George Best’s birth chart
Born 22 May 1946, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Gemini Sun · Aquarius Moon
George Best’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
George Best was born on Wednesday, 22 May 1946, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Sun was in Gemini, so Gemini was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Aquarius. George died on 25 November 2005, aged 59. StarMap has no verified birth time for George, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is six air, two fire, one earth and one water. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and three mutable. Sun, Venus and Uranus all fall in Gemini. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Mercury and Saturn, about 1.2° 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: Jupiter and Neptune. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds ten other people born on 22 May, among them Novak Djokovic, Charles Aznavour and Laurence Olivier.
See the sky the day George was born: the stars over Belfast, Northern Ireland, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
George Best’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Gemini
about 0° Gemini at midday
A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and George Best probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.
Moon sign
Aquarius
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. George is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
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 Belfast, Northern Ireland, at each hour of the day.
George Best’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for George 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 22 May 1946, computed for Belfast, Northern Ireland.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:40 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:40 to 02:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:45 to 03:30 | Pisces rising |
| 03:30 to 04:15 | Aries rising |
| 04:15 to 05:15 | Taurus rising |
| 05:15 to 06:55 | Gemini rising |
| 06:55 to 09:30 | Cancer rising |
| 09:30 to 12:30 | Leo rising |
| 12:30 to 15:25 | Virgo rising |
| 15:25 to 18:25 | Libra rising |
| 18:25 to 21:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 21:20 to 23:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:55 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 22 May 1946, 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 | 0° Gemini 44' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aquarius |
| Mercury | 20° Taurus 07' |
| Venus | 27° Gemini 57' |
| Mars | 14° Leo 17' |
| Jupiter | 18° Libra 15'℞ |
| Saturn | 21° Cancer 18' |
| Uranus | 16° Gemini 31' |
| Neptune | 6° Libra 00'℞ |
| Pluto | 9° Leo 38' |
| North Node | 20° Gemini 53' |
| South Node | 20° Sagittarius 53' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
George Best’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about George Best’s private life.
For George Best, the Sun in Gemini means vitality that comes from variety, and purpose that feels most real when they are learning or explaining something new. What suffers is focus, with energy scattered across too many half-finished things at once. Several projects and three hobbies on the go at the same time would be in character.
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and George is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
With Mercury in Taurus, George is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
Venus in Gemini loves through conversation, wit and mental connection, and tends to find a dull partner harder to stay with than a challenging one. George probably values variety and being kept interested. Attention may wander with this Venus, and that can be treated as more serious than it is. Banter is the natural way to flirt here, more than anything more direct.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for George its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
Jupiter in Libra
18° Libra 15' at midday ℞
growth and excess
In George's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
Emotional security is where George's Saturn in Cancer builds discipline; it is a placement often associated with learning early to be the steady one. Asking for care tends to be difficult with this Saturn, even when care is clearly needed. Over time, people with this placement often become the dependable anchor for others, including some who never quite return the favour.
Uranus in Gemini
16° Gemini 31' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by George 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 Libra
6° Libra 00' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, George among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
9° Leo 38' 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, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in George Best’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 sextile Saturn
about 1.2° at midday
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because George Best's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.
Jupiter trine Uranus
about 1.7° at midday
Jupiter trine Uranus gives George a knack for spotting unconventional opportunities before other people do, which is what a sense of possibility and originality produce together. Growth arrives through new directions, ones a more cautious approach would probably have missed.
Mars sextile Uranus
about 2.2° at midday
Bold, original action comes to George without much friction, because drive and independence are on good terms in this sextile. It is useful initiative with little drama attached, the sort that tries something new without making a big production of it.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 3.0° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to George it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Mars sextile Jupiter
about 4.0° at midday
There is confident, well-aimed energy in this sextile, and not much wasted effort, since George's drive and optimism pull together. Taking the initiative suits George, above all when they commit to one goal and do not scatter their energy across several.
Mars conjunction Pluto
about 4.6° at midday
With Mars conjunct Pluto, drive tends to be intense and relentless, and once George is committed to something they are likely to see it through whatever the cost. There is staying power to spare, so the art is in choosing battles, and keeping that intensity away from the ones that do not deserve it.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.6°
- Sun trine Neptuneabout 5.3°
- Mercury square Marsabout 5.8°
Gemini Sun and Aquarius Moon, like George Best
Also born on 22 May
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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