Capricorn 59'House 2
Venus 26° Capricorn 50'House 3
Mars 20° Cancer 45'House 8
Jupiter 26° Libra 37'House 11
Saturn 20° Cancer 45'House 8
Uranus 13° Gemini 49'House 7
Neptune 8° Libra 35'House 11
Pluto 10° Leo 53'House 9
North Node 29° Gemini 38'House 8
South Node 29° Sagittarius 38'House 2

David Lynch's full reading

Each planet by sign and house. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

  1. Sun in Capricorn

    29° Capricorn 45' · third house

    purpose and vitality

    They find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast they, and their vitality is steady rather than showy. The tension is measuring their worth by output alone. It shows up as working through the tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.

    David is energized by talking, writing and swapping ideas with whoever happens to be around they that day. Curiosity is not a side interest for they, it sits close to the core of who David is, and a good conversation can genuinely change their mood.

  2. Moon in Virgo

    5° Virgo 08' · tenth house

    needs and habits

    Their habits run toward order, and a messy space or an unfinished list unsettles their mood more than most people would guess. David is calmed by small, useful tasks. The tension is turning self-care into another chore to get right instead of something they actually enjoy.

    Their emotional security is tangled up with how their work is going and whether they feel respected publicly for what they do. A setback at work can hit they harder emotionally than it would hit someone else, even when they try to shrug it off.

  3. Mercury in Capricorn

    15° Capricorn 59' · second house

    mind and voice

    They think methodically and communicate in a measured, practical way that people tend to trust. The tension is being so focused on the useful conclusion that they dismis ideas that have not yet proven their worth. It shows up as getting straight to the point in a conversation that other people expected to be casual.

    They think carefully about what things are actually worth, and they tend to have clear, well-reasoned opinions about money and value that they can explain in detail. Talking a purchase or a plan through out loud genuinely helps they settle on the right one.

  4. Venus in Capricorn

    26° Capricorn 50' · third house

    love and values

    They love in a measured, committed way and value stability, ambition and someone they can build a life with. The tension is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. It shows up as showing love through providing and planning more easily than through saying it out loud.

    They charm people through conversation and have a real knack for saying difficult things in a way that lands gently instead of landing hard. Words, for they, are one of the clearest ways they show affection, sometimes more than gestures or gifts.

  5. Mars in Cancer

    20° Cancer 45' · eighth house

    drive and anger

    They act to protect the people and things they care about, and their anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The tension is going quiet or indirect instead of naming what upset they. It shows up as a mood shift that takes people a while to trace back to its actual cause.

    David is drawn to intensity in their closest bonds, and David is not afraid of the harder conversations about trust, power and vulnerability that most people dodge. Facing difficult truths head on comes more naturally to they than it does to nearly everyone else around they.

  6. Jupiter in Libra

    26° Libra 37' · eleventh house

    growth and excess

    They grow through partnership and a genuine gift for bringing people together. The overreach is people-pleasing so broadly that they end up overcommitted to everyone's expectations at once. It shows up as being the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.

    Their circle of friends tends to be wide and varied, and they bring genuine enthusiasm to group causes and community projects that catch their interest. People are drawn to their optimism when working toward a shared goal, and it tends to be contagious in a group.

  7. Saturn in Cancer

    20° Cancer 45' · eighth house

    discipline and doubt

    They build discipline around emotional security, often shaped by an early home life that asked they to be steadier than a child should have to be. The doubt shows up as difficulty asking for care even when they clearly need it. It shows up as becoming, over time, the dependable emotional anchor for people who never quite return the favour.

    Trust and intimacy may have been hard won for they, built slowly over time rather than given away easily or quickly to just anyone. What they eventually share with someone after that trust is properly earned tends to run deep and to last a long time.

  8. Uranus in Gemini

    13° Gemini 49' · seventh house

    freedom, generational

    Shared by an entire generational span, this placement marks people who come of age alongside a communication revolution, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. Personally, it can show up as a restless need for new information.

    Their relationships tend to need more freedom and less convention than the average partnership, and David is drawn to partners who genuinely respect their independence. Sudden shifts in a relationship do not rattle they the way they rattle most other people they know.

  9. Neptune in Libra

    8° Libra 35' · eleventh house

    imagination, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.

    David is drawn to friendships and causes with an idealistic edge, and they may hold a vision for their community that reaches well beyond the merely practical. Disappointment can follow when a group falls short of that vision, even when their effort was genuinely sincere.

  10. Pluto in Leo

    10° Leo 53' · ninth house

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.

    Their beliefs may have gone through a real transformation at some point in their life, with an old worldview eventually giving way to one they personally tested and rebuilt. They do not take a philosophy on faith easily, and they tend to question it thoroughly first.

Aspects

How the planets in David Lynch's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

  1. Mars conjunction Saturn

    0.0° separating

    Their drive is disciplined and controlled, and they channel energy into long, patient effort rather than short bursts. This makes they genuinely capable of sustained work, and the edge is not letting caution talk they out of acting when the moment actually calls for it.

  2. Venus square Jupiter

    0.2° separating

    Their generosity can run past what is actually sustainable, whether in spending, affection or promises made in a warm moment. The lesson is matching real warmth to a scale they can actually keep up over the months that follow the excitement, not just the first one.

  3. Neptune sextile Pluto

    2.3° applying

    Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.

  4. Sun conjunction Venus

    2.9° applying

    Who David is and what they love are closely bound, so relationships and beauty feel central to their identity rather than an extra. They give affection openly, and their sense of self rises and falls a little with how appreciated they feel.

  • Uranus sextile Pluto2.9°
  • Sun square Jupiter3.1°
  • Mercury opposition Saturn4.8°
  • Mercury opposition Mars4.8°
  • Uranus trine Neptune5.2°
  • Mars square Jupiter5.9°
  • Jupiter square Saturn5.9°
  • Venus opposition Mars6.1°
  • Venus opposition Saturn6.1°
  • Sun opposition Mars9.0°
  • Sun opposition Saturn9.0°

David’s couples, by the stars

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Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Confidence AA. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

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