Lisa Edelstein’s birth chart
Born 21 May 1966, in Boston, Massachusetts. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sun in Taurus or Gemini · Gemini Moon
Lisa Edelstein’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Lisa Edelstein was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 21 May 1966, a Saturday. The Sun moved from Taurus into Gemini at about 08:30 local time that day, so the zodiac sign depends on the birth time: Taurus for a birth before then, Gemini after. The Moon was in Gemini all day. Lisa turns 60 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Lisa; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Earth carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against water three, fire one and air one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, three and four. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Uranus and Pluto: a conjunction, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from new to waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds nine other people born on 21 May, among them Mario Mandžukić, The Notorious B.I.G. and Romain Gary.
See the sky the day Lisa was born: the stars over Boston, Massachusetts, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Lisa Edelstein’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 08:30, then Gemini (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 08:30: Sun in Taurus
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Lisa Edelstein 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.
Born after about 08:30: Sun in Gemini
A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and Lisa probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.
Moon sign
Gemini
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Lisa, 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
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 Boston, Massachusetts, at each hour of the day.
Lisa Edelstein’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Lisa 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 21 May 1966, computed for Boston, Massachusetts.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:20 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:20 to 01:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:40 to 02:50 | Pisces rising |
| 02:50 to 04:00 | Aries rising |
| 04:00 to 05:25 | Taurus rising |
| 05:25 to 07:15 | Gemini rising |
| 07:15 to 09:40 | Cancer rising |
| 09:40 to 12:15 | Leo rising |
| 12:15 to 14:50 | Virgo rising |
| 14:50 to 17:25 | Libra rising |
| 17:25 to 20:00 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:00 to 22:20 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:20 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 21 May 1966, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. The Sun is drawn at its midday place; it moved from Taurus into Gemini at about 08:30, so its sign depends on the birth time. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | Taurus until about 08:30, then Gemini |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini |
| Mercury | 23° Taurus 22' |
| Venus | 18° Aries 27' |
| Mars | 24° Taurus 48' |
| Jupiter | 3° Cancer 12' |
| Saturn | 27° Pisces 36' |
| Uranus | 15° Virgo 29'℞ |
| Neptune | 20° Scorpio 32'℞ |
| Pluto | 15° Virgo 48'℞ |
| North Node | 25° Taurus 20' |
| South Node | 25° Scorpio 20' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Lisa Edelstein’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Lisa Edelstein’s private life.
Sun in Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 08:30, then Gemini
purpose and vitality
Born before about 08:30: Sun in Taurus
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Lisa Edelstein'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.
Born after about 08:30: Sun in Gemini
For Lisa, the Sun in Gemini means vitality that comes from variety, and purpose that feels most real when they are learning or explaining something new. What suffers is focus, with energy scattered across too many half-finished things at once. Several projects and three hobbies on the go at the same time would be in character.
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Lisa 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.
With Mercury in Taurus, Lisa 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 Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Lisa 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.
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 Lisa 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 Cancer
3° Cancer 12' at midday
growth and excess
For Lisa, 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.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Lisa, 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.
Uranus in Virgo
15° Virgo 29' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in Lisa's chart Uranus in Virgo describes an age group as much as a single person. It is a generation that changes how work and daily routine are done, through new methods and new technology. In one person it can be an instinct to question inherited routines.
Neptune in Scorpio
20° Scorpio 32' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Lisa shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Pluto in Virgo
15° Virgo 48' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Lisa and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in Lisa Edelstein’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.
Mercury conjunction Mars
about 1.4° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Mars, thinking and the drive to act are closely linked, so ideas turn into words and decisions almost immediately. It makes Lisa Edelstein quick and direct in conversation, and the discipline is letting a thought settle before saying it out loud.
Sun sextile Saturn
about 2.5° at midday
Steady, unglamorous effort is likely to feel worthwhile to Lisa 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.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 2.8° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Lisa has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
Mercury opposition Neptune
about 2.8° at midday
Under Mercury opposite Neptune, clear thinking competes with the lure of an appealing story or a hopeful assumption. Checking conclusions against plain evidence keeps Lisa on firm ground, without asking them to give up the imagination that makes their thinking interesting in the first place.
Mars opposition Neptune
about 4.3° at midday
Lisa may find direct action pulling one way and, the other way, a tendency to lose momentum in doubt or in an unclear picture of what is wanted. Getting specific about the goal, even roughly, tends to restore the energy that vagueness drains.
Sun conjunction Mars
about 5.3° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mars, Lisa's will and identity are fused, which makes for strong, immediate drive and a low tolerance for sitting still. They probably act on impulse more often than most, and aiming that energy at a goal of their own serves them better than using it up on the first thing in front of them.
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 conjunction Plutoabout 0.3°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 4.7°
- Jupiter square Saturnabout 5.6°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 6.8°
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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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