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Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson’s birth chart

Born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill at 16:45.

Capricorn Sun · Libra Moon · Cancer rising · Earth · Cardinal

Sun

Capricorn

12° Capricorn 30'

You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.

Moon

Libra

0° Libra 00'

You feel through relationship. Harmony around you settles you and conflict, even other people's, unsettles you. You are restored by beauty, by fairness, and by one person who truly listens.

Rising

Cancer

14° Cancer 59'

You come across as approachable and a little guarded. People confide in you early and notice that you notice them; the shell opens on your schedule.

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Placements

Sun 12° Capricorn 30'House 6
Moon 0° Libra 00'House 4
Mercury 29° Capricorn 17'House 7
Venus 13° Aquarius 08'House 8
Mars 23° Scorpio 19'House 5
Jupiter 1° Virgo 03'House 3
Saturn 29° Scorpio 10'House 5
Uranus 1° Leo 02'House 1
Neptune 0° Scorpio 11'House 4
Pluto 28° Leo 20'House 3
North Node 17° Sagittarius 04'House 6
South Node 17° Gemini 04'House 12

Mel Gibson's full reading

Each planet by sign and house. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

  1. Sun in Capricorn

    12° Capricorn 30' · sixth house

    purpose and vitality

    They find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast they, and their vitality is steady rather than showy. The tension is measuring their worth by output alone. It shows up as working through the tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.

    They find identity through the work they do every day and the small routines that keep they steady when everything else feels uncertain. Being useful is not a chore for they, it is part of how they know who Mel is and what Mel is for.

  2. Moon in Libra

    0° Libra 00' · fourth house

    needs and habits

    They need harmony in their immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off their whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The tension is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they actually want.

    Home is where their emotions live, and Mel is unusually sensitive to the mood of the household they grew up in or the one they keep now. A settled, calm home life steadies almost everything else about they, while chaos there unsettles they fast.

  3. Mercury in Capricorn

    29° Capricorn 17' · seventh house

    mind and voice

    They think methodically and communicate in a measured, practical way that people tend to trust. The tension is being so focused on the useful conclusion that they dismis ideas that have not yet proven their worth. It shows up as getting straight to the point in a conversation that other people expected to be casual.

    They think best out loud with another person, and they often need to talk an idea through with a partner before it truly feels settled in their mind. Negotiation and dialogue come naturally to they, and one-sided decisions rarely sit comfortably for long.

  4. Venus in Aquarius

    13° Aquarius 08' · eighth house

    love and values

    They love as a friend first, and they value independence, shared ideas and a partner who does not crowd they. The tension is keeping just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach even to they. It shows up as valuing a partner's individuality sometimes more than the intimacy between they.

    Mel is drawn to intimacy that runs deep rather than intimacy that stays comfortably light, and trust is something they build slowly and value highly once it exists. Shared resources feel more meaningful to they when the underlying bond behind them is genuinely real.

  5. Mars in Scorpio

    23° Scorpio 19' · fifth house

    drive and anger

    They act with focus and intensity, and their anger, when it surfaces, is controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The tension is holding onto a grievance well past its useful life. It shows up as a calm exterior that gives little warning before a genuinely sharp response.

    Their creative and romantic pursuits carry real intensity, and they go after what genuinely excites they without much hesitation or overthinking. Competition and passion both come alive in this part of their life, and half-hearted effort here rarely satisfies they for long.

  6. Jupiter in Virgo

    1° Virgo 03' · third house

    growth and excess

    They grow through mastering a craft in genuine, unglamorous detail, one small correction at a time. The overreach is perfectionism that turns growth into an endless list of corrections. It shows up as being trusted with more responsibility than they think they have earned, largely because they actually have.

    Mel is naturally curious and genuinely enjoy learning new things, and their ideas tend to spread easily because they communicate them with real, contagious enthusiasm. Teaching and sharing what they know suits they well, and they rarely hoard information for its own sake.

  7. Saturn in Scorpio

    29° Scorpio 10' · fifth house

    discipline and doubt

    They build discipline around trust and control, often shaped by an early loss of something they could not get back. The doubt shows up as bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given they no real reason to. It shows up as an eventual, hard-earned comfort with vulnerability that most people around they never see they struggle for.

    Self-expression and romance may have felt risky or quietly judged early in life, making playfulness something they had to practice rather than something that came free and easy. Creative confidence tends to deepen with age for they, arriving later than it does for most people.

  8. Uranus in Leo

    1° Leo 02' · first house

    freedom, generational

    Shared across this generation, this placement marks people who redefine self-expression and individuality, often through new forms of creativity and visibility unavailable to earlier generations. Personally, it can show up as comfort being seen in ways older relatives find unfamiliar.

    They come across as unconventional, and their presence tends to shift the energy of a room simply by being unpredictable in a way people cannot quite place. They resist being easily defined, even by themselves, and labels tend to fit they only loosely at best.

  9. Neptune in Scorpio

    0° Scorpio 11' · fourth house

    imagination, generational

    Shared across this generation, this placement marks people whose collective imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, often through a wider cultural fascination with secrets and endings. Personally, it can show up as being pulled toward mystery for its own sake.

    Home may hold an idealized or slightly hazy quality in their memory, and their sense of family can be more emotional than strictly literal. Mel is sensitive to the underlying mood of a household in ways that other people in the same room often miss entirely.

  10. Pluto in Leo

    28° Leo 20' · third house

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.

    Their mind is drawn to what lies underneath a conversation, and they rarely settle for the tidy, surface version of an explanation. Words, for they, can be a way of exposing what other people would honestly rather leave hidden, even when that makes things briefly uncomfortable.

Aspects

How the planets in Mel Gibson's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

  1. Mercury sextile Saturn

    0.1° separating

    Their thinking and their sense of structure cooperate, making it easier to turn a loose idea into something solid. This is quiet, practical clarity that shows up most clearly when a plan actually has to work.

  2. Moon trine Mercury

    0.7° separating

    Their feelings and their thinking flow together easily, so they can usually explain what they feel almost as soon as they feel it. This makes they a natural, comforting communicator in emotional moments, the kind of person others call first when something has gone wrong.

  3. Moon sextile Saturn

    0.8° separating

    Their feelings and their sense of structure cooperate, giving they a workable, grounded way of managing difficult emotions. This is quiet resilience rather than avoidance, the kind that holds up well over a genuinely long stretch of time.

  4. Saturn square Pluto

    0.8° separating

    Their need for control and their instinct for transformation can clash, showing up as gripping tightly to a structure precisely when it most needs to change. Each time they let the old form go, the resulting strength is more genuine than the grip was.

  • Uranus square Neptune0.8°
  • Jupiter sextile Neptune0.9°
  • Mercury square Neptune0.9°
  • Moon sextile Uranus1.0°
  • Mercury opposition Uranus1.7°
  • Neptune sextile Pluto1.9°
  • Saturn trine Uranus1.9°
  • Jupiter square Saturn1.9°
  • Jupiter conjunction Pluto2.7°
  • Mars square Pluto5.0°
  • Mars conjunction Saturn5.8°

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Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (Bio/autobiography). Confidence B. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

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