Louis Gossett Jr.’s birth chart
Born 27 May 1936, in Brooklyn, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Gemini Sun · Moon in Leo or Virgo
Louis Gossett Jr.’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Louis Gossett Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 27 May 1936, a Wednesday. That made them a Gemini. The Moon changed sign at about 09:50, from Leo to Virgo; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. They died on 29 March 2024, aged 87. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is three earth, three air, two water and one fire, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. By modality the count is six mutable, two fixed and one cardinal. Sun, Mercury and Mars all fall in Gemini. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Saturn: a square, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Mercury and Jupiter. The Moon was at its first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 27 May, among them Henry Kissinger, Christopher Lee and Vincent Price.
See the sky the day Louis Gossett Jr. was born: the stars over Brooklyn, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Louis Gossett Jr.’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Gemini
about 6° Gemini at midday
A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and Louis Gossett Jr. probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.
Moon sign
Leo or Virgo
Leo until about 09:50, then Virgo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 09:50: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Louis Gossett Jr. up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
Born after about 09:50: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Louis Gossett Jr. is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
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 Brooklyn, New York, at each hour of the day.
Louis Gossett Jr.’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Louis Gossett Jr. 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 27 May 1936, computed for Brooklyn, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:25 to 02:40 | Pisces rising |
| 02:40 to 03:50 | Aries rising |
| 03:50 to 05:15 | Taurus rising |
| 05:15 to 07:10 | Gemini rising |
| 07:10 to 09:30 | Cancer rising |
| 09:30 to 12:05 | Leo rising |
| 12:05 to 14:35 | Virgo rising |
| 14:35 to 17:05 | Libra rising |
| 17:05 to 19:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 19:40 to 22:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:00 to 23:55 | Capricorn rising |
| 23:55 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 27 May 1936, 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 | 6° Gemini 09' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Leo until about 09:50, then Virgo |
| Mercury | 11° Gemini 55'℞ |
| Venus | 27° Taurus 15' |
| Mars | 10° Gemini 00' |
| Jupiter | 21° Sagittarius 18'℞ |
| Saturn | 21° Pisces 24' |
| Uranus | 7° Taurus 15' |
| Neptune | 13° Virgo 59' |
| Pluto | 25° Cancer 39' |
| North Node | 3° Capricorn 49' |
| South Node | 3° Cancer 49' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Louis Gossett Jr.’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Louis Gossett Jr.’s private life.
For Louis Gossett Jr., 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.
Moon in Leo or Virgo
Leo until about 09:50, then Virgo
needs and habits
Born before about 09:50: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Louis Gossett Jr. faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Louis Gossett Jr. did.
Born after about 09:50: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Louis Gossett Jr.'s mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Louis Gossett Jr.'s own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Louis Gossett Jr.'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 Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Louis Gossett Jr.'s chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.
With Mars in Gemini, Louis Gossett Jr. 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 Sagittarius
21° Sagittarius 18' at midday ℞
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Louis Gossett Jr. is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Louis Gossett Jr., 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 Taurus
7° Taurus 15' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Louis Gossett Jr. shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
13° Virgo 59' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Louis Gossett Jr. shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Cancer
25° Cancer 39' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Louis Gossett Jr. 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 Louis Gossett Jr.’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.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 0.1° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to Louis Gossett Jr. it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Venus sextile Pluto
about 1.6° at midday
This sextile promises intimacy without unnecessary drama, with Louis Gossett Jr.'s affections and depth working side by side. Relationships tend to deepen at a comfortable pace, with no crisis or dramatic turning point needed to get there.
Mercury conjunction Mars
about 1.9° 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 Louis Gossett Jr. quick and direct in conversation, and the discipline is letting a thought settle before saying it out loud.
Mercury square Neptune
about 2.1° at midday
Wishful assumptions, or a compelling but unverified story, can blur thinking when Mercury is square Neptune. What helps Louis Gossett Jr. is pairing imagination with a habit of checking the details before repeating the story as though it were settled fact.
Sun conjunction Mars
about 3.8° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mars, Louis Gossett Jr.'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.
Mars square Neptune
about 4.0° at midday
Under this square, drive can dissolve into confusion or self-doubt just when clarity matters most, especially around goals that involve other people's expectations. It helps Louis Gossett Jr. to separate the plan itself from the feeling of overwhelm that surrounds it.
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.
- Saturn trine Plutoabout 4.2°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 5.8°
- Uranus trine Neptuneabout 6.7°
- Saturn opposition Neptuneabout 7.4°
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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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