Hal Holbrook’s birth chart
Born 17 February 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, at 03:16 (Rodden AA).
Aquarius Sun · Sagittarius Moon · Sagittarius rising
Hal Holbrook’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
17 February 1925 was a Tuesday: the day Hal Holbrook was born in Cleveland, Ohio. The Sun was in Aquarius, so Aquarius was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Sagittarius and Sagittarius rising. Hal died on 23 January 2021, aged 95. The birth time, 03:16, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is three air, three water, two fire and two earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, six and two. Aquarius holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Venus. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Saturn: a sextile, 0.9° from exact. Two planets were retrograde: Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 25 other people born on 17 February, among them Michael Jordan, Paris Hilton and Mo Yan. Wikidata links Hal with one person in the dataset: Dixie Carter (married from 1984 until 2010).
Hal Holbrook’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
28° Aquarius 10'
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 Hal Holbrook's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Sagittarius
10° Sagittarius 26'
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Hal, 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
Sagittarius
18° Sagittarius 09'
With Sagittarius rising, Hal probably comes across as open, frank and optimistic. Around a Sagittarius rising, people feel that anything might happen, and this is often the one who says the thing everyone was thinking.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 03:16 on 17 February 1925, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 28° Aquarius 10' | House 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 10° Sagittarius 26' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 15° Aquarius 42' | House 2 |
| Venus | 11° Aquarius 42' | House 2 |
| Mars | 7° Taurus 39' | House 5 |
| Jupiter | 13° Capricorn 23' | House 1 |
| Saturn | 14° Scorpio 17' | House 11 |
| Uranus | 20° Pisces 09' | House 3 |
| Neptune | 21° Leo 01'℞ | House 8 |
| Pluto | 11° Cancer 39'℞ | House 7 |
| North Node | 13° Leo 39' | House 8 |
| South Node | 13° Aquarius 39' | House 2 |
Hal Holbrook’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Hal Holbrook’s private life.
Sun in Aquarius
28° Aquarius 10' · second house
purpose and vitality
Hal Holbrook'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.
The Sun in the second house rests Hal's sense of worth on what is built and looked after over time, not on one good season. They feel most confident when the things they own and make reflect their own taste, their own standards and their own pace.
Moon in Sagittarius
10° Sagittarius 26' · twelfth house
needs and habits
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 Hal edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and Hal may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
Mercury in Aquarius
15° Aquarius 42' · second house
mind and voice
In Hal'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.
With Mercury in the second house, Hal weighs up what things are worth with care and holds clear, well-reasoned opinions about value that they can explain in detail. Talking a choice or a plan through out loud helps them settle on the right one.
Venus in Aquarius
11° Aquarius 42' · second house
love and values
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Hal may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
With Venus in the second house, Hal has an eye for quality and comfort, and being surrounded by beautiful things probably matters more to them than an outsider would guess. Hal's taste leans towards pleasure, ease and things made well, over things that are merely practical.
Mars in Taurus
7° Taurus 39' · fifth house
drive and anger
Mars in Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times Hal may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
With Mars in the fifth house, Hal is apt to go after what excites them without much hesitation, and creative and romantic pursuits can carry intensity. The placement brings competition and passion alive in this part of life, and is rarely satisfied by a half-hearted effort.
Jupiter in Capricorn
13° Capricorn 23' · first house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Hal would probably rather build slowly and properly than quickly. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. The authority this Jupiter brings is slow and hard-won, the kind people tend to trust more the longer they know someone.
Jupiter in the first house can give Hal a natural confidence and openness that people notice right away, often before very much has been said. Hal usually walks into a situation expecting it to go reasonably well, and that expectation shapes how people respond.
Saturn in Scorpio
14° Scorpio 17' · eleventh house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Hal letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
With Saturn in the eleventh house, Hal may keep a smaller circle of friends, but holds on to those friends with loyalty over many years and without much fuss. Belonging to a group is likely to take longer to feel secure, and to be valued all the more for that.
Uranus in Pisces
20° Pisces 09' · third house
freedom, generational
Hal has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Uranus in the third house works in sudden leaps rather than tidy steps, and Hal often says the thing nobody expected, in exactly the way nobody expected. New ideas excite them far more than familiar ones, and hearing the same thought twice bores them fast.
Neptune in Leo
21° Leo 01' ℞ · eighth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Hal 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.
With Neptune in the eighth house, intimacy can feel like dissolving the usual boundaries with another person, for better and sometimes for worse, and Hal can be unusually sensitive to what goes unsaid. Trust may ask them to keep their feet on the ground rather than merge completely and lose their own outline.
Pluto in Cancer
11° Cancer 39' ℞ · seventh house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Hal 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.
Pluto in the seventh house is associated with bonds that run unusually deep once trust is built, and in Hal's chart it points to close partnerships that change a person. The placement is also linked with power struggles before that trust has had a chance to settle in.
Aspects in Hal Holbrook’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Jupiter sextile Saturn
0.9° applying
A workable, grounded kind of optimism comes from this sextile, in which Hal Holbrook's sense of possibility and sense of structure assist each other. The plans they make tend to hold together, even under the sort of pressure that scatters looser ones.
Moon sextile Venus
1.3° applying
Warmth and emotional generosity are likely to come naturally to Hal, because feeling and affection get along in this aspect. There is a gentle, likeable tenderness in it, the sort that makes people comfortable saying how they feel.
Mercury square Saturn
1.4° separating
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 Hal is willing to say out loud.
Jupiter opposition Pluto
1.7° separating
In this opposition, the urge to expand outward meets a need to control the process so tightly that it limits the very growth being sought. When Hal loosens their grip on the outcome, the opportunity itself tends to get through.
Venus square Saturn
2.6° applying
Venus square Saturn can pair the desire for closeness with a fear of not being quite enough to keep it. For Hal that may mean self-doubt in relationships that have given no reason for it, and the fear can ease each time they let themselves be loved without first having to deserve it.
Saturn trine Pluto
2.6° separating
Discipline and the capacity for transformation work together under Saturn trine Pluto, so Hal can rebuild after a setback with a strength that outlasts the difficulty. Such endurance is quiet and formidable, and other people tend to notice it only in hindsight, once the hard period has passed.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Mars sextile Pluto4.0°
- Mercury conjunction Venus4.0°
- Venus square Mars4.0°
- Moon sextile Mercury5.3°
- Mercury opposition Neptune5.3°
- Mars trine Jupiter5.7°
- Saturn trine Uranus5.9°
- Mars opposition Saturn6.6°
- Saturn square Neptune6.7°
- Sun opposition Neptune7.2°
Hal Holbrook in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Aquarius Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Hal Holbrook
Also born on 17 February
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 (Quoted BC/BR). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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