Kirk Douglas’s birth chart
Born 9 December 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, at 10:15 (Rodden AA).
Sagittarius Sun · Gemini Moon · Aquarius rising
Kirk Douglas’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Kirk Douglas was born on Saturday, 9 December 1916, in Amsterdam, New York. That made Kirk a Sagittarius, with the Moon in Gemini and Aquarius rising. Kirk died on 5 February 2020, aged 103. The birth time, 10:15, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Of the ten planets, four are in fire signs, three in water, two in air and one in earth. Cardinal signs hold four, fixed signs three and mutable signs three. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Mercury and Jupiter, 0.2° from exact. Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was full.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 9 December, among them Judi Dench, John Malkovich and Felicity Huffman.
See the sky the night Kirk was born: the stars over Amsterdam, New York at 10:15, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Kirk Douglas’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
17° Sagittarius 14'
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Kirk Douglas forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Gemini
18° Gemini 26'
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Kirk, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Rising sign
Aquarius
0° Aquarius 31'
With Aquarius rising, Kirk tends to come across as friendly, unusual and slightly detached. People remember an Aquarius rising as the one who thought differently, and who kept the crowd at arm's length while liking it.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 10:15 on 9 December 1916, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 17° Sagittarius 14' | House 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 18° Gemini 26' | House 5 |
| Mercury | 25° Sagittarius 49' | House 11 |
| Venus | 14° Scorpio 18' | House 9 |
| Mars | 6° Capricorn 02' | House 11 |
| Jupiter | 25° Aries 38'℞ | House 2 |
| Saturn | 29° Cancer 54'℞ | House 6 |
| Uranus | 16° Aquarius 35' | House 1 |
| Neptune | 4° Leo 36'℞ | House 7 |
| Pluto | 3° Cancer 41'℞ | House 5 |
| North Node | 20° Capricorn 05' | House 12 |
| South Node | 20° Cancer 05' | House 6 |
Kirk Douglas’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Kirk Douglas’s private life.
Sun in Sagittarius
17° Sagittarius 14' · eleventh house
purpose and vitality
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Kirk Douglas's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
The Sun in the eleventh house means Kirk finds themselves through friendships and the causes they throw their weight behind, more than through solitary achievement. Kirk is at their best inside a group with a shared purpose, and being cut off from that kind of company can dim their spark.
Moon in Gemini
18° Gemini 26' · fifth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Kirk is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
The Moon in the fifth house can let Kirk's feelings out most freely through creativity, romance and play, and without an outlet somewhere those feelings may quietly build up. Play is probably part of how Kirk keeps their balance, not a luxury to be skipped for long.
Mercury in Sagittarius
25° Sagittarius 49' · eleventh house
mind and voice
Kirk's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Mercury in the eleventh house means Kirk thinks in terms of the whole group, coming up with ideas for the causes and communities they care about rather than only for themselves. Brainstorming with friends, informally and without pressure, is probably where much of Kirk's best thinking happens.
Venus in Scorpio
14° Scorpio 18' · ninth house
love and values
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Kirk is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
With Venus in the ninth house, Kirk finds beauty in other cultures, in travel and in big, sweeping ideas about how the world works. A shared love of exploring somewhere new can be part of what attracts them to someone, and learning together can appeal deeply.
Mars in Capricorn
6° Capricorn 02' · eleventh house
drive and anger
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in Kirk'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 eleventh house puts energy into friendships and causes, and Kirk is often the one who gets a whole group moving. Friction in a group probably does not scare them off, and they would rather push through a disagreement than step around it.
Jupiter in Aries
25° Aries 38' ℞ · second house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Kirk's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
Open-handedness is the mark of Jupiter in the second house, and Kirk would probably rather share a good thing than guard it. Their values widen as more of the world is seen, and rarely stay fixed for long.
Saturn in Cancer
29° Cancer 54' ℞ · sixth house
discipline and doubt
Emotional security is where Kirk'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.
With Saturn in the sixth house, Kirk takes daily responsibilities seriously, sometimes to the point of being harder on themselves than the job requires. Saturn here keeps up a discipline over years, long after others would have let it slip.
Uranus in Aquarius
16° Aquarius 35' · first house
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Kirk'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.
With Uranus in the first house, Kirk is likely to come across as unconventional and hard to define, even by their own account, with labels fitting loosely at best. The placement goes with a presence that shifts the energy of a room by being unpredictable in a way people cannot quite place.
Neptune in Leo
4° Leo 36' ℞ · seventh house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Kirk 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.
Neptune in the seventh house can lead Kirk to idealise a partner, blurring the line between the person who is there and the one who was hoped for. Disappointment can follow when reality does not match the dream, though compassion is apt to stay at the heart of how Kirk loves.
Pluto in Cancer
3° Cancer 41' ℞ · fifth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Kirk 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.
Pluto in the fifth house makes romance and creativity all-or-nothing, and Kirk is inclined to love and create with total, visible commitment rather than half measures. Someone with Pluto here holds on to what they make and who they love, once they have decided, completely and for a long time.
Aspects in Kirk Douglas’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mercury trine Jupiter
0.2° separating
Kirk Douglas's thinking and sense of possibility reinforce each other, which gives them an easy, optimistic way of connecting ideas. Learning and explaining come naturally with Mercury trine Jupiter, and a good explanation of theirs tends to stay with people long after the conversation ends.
Sun sextile Uranus
0.7° separating
There is room for Kirk to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
Sun opposition Moon
1.2° separating
Born near a full Moon, with the Sun opposite the Moon, Kirk is likely to feel pulled between who they are trying to become and what they need day to day. Each side deserves a say, and the work is building a life spacious enough to let ambition and feeling take turns leading.
Moon trine Uranus
1.8° separating
Kirk's feelings and independence are at ease with each other, so staying emotionally open need not feel like a trap. With this aspect, closeness and freedom coexist, where many people feel they have to pick one.
Venus square Uranus
2.3° applying
In Kirk's chart the desire for closeness and the need for freedom can work against each other, and this square is known for sudden shifts in an otherwise good relationship. The remedy is to build enough independence into the relationship that none has to be created by pulling away.
Mars opposition Pluto
2.3° separating
Mars opposite Pluto can draw Kirk away from simply asserting their will and into power struggles with people who seem to be testing them. Staying focused on the goal, and not on winning the confrontation, resolves more of what is at stake.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Jupiter square Saturn4.3°
- Saturn conjunction Neptune4.7°
- Moon opposition Mercury7.4°
- Mercury opposition Pluto7.9°
- Sun conjunction Mercury8.6°
Sagittarius Sun and Gemini Moon, like Kirk Douglas
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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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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