Katharine Hepburn’s birth chart
Born 12 May 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut, at 17:47 (Rodden AA).
Taurus Sun · Taurus Moon · Scorpio rising
Katharine Hepburn’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
12 May 1907 was a Sunday: the day Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Their zodiac sign was Taurus, with the Moon in Taurus and Scorpio rising. Katharine died on 29 June 2003, aged 96. The birth time, 17:47, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.
Earth carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against water three, fire one and air one. Cardinal signs hold five, fixed signs three and mutable signs two. Taurus holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Moon and Mercury. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Mercury and Jupiter, 0.9° from exact. Uranus was retrograde. The Moon was new.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 12 May, among them George Carlin, Rami Malek and Marcelo. Wikidata links Katharine with two people in the dataset: Spencer Tracy (listed as partners, 1941 to 1967) and Howard Hughes (listed as partners, 1937 to 1938).
Katharine Hepburn’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
21° Taurus 02'
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Katharine Hepburn 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
Taurus
27° Taurus 31'
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Katharine, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
Rising sign
Scorpio
7° Scorpio 57'
Scorpio rising comes across as intense and self-contained. People tend to sense that there is more going on than Katharine is saying; this rising sign keeps more back than it shows.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 17:47 on 12 May 1907, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 21° Taurus 02' | House 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 27° Taurus 31' | House 7 |
| Mercury | 8° Taurus 05' | House 7 |
| Venus | 18° Aries 23' | House 6 |
| Mars | 15° Capricorn 47' | House 3 |
| Jupiter | 9° Cancer 00' | House 8 |
| Saturn | 24° Pisces 48' | House 5 |
| Uranus | 12° Capricorn 27'℞ | House 3 |
| Neptune | 10° Cancer 33' | House 9 |
| Pluto | 22° Gemini 29' | House 8 |
| North Node | 25° Cancer 24' | House 9 |
| South Node | 25° Capricorn 24' | House 3 |
Katharine Hepburn’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Katharine Hepburn’s private life.
Sun in Taurus
21° Taurus 02' · seventh house
purpose and vitality
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Katharine Hepburn'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.
The Sun in the seventh house brings a person into focus through one-to-one relationships, and Katharine may see themselves most clearly through someone close. Partnership can seem less optional to Katharine than to others, and a long stretch alone can feel like half a conversation.
Moon in Taurus
27° Taurus 31' · seventh house
needs and habits
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Katharine more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
With the Moon in the seventh house, Katharine is likely to feel most themselves inside a close partnership, reading the emotional temperature of a relationship constantly and by instinct. Too long alone can leave them unmoored, even when nothing is wrong.
Mercury in Taurus
8° Taurus 05' · seventh house
mind and voice
With Mercury in Taurus, Katharine 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.
Mercury in the seventh house is associated with thinking best out loud with another person, and Katharine may need to talk an idea through with someone before it feels settled. Negotiation and dialogue may come more naturally than solitary decisions, which rarely sit comfortably for long.
Venus in Aries
18° Aries 23' · sixth house
love and values
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Katharine 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 Katharine's chart, Venus in the sixth house lends grace to the working day, and ordinary tasks often become more pleasant for the people alongside them. A harmonious workplace probably matters more than an impressive one, and tension there can wear on Katharine faster than the workload does.
Mars in Capricorn
15° Capricorn 47' · third house
drive and anger
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in Katharine's case its anger tends to be controlled, arriving as coldness rather than heat. The tendency is to go quiet and distant instead of saying what is wrong. A frustration is something to outwork rather than voice.
Mars in the third house makes words come out fast, with a sharp edge under frustration, and Katharine probably enjoys a good, direct debate more than most. Directness is how they communicate by default, even when a gentler approach might land better.
Jupiter in Cancer
9° Cancer 00' · eighth house
growth and excess
For Katharine, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Jupiter in the eighth house brings a quiet trust to intimacy and to whatever is held in common, and for Katharine it suggests an expectation that things will be fair with the people closest to them. The placement goes with meeting deep change openly, not warily.
Saturn in Pisces
24° Pisces 48' · fifth house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Katharine, 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.
Saturn in the fifth house can make self-expression and romance feel risky or quietly judged, so that for Katharine playfulness is something to be practised rather than something that comes easily. Creative confidence is likely to be something grown into over time, arriving later than it does for most people.
Uranus in Capricorn
12° Capricorn 27' ℞ · third house
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Katharine'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.
Uranus in the third house works in sudden leaps rather than tidy steps, and Katharine often says the thing nobody expected, in exactly the way nobody expected. New ideas excite them far more than familiar ones, and hearing the same thought twice bores them fast.
Neptune in Cancer
10° Cancer 33' · ninth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Katharine 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.
With Neptune in the ninth house, Katharine may be drawn to big questions about meaning, and travel can feel like a search for something beyond the practical reason for the trip. The placement is associated with ideals that are felt more than argued, and held quietly and steadily.
Pluto in Gemini
22° Gemini 29' · eighth house
power, generational
Katharine 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.
The eighth house is Pluto's natural home, and for Katharine questions of trust, power and what is truly shared between people can matter enormously. Pluto here wants to understand what most people are too afraid to look at directly, even about themselves.
Aspects in Katharine Hepburn’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mercury sextile Jupiter
0.9° applying
Katharine Hepburn's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
1.5° applying
For Katharine, 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.
Saturn square Pluto
2.3° separating
Saturn square Pluto sets the need for control against the instinct for transformation, and Katharine may grip a structure most tightly at the very moment it needs to change. Each old form that is let go leaves a strength behind that is more real than the grip was.
Mercury sextile Neptune
2.5° applying
Katharine's thinking and imagination cooperate gently, so creative and intuitive ideas are within easy reach. The inventiveness is soft and pleasant rather than analytical, useful for easing a difficult conversation without losing the point of it.
Venus square Mars
2.6° separating
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Katharine may be caught between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. What the aspect asks for is a want voiced directly, before it leaks out sideways.
Moon sextile Saturn
2.7° separating
Katharine's feelings have a sense of structure to lean on, which gives them a workable, grounded way of managing difficult emotions. Call it quiet resilience rather than avoidance, the kind that holds up over a long stretch of time.
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 Neptune1.9°
- Mars conjunction Uranus3.3°
- Jupiter opposition Uranus3.4°
- Sun sextile Saturn3.8°
- Venus sextile Pluto4.1°
- Mercury trine Uranus4.4°
- Mars opposition Neptune5.2°
- Sun trine Mars5.2°
- Venus square Uranus5.9°
- Sun conjunction Moon6.5°
- Mars opposition Jupiter6.8°
Katharine Hepburn in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Taurus Sun and Taurus Moon, like Katharine Hepburn
Also born on 12 May
How this page is made
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