Juan Rulfo’s birth chart
Born 16 May 1917, in Sayula Municipality, Mexico. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Pisces or Aries
Juan Rulfo’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Juan Rulfo was born in Sayula Municipality, Mexico, on 16 May 1917, a Wednesday. The Sun was in Taurus, so Taurus was their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Pisces until about 10:28 and in Aries afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Juan died on 7 January 1986, aged 68. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is four earth, two air, two water and one fire, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Fixed signs hold six, cardinal signs two and mutable signs one. Four planets stand together in Taurus: Sun, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. The tightest aspect is Sun conjunction Mercury, 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: Mercury. The Moon was a waning crescent.
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 Juan was born: the stars over Sayula Municipality, Mexico, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Juan Rulfo’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 Juan Rulfo 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
Pisces or Aries
Pisces until about 10:28, then Aries (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 10:28: Moon in Pisces
With the Moon in Pisces, Juan 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 10:28: Moon in Aries
With the Moon in Aries, Juan 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 Sayula Municipality, Mexico, at each hour of the day.
Juan Rulfo’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Juan 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 1917, computed for Sayula Municipality, Mexico.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:08 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:08 to 02:43 | Pisces rising |
| 02:43 to 04:18 | Aries rising |
| 04:18 to 06:03 | Taurus rising |
| 06:03 to 08:08 | Gemini rising |
| 08:08 to 10:23 | Cancer rising |
| 10:23 to 12:33 | Leo rising |
| 12:33 to 14:43 | Virgo rising |
| 14:43 to 16:48 | Libra rising |
| 16:48 to 19:03 | Scorpio rising |
| 19:03 to 21:18 | Sagittarius rising |
| 21:18 to 23:18 | Capricorn rising |
| 23:18 to 24:00 | Aquarius 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 1917, 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 17' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces until about 10:28, then Aries |
| Mercury | 25° Taurus 23'℞ |
| Venus | 0° Gemini 41' |
| Mars | 8° Taurus 50' |
| Jupiter | 19° Taurus 58' |
| Saturn | 25° Cancer 57' |
| Uranus | 23° Aquarius 39' |
| Neptune | 2° Leo 24' |
| Pluto | 2° Cancer 59' |
| North Node | 11° Capricorn 47' |
| South Node | 11° Cancer 47' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Juan Rulfo’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Juan Rulfo’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Juan Rulfo'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 Pisces or Aries
Pisces until about 10:28, then Aries
needs and habits
Born before about 10:28: 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 Juan 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 10:28: 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 Juan, 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 Taurus, Juan 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 Gemini loves through conversation, wit and mental connection, and tends to find a dull partner harder to stay with than a challenging one. Juan probably values variety and being kept interested. Attention may wander with this Venus, and that can be treated as more serious than it is. Banter is the natural way to flirt here, more than anything more direct.
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 Juan 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.
Jupiter in Taurus
19° Taurus 58' at midday
growth and excess
In Juan'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.
Emotional security is where Juan'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 Aquarius
23° Aquarius 39' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Juan's birth have it too. The generation is defined by rapid technological and social change within a single lifetime. One person's share of it is an unusually easy relationship with disruption and reinvention.
Neptune in Leo
2° Leo 24' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Juan 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
2° Cancer 59' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Juan 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 Juan Rulfo’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.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 0.1° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Juan Rulfo's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Mercury sextile Saturn
about 0.6° at midday
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Juan's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.
Sun sextile Saturn
about 0.7° at midday
Steady, unglamorous effort is likely to feel worthwhile to Juan rather than draining, because it fits their sense of who they are. Consistency probably comes more easily to them than they give themselves credit for, especially once they stop waiting for permission to claim it.
Sun square Uranus
about 1.6° at midday
When the Sun is square Uranus, Juan's identity keeps bumping against a need to break from convention, which can look like sudden changes of direction that surprise the people nearby. The skill is choosing those disruptions rather than letting restlessness choose them.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 1.7° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Juan, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
Mercury square Uranus
about 1.7° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Juan may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Jupiter square Uranusabout 3.7°
- Mercury conjunction Venusabout 5.3°
- Sun conjunction Jupiterabout 5.3°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 5.4°
- Mercury conjunction Jupiterabout 5.4°
- Mars square Neptuneabout 6.4°
- Saturn conjunction Neptuneabout 6.4°
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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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