Melanie Griffith’s birth chart
Born 9 August 1957, in New York City, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Aquarius Moon
Melanie Griffith’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
9 August 1957 was a Friday: the day Melanie Griffith was born in New York City, New York. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Aquarius. Melanie turns 69 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Melanie, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against earth three, air two and water one. Fixed signs hold five, mutable signs four and cardinal signs one. Sun, Uranus and Pluto all fall in Leo. Three planets stand together in Virgo: Mercury, Venus and Mars. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Saturn and Uranus, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Saturn was retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing gibbous to full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 9 August, among them Whitney Houston, Gillian Anderson and Romano Prodi. Wikidata links Melanie with two people in the dataset: Antonio Banderas (married in 1996) and Don Johnson (married in 1976 and 1989).
See the sky the day Melanie was born: the stars over New York City, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Melanie Griffith’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 16° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Melanie Griffith that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Aquarius
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. Melanie is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
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 New York City, New York, at each hour of the day.
Melanie Griffith’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Melanie 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 9 August 1957, computed for New York City, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:25 | Taurus rising |
| 00:25 to 02:20 | Gemini rising |
| 02:20 to 04:40 | Cancer rising |
| 04:40 to 07:15 | Leo rising |
| 07:15 to 09:45 | Virgo rising |
| 09:45 to 12:15 | Libra rising |
| 12:15 to 14:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:50 to 17:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 17:10 to 19:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:05 to 20:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:30 to 21:45 | Pisces rising |
| 21:45 to 22:55 | Aries rising |
| 22:55 to 24:00 | Taurus 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 9 August 1957, 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 | 16° Leo 46' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aquarius |
| Mercury | 13° Virgo 50' |
| Venus | 17° Virgo 33' |
| Mars | 0° Virgo 54' |
| Jupiter | 0° Libra 27' |
| Saturn | 7° Sagittarius 41'℞ |
| Uranus | 7° Leo 54' |
| Neptune | 0° Scorpio 02' |
| Pluto | 29° Leo 41' |
| North Node | 15° Scorpio 03' |
| South Node | 15° Taurus 03' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Melanie Griffith’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Melanie Griffith’s private life.
Purpose for Melanie Griffith is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and Melanie is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
For Melanie, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
With Venus in Virgo, Melanie 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 Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Melanie is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Libra
0° Libra 27' at midday
growth and excess
In Melanie's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Melanie is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.
Uranus in Leo
7° Leo 54' at midday
freedom, generational
Melanie shares Uranus in Leo with a generation, one that redefines self-expression and individuality, often through forms of creativity and visibility that were not available before. Closer to home, it suggests being comfortable with being seen in ways older relatives find unfamiliar.
Neptune in Scorpio
0° Scorpio 02' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Melanie 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 Leo
29° Leo 41' 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 Melanie, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Melanie Griffith’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.
Saturn trine Uranus
about 0.2° at midday
This trine lets Melanie Griffith build lasting structures that still leave room for change, because discipline and independence are allies here. Consistency and originality coexist with ease, and neither of them has to be given up to make room for the other.
Mars sextile Neptune
about 0.9° at midday
In Melanie's chart, drive and imagination help each other along gently, so inspired action is possible before everything has been mapped out. The motivation is soft but workable, and it keeps a creative or compassionate project moving without forcing it.
Mars conjunction Pluto
about 1.2° at midday
With Mars conjunct Pluto, drive tends to be intense and relentless, and once Melanie is committed to something they are likely to see it through whatever the cost. There is staying power to spare, so the art is in choosing battles, and keeping that intensity away from the ones that do not deserve it.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 3.7° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Melanie's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Mercury square Saturn
about 6.2° at midday
Self-doubt can get into thinking when Mercury is square Saturn, in the form of over-editing or delaying a decision that was ready. Sharing the unfinished thought anyway, again and again, is what loosens the doubt's hold over what Melanie is willing to say out loud.
One more aspect, listed without a reading. It is between two of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, whose aspects hold for years at a time, so everyone born while it holds shares it.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 0.4°
Melanie Griffith in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Leo Sun and Aquarius Moon, like Melanie Griffith
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Melanie Griffith in the StarMap archive
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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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