George A. Romero’s birth chart
Born 4 February 1940, in New York City, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
George A. Romero’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
4 February 1940 was a Sunday: the day George A. Romero was born in New York City, New York. That made them an Aquarius. The Moon left Sagittarius for Capricorn at about 04:25 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. They died on 16 July 2017, aged 77. No verified birth time is on file for them; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against earth two, air two and water one. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and two mutable. Aries holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The tightest aspect is Mercury square Uranus, about 0.4° 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: Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds ten other people born on 4 February, among them Dan Quayle, Conrad Bain and Alice Cooper.
See the sky the day George A. Romero was born: the stars over New York City, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
George A. Romero’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 14° Aquarius at midday
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in George A. Romero's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 04:25, then Capricorn (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 04:25: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift George A. Romero, 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.
Born after about 04:25: Moon in Capricorn
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, George A. Romero may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
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 New York City, New York, at each hour of the day.
George A. Romero’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for George A. Romero 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 4 February 1940, computed for New York City, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:10 | Scorpio rising |
| 02:10 to 04:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 04:30 to 06:25 | Capricorn rising |
| 06:25 to 07:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 07:50 to 09:00 | Pisces rising |
| 09:00 to 10:15 | Aries rising |
| 10:15 to 11:40 | Taurus rising |
| 11:40 to 13:35 | Gemini rising |
| 13:35 to 15:55 | Cancer rising |
| 15:55 to 18:30 | Leo rising |
| 18:30 to 21:00 | Virgo rising |
| 21:00 to 23:30 | Libra rising |
| 23:30 to 24:00 | Scorpio 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 4 February 1940, 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 | 14° Aquarius 44' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius until about 04:25, then Capricorn |
| Mercury | 17° Aquarius 37' |
| Venus | 20° Pisces 54' |
| Mars | 21° Aries 35' |
| Jupiter | 6° Aries 39' |
| Saturn | 25° Aries 45' |
| Uranus | 18° Taurus 00' |
| Neptune | 25° Virgo 07'℞ |
| Pluto | 1° Leo 29'℞ |
| North Node | 22° Libra 47' |
| South Node | 22° Aries 47' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
George A. Romero’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about George A. Romero’s private life.
George A. Romero's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 04:25, then Capricorn
needs and habits
Born before about 04:25: 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 George A. Romero edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Born after about 04:25: Moon in Capricorn
With the Moon in Capricorn, George A. Romero's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
In George A. Romero's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and George A. Romero 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.
For George A. Romero, Mars in Aries points to acting immediately and decisively, with anger that tends to flare fast, hot and honest before it clears. The downside is acting before a situation has been thought all the way through. The argument or the project tends to start the second the impulse arrives, with little patience for waiting.
Jupiter in Aries
6° Aries 39' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. George A. Romero'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 Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For George A. Romero, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
Uranus in Taurus
18° Taurus 00' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that George A. Romero shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
25° Virgo 07' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so George A. Romero 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
1° Leo 29' 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 George A. Romero, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in George A. Romero’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 square Uranus
about 0.4° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or George A. Romero may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 2.9° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, George A. Romero's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Venus sextile Uranus
about 2.9° at midday
An independent streak and a warm heart get along in this sextile, which tends to give George A. Romero'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.
Sun square Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
When the Sun is square Uranus, George A. Romero's identity keeps bumping against a need to break from convention, which can look like sudden changes of direction that surprise the people nearby. The skill is choosing those disruptions rather than letting restlessness choose them.
Mercury sextile Mars
about 4.0° at midday
Speaking up quickly and clearly when it matters comes easily to George A. Romero, since thinking and drive work in step. That plain directness serves them well in fast-moving conversations and quick decisions alike.
Mars conjunction Saturn
about 4.2° at midday
With Mars conjunct Saturn, drive is disciplined and controlled, and George A. Romero is likely to channel energy into long, patient effort in place of short bursts. It makes them capable of sustained work. The risk is that caution talks them out of acting when the moment calls for it.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus opposition Neptuneabout 4.2°
- Jupiter trine Plutoabout 5.2°
- Saturn square Plutoabout 5.7°
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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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