Celebrity StarMap · Actor

Forest Whitaker’s birth chart
Born July 15, 1961 in Longview, birth time not public.
Cancer Sun · Leo Moon · Water · Cardinal
Sun
♋Cancer
22° Cancer 56'
You protect. Home, memory and the people you have decided are yours sit at the centre of your life, and you read a room before anyone speaks. Your strength is care; your task is to include yourself in it.
Moon
♌Leo
24° Leo 39'
You feel with your whole heart and you need that to be noticed. Warm attention fills you up; being overlooked empties you faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends are your medicine.
Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.
Rising
Forest Whitaker’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♋ 22° Cancer 56' | |
| ☽ | Moon | ♌ 24° Leo 39' | |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♋ 3° Cancer 25' | |
| ♀ | Venus | ♊ 9° Gemini 03' | |
| ♂ | Mars | ♍ 9° Virgo 58' | |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♒ 3° Aquarius 28'℞ | |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♑ 26° Capricorn 49'℞ | |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♌ 24° Leo 03' | |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♏ 8° Scorpio 32'℞ | |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♍ 6° Virgo 22' | |
| ☊ | North Node | ♌ 27° Leo 27' | |
| ☋ | South Node | ♒ 27° Aquarius 27' |
Forest Whitaker's full reading
Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Cancer
♋ 22° Cancer 56'
purpose and vitality
They feel most alive when Forest is caring for people and places that matter to they, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. The tension is taking things personally when they feel unneeded. It shows up in how much better their whole day goes after they have checked in on someone they love.
☽Moon in Leo
♌ 24° Leo 39'
needs and habits
They need warmth and acknowledgement worked into their everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing they drain they faster than a hard day with an audience. It shows up as brightening visibly the moment someone compliments something small they did.
☿Mercury in Cancer
♋ 3° Cancer 25'
mind and voice
They think in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and they communicate best when there is emotional trust in the room. The tension is letting mood colour how a fact gets delivered or received. It shows up as remembering exactly how a conversation felt years after the details have faded.
♀Venus in Gemini
♊ 9° Gemini 03'
love and values
They love through conversation, wit and mental connection, and a partner who bores they i harder to stay with than one who challenges they. They value variety and being kept interested. The tension is treating a wandering attention as more serious than it is. It shows up as flirting through banter more naturally than through anything more direct.
♂Mars in Virgo
♍ 9° Virgo 58'
drive and anger
They act carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and their anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. The tension is criticising instead of confronting when Forest is actually upset. It shows up as a clipped tone that signals frustration well before they say anything directly.
♃Jupiter in Aquarius
♒ 3° Aquarius 28' ℞
growth and excess
They grow through community, ideas and causes bigger than their own life. The overreach is so much faith in a theory or a group that they overlook its practical flaws. It shows up as an optimism about the future that makes they a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
♄Saturn in Capricorn
♑ 26° Capricorn 49' ℞
discipline and doubt
Saturn is at home here, and they build discipline as naturally as breathing, often carrying responsibility earlier than most people their age. The doubt shows up as never quite believing they have achieved enough to relax. It shows up as an authority that others recognise well before Forest is willing to claim it themselves.
♅Uranus in Leo
♌ 24° Leo 03'
freedom, generational
Shared across this generation, this placement marks people who redefine self-expression and individuality, often through new forms of creativity and visibility unavailable to earlier generations. Personally, it can show up as comfort being seen in ways older relatives find unfamiliar.
♆Neptune in Scorpio
♏ 8° Scorpio 32' ℞
imagination, generational
Shared across this generation, this placement marks people whose collective imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, often through a wider cultural fascination with secrets and endings. Personally, it can show up as being pulled toward mystery for its own sake.
♇Pluto in Virgo
♍ 6° Virgo 22'
power, generational
Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people who live through deep transformation of work, health systems and daily life itself. Personally, it can show up as intensity around control, order and what a body or a system can actually handle.
Aspects
How the planets in Forest Whitaker's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Moon conjunction Uranus
0.6° separating
Their emotional life is unpredictable and independent, and feelings tend to arrive suddenly rather than build gradually. This gives they real emotional freedom, and the edge is letting people close enough to see the pattern behind the surprises.
Venus square Mars
0.9° applying
Their desires and their need for harmony can clash, showing up as tension between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. The lesson is voicing a want directly instead of letting it leak out sideways.
Mars sextile Neptune
1.4° separating
Their drive and their imagination cooperate gently, giving they easy access to inspired action without needing everything to be fully mapped out first. This is soft, workable motivation that keeps a creative or compassionate project moving without forcing it.
Neptune sextile Pluto
2.2° 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.
- Venus square Pluto2.7°
- Mercury sextile Pluto3.0°
- Mars conjunction Pluto3.6°
- Sun opposition Saturn3.9°
- Jupiter square Neptune5.1°
- Mercury trine Neptune5.1°
- Venus trine Jupiter5.6°
- Jupiter conjunction Saturn6.7°
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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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