Margot Kidder’s birth chart
Born 17 October 1948, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Aries Moon
Margot Kidder’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Margot Kidder was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on 17 October 1948, a Sunday. Their zodiac sign was Libra, with the Moon in Aries. Margot died on 13 May 2018, aged 69. No verified birth time is on file for Margot; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four fire, three air, two earth and one water. By modality the count is five cardinal, four mutable and one fixed. Three planets stand together in Libra: Sun, Mercury and Neptune. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Sun and Jupiter, about 0.4° 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 Uranus. The Moon was full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 17 October, among them Eminem, Arthur Miller and Rita Hayworth. George Wendt was born on the very same day. Wikidata links Margot with one person in the dataset: Brian De Palma (listed as partners from 1972).
See the sky the day Margot was born: the stars over Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Margot Kidder’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 24° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Margot Kidder's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Aries
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Aries, Margot 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 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, at each hour of the day.
Margot Kidder’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Margot 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 17 October 1948, computed for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:30 | Leo rising |
| 01:30 to 04:55 | Virgo rising |
| 04:55 to 08:15 | Libra rising |
| 08:15 to 11:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 11:45 to 14:40 | Sagittarius rising |
| 14:40 to 16:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 16:00 to 16:35 | Aquarius rising |
| 16:35 to 16:55 | Pisces rising |
| 16:55 to 17:15 | Aries rising |
| 17:15 to 17:45 | Taurus rising |
| 17:45 to 19:05 | Gemini rising |
| 19:05 to 22:00 | Cancer rising |
| 22:00 to 24:00 | Leo 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 17 October 1948, 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 | 24° Libra 18' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aries |
| Mercury | 29° Libra 14'℞ |
| Venus | 12° Virgo 55' |
| Mars | 0° Sagittarius 23' |
| Jupiter | 24° Sagittarius 39' |
| Saturn | 3° Virgo 05' |
| Uranus | 0° Cancer 31'℞ |
| Neptune | 13° Libra 09' |
| Pluto | 16° Leo 20' |
| North Node | 4° Taurus 53' |
| South Node | 4° Scorpio 53' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Margot Kidder’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Margot Kidder’s private life.
With the Sun in Libra, Margot Kidder's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For Margot, 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.
Mercury in Libra thinks by weighing both sides, and Margot tends to communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. Settling on an opinion can take so long that the moment for it passes. They may change their mind in the middle of a conversation because the other point had merit.
With Venus in Virgo, Margot is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Margot may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
24° Sagittarius 39' at midday
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Margot 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.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Margot may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Uranus in Cancer
0° Cancer 31' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Margot alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
13° Libra 09' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Margot among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
16° Leo 20' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Margot, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Margot Kidder’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 sextile Jupiter
about 0.4° at midday
Optimism is part of who Margot Kidder is, and it tends to show them open doors, provided they are willing to walk through. With some deliberate effort behind it, the outlook of a Sun-Jupiter sextile becomes momentum that carries past the first burst of enthusiasm.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 1.3° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Margot fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 2.6° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give Margot a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
Mars square Saturn
about 2.7° at midday
Margot's drive can meet resistance, from outside obstacles or from private doubt, and frustration builds when progress feels blocked. Under this square, every stretch of steady work done anyway turns that resistance into competence, the kind that is there when it is needed most.
Mercury sextile Saturn
about 3.8° at midday
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Margot'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 conjunction Mercury
about 4.9° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Margot'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.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.2°
- Jupiter opposition Uranusabout 5.9°
- Sun trine Uranusabout 6.2°
Margot Kidder in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Libra Sun and Aries Moon, like Margot Kidder
Also born on 17 October
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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