Grace Kelly’s birth chart
Born 12 November 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 05:31 (Rodden AA).
Scorpio Sun · Pisces Moon · Scorpio rising
Grace Kelly’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
12 November 1929 was a Tuesday: the day Grace Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their zodiac sign was Scorpio, with the Moon in Pisces and Scorpio rising. Grace died on 14 September 1982, aged 52. The birth time, 05:31, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is five water, two fire, two air and one earth. By modality the count is four mutable, three cardinal and three fixed. Three planets stand together in Scorpio: Sun, Mercury and Mars. The tightest aspect is Sun trine Pluto, exact to a tenth of a degree. Three planets were retrograde: Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 12 November, among them Anne Hathaway, Charles Manson and Nadia Comăneci. Michael Ende was born on the very same day.
See the sky the night Grace was born: the stars over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 05:31, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Grace Kelly’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Scorpio
19° Scorpio 34'
A Scorpio Sun goes deep. Surface answers are unlikely to satisfy Grace Kelly, and with this Sun, loyalty, once given, tends to be total. This placement is built for transformation: it ends chapters fully so the next one can begin.
Moon sign
Pisces
21° Pisces 50'
With the Moon in Pisces, Grace 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
Scorpio
4° Scorpio 41'
Scorpio rising comes across as intense and self-contained. People tend to sense that there is more going on than Grace is saying; this rising sign keeps more back than it shows.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 05:31 on 12 November 1929, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 19° Scorpio 34' | House 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 21° Pisces 50' | House 5 |
| Mercury | 10° Scorpio 42' | House 1 |
| Venus | 28° Libra 51' | House 12 |
| Mars | 25° Scorpio 37' | House 1 |
| Jupiter | 14° Gemini 05'℞ | House 8 |
| Saturn | 28° Sagittarius 06' | House 2 |
| Uranus | 7° Aries 56'℞ | House 5 |
| Neptune | 3° Virgo 25' | House 10 |
| Pluto | 19° Cancer 31'℞ | House 9 |
| North Node | 12° Taurus 10' | House 7 |
| South Node | 12° Scorpio 10' | House 1 |
Grace Kelly’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Grace Kelly’s private life.
The Sun in Scorpio finds purpose in going past the surface of things, and Grace Kelly's vitality tends to be fuelled by intensity rather than ease. The catch can be needing a crisis or a deep dive before they feel fully engaged. Small talk tends to bore them; a subject that interests them absorbs them completely.
The Sun in the first house puts Grace's identity centre stage, and being seen probably matters more to them than they let on. In a new setting they lead with personality and let people discover the rest later.
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 Grace more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
The Moon in the fifth house can let Grace's feelings out most freely through creativity, romance and play, and without an outlet somewhere those feelings may quietly build up. Play is probably part of how Grace keeps their balance, not a luxury to be skipped for long.
With Mercury in Scorpio, Grace tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
Mercury in the first house belongs to someone who thinks out loud, and Grace's thoughts often arrive first in almost any conversation. A thought is usually spoken nearly as soon as it forms, sometimes before they have fully decided what they think.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Grace probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Grace may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Venus in the twelfth house keeps affections private and sometimes idealised, and Grace may feel more deeply than they show to most people. The placement values quiet acts of devotion, done without an audience, over public displays or grand romantic gestures.
In Grace's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
For Grace, action comes first and thought later, with an energy that is direct, physical and hard to miss when they walk into a room. Someone with Mars in the first house is usually seen as a person who moves the moment a decision is made, rarely one who lingers over it.
Jupiter in Gemini
14° Gemini 05' ℞ · eighth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Grace may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Jupiter in the eighth house brings a quiet trust to intimacy and to whatever is held in common, and for Grace it suggests an expectation that things will be fair with the people closest to them. The placement goes with meeting deep change openly, not warily.
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, Grace 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.
With Saturn in the second house, Grace takes what they own and what they value seriously, and a person with this placement can be more anxious about having enough than the situation calls for. Security, for them, comes from building something slowly and seeing exactly what it rests on.
Uranus in Aries
7° Aries 56' ℞ · fifth house
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Grace 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.
Uranus in the fifth house gives creativity and romance a spark of the unexpected, and a predictable routine in either is apt to leave Grace restless. The people and projects that appeal with this placement tend to be the ones that surprise, not the ones that confirm what is already known.
Neptune in Virgo
3° Virgo 25' · tenth house
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Grace 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.
Neptune in the tenth house can make Grace's public image harder to pin down than most, shifting as other people project hopes onto it. Creative or compassionate work is apt to suit this placement better than a rigid, conventional structure.
Pluto in Cancer
19° Cancer 31' ℞ · ninth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Grace 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.
With Pluto in the ninth house, Grace's view of the world is apt to be overturned and rebuilt at some point, an old outlook giving way to one that has been personally tested. The placement is linked with questioning a philosophy thoroughly before taking it on.
Aspects in Grace Kelly’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun trine Pluto
0.0° separating
Grace Kelly's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
Venus sextile Saturn
0.8° separating
This sextile tends to lend a workable, grounded steadiness to Grace's relationships, since affection and a sense of structure get along. Once Grace decides a commitment is right, it usually comes naturally, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
Sun trine Moon
2.3° separating
With a Sun-Moon trine, purpose and emotional needs back each other up with very little effort. Grace is likely to know what they want and to feel good pursuing it, which gives them an unusual, steady confidence that other people can sense.
Moon trine Pluto
2.3° separating
Grace is likely to come through even difficult emotions stronger rather than depleted, because feeling and the capacity for change support each other. The resilience of a Moon-Pluto trine is quiet, the sort that other people only notice in hindsight.
Moon trine Mars
3.8° applying
Grace is likely to act on emotional instinct with confidence and little hesitation, because feeling and drive back each other up. There is a natural courage in a Moon-Mars trine, the kind that makes other people look to them when a fast decision is needed.
Venus sextile Neptune
4.6° applying
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Grace, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Saturn trine Neptune5.3°
- Sun conjunction Mars6.1°
- Mars trine Pluto6.1°
- Moon square Saturn6.3°
- Moon square Jupiter7.8°
- Sun conjunction Mercury8.9°
Scorpio Sun and Pisces Moon, like Grace Kelly
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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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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