Fred Rogers’s birth chart
Born 20 March 1928, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sun in Pisces or Aries · Pisces Moon
Fred Rogers’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Fred Rogers was born on Tuesday, 20 March 1928, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The Sun moved from Pisces into Aries at about 15:45 local time that day, so the zodiac sign depends on the birth time: Pisces for a birth before then, Aries after. The Moon was in Pisces all day. Fred died on 27 February 2003, aged 74. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, four are in fire signs, four in water and one in air; none is in earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, two and four. Pisces holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Moon, Mercury and Venus. The tightest aspect is Mercury conjunction Venus, about 1.0° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waning crescent to new.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 20 March, among them Chester Bennington, Carl Reiner and Fernando Torres.
See the sky the day Fred was born: the stars over Latrobe, Pennsylvania, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Fred Rogers’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces or Aries
Pisces until about 15:45, then Aries (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 15:45: Sun in Pisces
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Fred Rogers the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Born after about 15:45: Sun in Aries
An Aries Sun starts things. For Fred that points to energy that is direct and impatient with delay, and to feeling most like themselves when there is something to go first at. The work of this placement is finishing what the spark began.
Moon sign
Pisces
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Pisces, Fred may well pick up the mood of a whole room. Music, water, sleep and imagination tend to restore them, and it matters whose moods they carry home. The empathy of this Moon is a gift that needs a door.
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 Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at each hour of the day.
Fred Rogers’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Fred 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 20 March 1928, computed for Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 01:55 to 03:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 03:50 to 05:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 05:15 to 06:25 | Pisces rising |
| 06:25 to 07:40 | Aries rising |
| 07:40 to 09:05 | Taurus rising |
| 09:05 to 11:00 | Gemini rising |
| 11:00 to 13:20 | Cancer rising |
| 13:20 to 15:55 | Leo rising |
| 15:55 to 18:25 | Virgo rising |
| 18:25 to 20:55 | Libra rising |
| 20:55 to 23:30 | Scorpio rising |
| 23:30 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 20 March 1928, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. The Sun is drawn at its midday place; it moved from Pisces into Aries at about 15:45, so its sign depends on the birth time. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | Pisces until about 15:45, then Aries |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces |
| Mercury | 2° Pisces 10' |
| Venus | 3° Pisces 09' |
| Mars | 16° Aquarius 18' |
| Jupiter | 12° Aries 28' |
| Saturn | 19° Sagittarius 04' |
| Uranus | 3° Aries 09' |
| Neptune | 26° Leo 58'℞ |
| Pluto | 14° Cancer 59'℞ |
| North Node | 12° Gemini 27' |
| South Node | 12° Sagittarius 27' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Fred Rogers’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Fred Rogers’s private life.
Sun in Pisces or Aries
Pisces until about 15:45, then Aries
purpose and vitality
Born before about 15:45: Sun in Pisces
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Fred Rogers's vitality tends to ebb and flow with their surroundings. The thing to watch is losing their own direction inside someone else's story. There may be days when they feel unstoppable, and others when they need to disappear for a while.
Born after about 15:45: Sun in Aries
With the Sun in Aries, Fred's sense of purpose tends to come alive when there is a clear start line. They probably feel most like themselves pushing into something new, though that energy can burn hot and fade before the finish. The typical pattern is a project launched with excitement, then handed off once the routine sets in.
The Moon in Pisces makes for a porous daily mood, one that picks up the emotional temperature of a room without choosing to. Quiet, music or time near water probably restores Fred more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Fred is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Fred probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. Fred can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
Jupiter in Aries
12° Aries 28' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Fred's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
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, Fred 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 Aries
3° Aries 09' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Fred shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Neptune in Leo
26° Leo 58' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Fred alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Pluto in Cancer
14° Cancer 59' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Fred to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in Fred Rogers’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 conjunction Venus
about 1.0° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Fred Rogers's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Jupiter square Pluto
about 2.5° at midday
Ambition can turn into a struggle for control under this square, over outcomes that were never fully Fred's to control. The considerable drive involved is better aimed at transformation than at domination, which tends to produce a result that lasts.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 2.8° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Fred has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
Sun conjunction Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
Independence is central to Fred's identity with the Sun conjunct Uranus, along with a resistance to being defined by anyone else's idea of them. It makes them original and hard to predict, and the catch is a restlessness with routines that could serve them well.
Mars sextile Jupiter
about 3.8° at midday
There is confident, well-aimed energy in this sextile, and not much wasted effort, since Fred's drive and optimism pull together. Taking the initiative suits Fred, above all when they commit to one goal and do not scatter their energy across several.
Mercury opposition Neptune
about 5.2° at midday
Under Mercury opposite Neptune, clear thinking competes with the lure of an appealing story or a hopeful assumption. Checking conclusions against plain evidence keeps Fred on firm ground, without asking them to give up the imagination that makes their thinking interesting in the first place.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus opposition Neptuneabout 6.2°
- Jupiter trine Saturnabout 6.6°
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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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