Huell Howser’s birth chart
Born 18 October 1945, in Gallatin, Tennessee. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Pisces Moon
Huell Howser’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
18 October 1945 was a Thursday: the day Huell Howser was born in Gallatin, Tennessee. Their zodiac sign was Libra, with the Moon in Pisces. Huell died on 6 January 2013, aged 67. StarMap has no verified birth time for Huell, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, four are in air signs, four in water and one in fire; none is in earth. By modality the count is five cardinal, two fixed and two mutable. Libra holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Jupiter and Neptune. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Pluto: a sextile, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus was retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 18 October, among them Chuck Berry, Martina Navratilova and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Huell Howser’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 24° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Huell Howser's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Pisces
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Pisces, Huell 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
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 Gallatin, Tennessee, at each hour of the day.
Huell Howser’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Huell 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 18 October 1945, computed for Gallatin, Tennessee.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:35 | Leo rising |
| 01:35 to 04:00 | Virgo rising |
| 04:00 to 06:25 | Libra rising |
| 06:25 to 08:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 08:55 to 11:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 11:15 to 13:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 13:10 to 14:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 14:40 to 16:00 | Pisces rising |
| 16:00 to 17:15 | Aries rising |
| 17:15 to 18:45 | Taurus rising |
| 18:45 to 20:45 | Gemini rising |
| 20:45 to 23:05 | Cancer rising |
| 23:05 to 24:00 | Leo 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 18 October 1945, 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 | 24° Libra 59' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces |
| Mercury | 5° Scorpio 55' |
| Venus | Virgo until about 22:10, then Libra |
| Mars | 21° Cancer 24' |
| Jupiter | 11° Libra 35' |
| Saturn | 24° Cancer 34' |
| Uranus | 17° Gemini 10'℞ |
| Neptune | 6° Libra 52' |
| Pluto | 11° Leo 39' |
| North Node | 2° Cancer 33' |
| South Node | 2° Capricorn 33' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Huell Howser’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Huell Howser’s private life.
Sun in Libra
24° Libra 59' at midday
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Libra, Huell Howser's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
Moon in Pisces
Pisces, all day
needs and habits
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 Huell more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
Mercury in Scorpio
5° Scorpio 55' at midday
mind and voice
With Mercury in Scorpio, Huell 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.
Venus in Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 22:10, then Libra
love and values
Born before about 22:10: Venus in Virgo
With Venus in Virgo, Huell is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.
Born after about 22:10: Venus in Libra
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Huell 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. Huell may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Mars in Cancer
21° Cancer 24' at midday
drive and anger
Mars in Cancer acts to protect the people and things that matter, and its anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The habit to watch, for Huell, may be going quiet or indirect instead of naming the upset. Other people tend to notice a shift of mood and take a while to trace it back to its cause.
Jupiter in Libra
11° Libra 35' at midday
growth and excess
In Huell'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.
Saturn in Cancer
24° Cancer 34' at midday
discipline and doubt
Emotional security is where Huell'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
17° Gemini 10' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Huell 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 52' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Huell 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
11° Leo 39' 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 Huell, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Huell Howser’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.
Jupiter sextile Pluto
about 0.1° at midday
Meaningful growth without constant upheaval is what Jupiter sextile Pluto describes, with Huell Howser's sense of possibility and depth working in concert. The opportunities that matter tend to come at a manageable pace, not all at once in a way that would be hard to absorb.
Sun square Saturn
about 0.4° at midday
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Huell pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mars conjunction Saturn
about 3.2° at midday
With Mars conjunct Saturn, drive is disciplined and controlled, and Huell 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.
Sun square Mars
about 3.6° at midday
Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between Huell's sense of self and their drive to act. With the Sun square Mars, a pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into determination they can use.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 4.7° at midday
For Huell, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
Jupiter trine Uranus
about 5.6° at midday
Jupiter trine Uranus gives Huell 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.
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 4.8°
- Mercury square Plutoabout 5.7°
- Venus conjunction Neptuneabout 7.4°
Libra Sun and Pisces Moon, like Huell Howser
Also born on 18 October
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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