Henry Fonda’s birth chart
Born 16 May 1905, in Grand Island, Nebraska. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Henry Fonda’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Henry Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, on 16 May 1905, a Tuesday. That made Henry a Taurus. The Moon changed sign at about 19:50, from Libra to Scorpio; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Henry died on 12 August 1982, aged 77. StarMap has no verified birth time for Henry, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is four earth, three water, one fire and one air, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, four and two. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. Closest of the aspects is the opposition between Mars and Jupiter, about 1.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Venus, Mars and Uranus. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 21 other people born on 16 May, among them Megan Fox, Pierce Brosnan and Janet Jackson.
See the sky the day Henry was born: the stars over Grand Island, Nebraska, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Henry Fonda’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 25° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Henry Fonda than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 19:50, then Scorpio (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 19:50: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Henry, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
Born after about 19:50: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Henry 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.
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 Grand Island, Nebraska, at each hour of the day.
Henry Fonda’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Henry 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 16 May 1905, computed for Grand Island, Nebraska.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:25 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:25 to 01:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:50 to 03:00 | Pisces rising |
| 03:00 to 04:10 | Aries rising |
| 04:10 to 05:35 | Taurus rising |
| 05:35 to 07:30 | Gemini rising |
| 07:30 to 09:55 | Cancer rising |
| 09:55 to 12:25 | Leo rising |
| 12:25 to 15:00 | Virgo rising |
| 15:00 to 17:30 | Libra rising |
| 17:30 to 20:05 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:05 to 22:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:25 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 16 May 1905, 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 | 25° Taurus 10' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra until about 19:50, then Scorpio |
| Mercury | 0° Taurus 35' |
| Venus | 28° Aries 21'℞ |
| Mars | 14° Scorpio 40'℞ |
| Jupiter | 16° Taurus 04' |
| Saturn | 2° Pisces 15' |
| Uranus | 3° Capricorn 39'℞ |
| Neptune | 6° Cancer 20' |
| Pluto | 20° Gemini 34' |
| North Node | 5° Virgo 55' |
| South Node | 5° Pisces 55' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Henry Fonda’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Henry Fonda’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Henry Fonda's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 19:50, then Scorpio
needs and habits
Born before about 19:50: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Henry's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
Born after about 19:50: Moon in Scorpio
For Henry, 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.
With Mercury in Taurus, Henry 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 Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Henry that suggests an interest that can fade once the chase is over. The pattern is to fall fast and to need a relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.
In Henry'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.
Jupiter in Taurus
16° Taurus 04' at midday
growth and excess
In Henry's chart, Jupiter in Taurus grows through patience, and what it builds tends to come together slowly and steadily rather than in one leap. Taken too far, that can become excess: holding on to more comfort or more stuff than serves them. They are probably generous with food, gifts and shared pleasures, and now and then generosity tips into indulgence.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Henry, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Capricorn
3° Capricorn 39' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Henry's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
6° Cancer 20' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Henry and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
20° Gemini 34' at midday
power, generational
Henry shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Henry Fonda’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.
Mars opposition Jupiter
about 1.4° at midday
Mars opposite Jupiter pits Henry Fonda's own direct action against other people's grander plans or expectations, which can end in overcommitting to someone else's vision. Henry's own sense of scale is usually a better guide than anyone else's.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 1.4° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give Henry a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
Mercury sextile Saturn
about 1.7° at midday
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Henry's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 2.2° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Henry's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 3.1° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Henry fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
Venus sextile Saturn
about 3.9° at midday
This sextile tends to lend a workable, grounded steadiness to Henry's relationships, since affection and a sense of structure get along. Once Henry decides a commitment is right, it usually comes naturally, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
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 opposition Neptuneabout 2.7°
- Saturn trine Neptuneabout 4.1°
- Venus trine Uranusabout 5.3°
- Sun square Saturnabout 7.1°
Taurus Suns born within 2 years of Henry Fonda
Also born on 16 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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