Joseph Heller’s birth chart
Born 1 May 1923, in Coney Island, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Scorpio Moon
Joseph Heller’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
1 May 1923 was a Tuesday: the day Joseph Heller was born in Coney Island, New York. The Sun was in Taurus, so Taurus was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Scorpio. Joseph died on 12 December 1999, aged 76. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Water carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against fire two, air two and earth one. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and two mutable. The tightest aspect is Saturn sextile Neptune, about 0.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter and Saturn were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from full to waning gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 1 May, among them Anushka Sharma, Leonardo Bonucci and Patrice Talon.
See the sky the day Joseph was born: the stars over Coney Island, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Joseph Heller’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 10° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Joseph Heller 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
Scorpio
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Joseph 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 Coney Island, New York, at each hour of the day.
Joseph Heller’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Joseph 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 1 May 1923, computed for Coney Island, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:45 to 03:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 03:10 to 04:25 | Pisces rising |
| 04:25 to 05:35 | Aries rising |
| 05:35 to 07:00 | Taurus rising |
| 07:00 to 08:55 | Gemini rising |
| 08:55 to 11:20 | Cancer rising |
| 11:20 to 13:50 | Leo rising |
| 13:50 to 16:20 | Virgo rising |
| 16:20 to 18:55 | Libra rising |
| 18:55 to 21:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 21:25 to 23:45 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:45 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 1 May 1923, 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 | 10° Taurus 15' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio |
| Mercury | Taurus until about 01:15, then Gemini |
| Venus | 6° Aries 04' |
| Mars | 10° Gemini 32' |
| Jupiter | 14° Scorpio 34'℞ |
| Saturn | 15° Libra 00'℞ |
| Uranus | 16° Pisces 28' |
| Neptune | 15° Leo 23' |
| Pluto | 9° Cancer 22' |
| North Node | 19° Virgo 23' |
| South Node | 19° Pisces 23' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Joseph Heller’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Joseph Heller’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Joseph Heller'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.
For Joseph, 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.
Mercury in Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 01:15, then Gemini
mind and voice
Born before about 01:15: Mercury in Taurus
With Mercury in Taurus, Joseph 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.
Born after about 01:15: Mercury in Gemini
Joseph's Mercury in Gemini describes a mind that moves fast across many subjects at once and communicates easily in almost any setting. The tension is skimming the surface of a topic and moving on before going deep enough to be sure of it. The result is knowing a little about a great many things.
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Joseph 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.
With Mars in Gemini, Joseph is likely to act through words, argument and quick manoeuvring rather than force, and anger to come out sharp and verbal. Arguments can be won without the conflict underneath ever being resolved. A disagreement can still be under debate long after the other person just wants it to end.
Jupiter in Scorpio
14° Scorpio 34' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Joseph, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
For Joseph, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Uranus in Pisces
16° Pisces 28' at midday
freedom, generational
Joseph 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.
Neptune in Leo
15° Leo 23' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Joseph 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.
Pluto in Cancer
9° Cancer 22' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Joseph 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.
Aspects in Joseph Heller’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.
Saturn sextile Neptune
about 0.4° at midday
Joseph Heller's ideas tend to take a workable, grounded shape without losing their spark, a result of the gentle alliance between discipline and imagination in this sextile. It is a quiet, practical creativity, and it usually produces something people can use and not just admire.
Jupiter square Neptune
about 0.8° at midday
Jupiter square Neptune lets optimism drift into wishful thinking, and plans can end up built more on hope than on a clear reading of the situation. For Joseph the answer may be to keep hoping and to pair that hope with an honest look at the details.
Sun sextile Pluto
about 0.9° at midday
Joseph's identity and depth are allies, which gives them resilience without constant upheaval. They probably handle intensity better than most, and it takes less out of them than it looks from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.
Jupiter trine Uranus
about 1.9° at midday
Jupiter trine Uranus gives Joseph 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.
Venus square Pluto
about 3.3° at midday
Where Venus squares Pluto, the desire for closeness can get tangled with control, and the aspect is associated with jealousy, possessiveness or testing a partner's loyalty. Whenever Joseph chooses trust over control, that intensity becomes a strength instead of a strain.
Sun opposition Jupiter
about 4.3° at midday
The Sun opposite Jupiter can leave Joseph torn between their own direction and the draw of other people's philosophies, mentors and offers. Finding their own confidence rather than borrowing someone else's is what turns this pull into growth they can stand behind.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus sextile Marsabout 4.5°
- Mars trine Saturnabout 4.5°
- Sun square Neptuneabout 5.1°
- Jupiter trine Plutoabout 5.2°
- Saturn square Plutoabout 5.6°
- Mars square Uranusabout 5.9°
Taurus Sun and Scorpio Moon, like Joseph Heller
Also born on 1 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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