Fred Thompson’s birth chart
Born 19 August 1942, in Sheffield, Alabama. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Fred Thompson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Fred Thompson was born on Wednesday, 19 August 1942, in Sheffield, Alabama. Their zodiac sign was Leo. The Moon changed sign at about 13:35, from Scorpio to Sagittarius; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Fred died on 1 November 2015, aged 73. No verified birth time is on file for Fred; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in fire signs, three in earth, two in air and one in water. Mutable signs hold five, fixed signs three and cardinal signs one. Sun, Venus and Pluto all fall in Leo. Mercury, Mars and Neptune all fall in Virgo. The tightest aspect is Mercury conjunction Mars, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was at its first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 19 August, among them Matthew Perry, Satya Nadella and Gene Roddenberry.
See the sky the day Fred was born: the stars over Sheffield, Alabama, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Fred Thompson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 26° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Fred Thompson 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
Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 13:35, then Sagittarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 13:35: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Fred that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
Born after about 13:35: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Fred, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
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 Sheffield, Alabama, at each hour of the day.
Fred Thompson’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 19 August 1942, computed for Sheffield, Alabama.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:55 | Gemini rising |
| 01:55 to 04:15 | Cancer rising |
| 04:15 to 06:40 | Leo rising |
| 06:40 to 09:00 | Virgo rising |
| 09:00 to 11:25 | Libra rising |
| 11:25 to 13:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 13:50 to 16:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 16:10 to 18:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 18:10 to 19:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 19:40 to 21:00 | Pisces rising |
| 21:00 to 22:20 | Aries rising |
| 22:20 to 23:50 | Taurus rising |
| 23:50 to 24:00 | Gemini 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 19 August 1942, 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 | 26° Leo 04' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio until about 13:35, then Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 11° Virgo 47' |
| Venus | 3° Leo 08' |
| Mars | 11° Virgo 35' |
| Jupiter | 15° Cancer 27' |
| Saturn | 11° Gemini 20' |
| Uranus | 4° Gemini 23' |
| Neptune | 28° Virgo 23' |
| Pluto | 5° Leo 58' |
| North Node | 4° Virgo 16' |
| South Node | 4° Pisces 16' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Fred Thompson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Fred Thompson’s private life.
Purpose for Fred Thompson 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 Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 13:35, then Sagittarius
needs and habits
Born before about 13:35: Moon in Scorpio
For Fred, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
Born after about 13:35: Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Fred edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
For Fred, 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 Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For Fred, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Fred is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Cancer
15° Cancer 27' at midday
growth and excess
For Fred, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Fred that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Uranus in Gemini
4° Gemini 23' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Fred and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Virgo
28° Virgo 23' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Fred shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Leo
5° Leo 58' 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 Fred, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Fred Thompson’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 Mars
about 0.2° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Mars, thinking and the drive to act are closely linked, so ideas turn into words and decisions almost immediately. It makes Fred Thompson quick and direct in conversation, and the discipline is letting a thought settle before saying it out loud.
Mars square Saturn
about 0.3° at midday
Fred's drive can meet resistance, from outside obstacles or from private doubt, and frustration builds when progress feels blocked. Under this square, every stretch of steady work done anyway turns that resistance into competence, the kind that is there when it is needed most.
Mercury square Saturn
about 0.4° at midday
Self-doubt can get into thinking when Mercury is square Saturn, in the form of over-editing or delaying a decision that was ready. Sharing the unfinished thought anyway, again and again, is what loosens the doubt's hold over what Fred is willing to say out loud.
Venus sextile Uranus
about 1.2° at midday
An independent streak and a warm heart get along in this sextile, which tends to give Fred's relationships room to breathe without cooling them. The freedom involved is easy and low on drama: enough to keep a relationship interesting, never so much that it feels unstable.
Venus conjunction Pluto
about 2.8° at midday
Love tends to run deep and complete under Venus conjunct Pluto, and Fred 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 sextile Jupiter
about 3.7° at midday
Fred's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
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.
- Uranus sextile Plutoabout 1.6°
- Mars sextile Jupiterabout 3.9°
- Uranus trine Neptuneabout 6.0°
- Saturn conjunction Uranusabout 7.0°
Leo Suns born within 2 years of Fred Thompson
Also born on 19 August
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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