John Lithgow’s birth chart
Born 19 October 1945, in Rochester, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Moon in Pisces or Aries
John Lithgow’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
19 October 1945 was a Friday: the day John Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. The Sun was in Libra, so Libra is their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Pisces until about 05:10 and in Aries afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. John turns 81 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, five are in air signs, three in water and one in fire; none is in earth. Cardinal signs hold six, fixed signs two and mutable signs one. Four planets stand together in Libra: Sun, Venus, 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. One planet was retrograde: Uranus. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 19 October, among them John le Carré, Philip Pullman and Michael Gambon.
See the sky the day John was born: the stars over Rochester, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
John Lithgow’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 25° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape John Lithgow'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 or Aries
Pisces until about 05:10, then Aries (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 05:10: Moon in Pisces
With the Moon in Pisces, John 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.
Born after about 05:10: Moon in Aries
With the Moon in Aries, John is likely to feel fast and forgive fast. Anger comes up quickly and passes just as quickly, and feeling needs a physical outlet. This is a Moon soothed by action, not by talking it over.
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 Rochester, New York, at each hour of the day.
John Lithgow’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for John 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 19 October 1945, computed for Rochester, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:45 | Leo rising |
| 01:45 to 04:20 | Virgo rising |
| 04:20 to 06:55 | Libra rising |
| 06:55 to 09:30 | Scorpio rising |
| 09:30 to 11:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 11:55 to 13:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 13:50 to 15:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 15:10 to 16:20 | Pisces rising |
| 16:20 to 17:25 | Aries rising |
| 17:25 to 18:50 | Taurus rising |
| 18:50 to 20:40 | Gemini rising |
| 20:40 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 19 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 | 25° Libra 56' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces until about 05:10, then Aries |
| Mercury | 7° Scorpio 25' |
| Venus | 0° Libra 39' |
| Mars | 21° Cancer 49' |
| Jupiter | 11° Libra 47' |
| Saturn | 24° Cancer 36' |
| Uranus | 17° Gemini 09'℞ |
| Neptune | 6° Libra 54' |
| Pluto | 11° Leo 40' |
| North Node | 2° Cancer 24' |
| South Node | 2° Capricorn 24' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
John Lithgow’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about John Lithgow’s private life.
With the Sun in Libra, John Lithgow'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 or Aries
Pisces until about 05:10, then Aries
needs and habits
Born before about 05:10: Moon in Pisces
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 John more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
Born after about 05:10: Moon in Aries
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For John, comfort probably comes from action rather than discussion. The instinct of this Moon is to pace the room or go for a walk rather than sit with a feeling until it passes on its own.
With Mercury in Scorpio, John 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 Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and John 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. John may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
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 John, 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 47' at midday
growth and excess
In John'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 John'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 09' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by John 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 54' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, John 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 40' 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 John, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in John Lithgow’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 John Lithgow'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 1.3° 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 John pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mars conjunction Saturn
about 2.8° at midday
With Mars conjunct Saturn, drive is disciplined and controlled, and John 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 4.1° at midday
Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between John'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.
Mercury square Pluto
about 4.3° at midday
A simple disagreement can turn into something more charged when Mercury is square Pluto, as John looks for motives that may not be there. The lesson is trusting a straightforward answer when the evidence supports one, rather than assuming the deeper explanation is always the true one.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 4.9° at midday
For John, 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.
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°
- Jupiter trine Uranusabout 5.4°
- Venus conjunction Neptuneabout 6.2°
Libra Suns born within 2 years of John Lithgow
Also born on 19 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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