Melvyn Douglas’s birth chart
Born 5 April 1901, in Macon, Georgia. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aries Sun · Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Melvyn Douglas’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Melvyn Douglas was born in Macon, Georgia, on 5 April 1901, a Friday. That made Melvyn an Aries. The Moon left Libra for Scorpio at about 05:35 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Melvyn died on 4 August 1981, aged 80. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against earth two, air two and water one. By modality the count is four cardinal, four mutable and one fixed. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Sun and Pluto, about 0.7° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus was retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 5 April, among them Bette Davis, Gregory Peck and Spencer Tracy.
See the sky the day Melvyn was born: the stars over Macon, Georgia, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Melvyn Douglas’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aries
about 15° Aries at midday
An Aries Sun starts things. For Melvyn Douglas that points to energy that is direct and impatient with delay, and to feeling most like themselves when there is something to go first at. The work of this placement is finishing what the spark began.
Moon sign
Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 05:35, then Scorpio (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 05:35: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Melvyn, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
Born after about 05:35: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Melvyn that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
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 Macon, Georgia, at each hour of the day.
Melvyn Douglas’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Melvyn 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 5 April 1901, computed for Macon, Georgia.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Sagittarius rising |
| 00:50 to 02:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 02:45 to 04:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 04:20 to 05:45 | Pisces rising |
| 05:45 to 07:05 | Aries rising |
| 07:05 to 08:40 | Taurus rising |
| 08:40 to 10:35 | Gemini rising |
| 10:35 to 12:55 | Cancer rising |
| 12:55 to 15:20 | Leo rising |
| 15:20 to 17:40 | Virgo rising |
| 17:40 to 20:00 | Libra rising |
| 20:00 to 22:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 22:25 to 24:00 | Sagittarius 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 5 April 1901, 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 | 15° Aries 12' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra until about 05:35, then Scorpio |
| Mercury | 17° Pisces 31' |
| Venus | 8° Aries 37' |
| Mars | 23° Leo 04' |
| Jupiter | 12° Capricorn 04' |
| Saturn | 16° Capricorn 02' |
| Uranus | 16° Sagittarius 48'℞ |
| Neptune | 26° Gemini 40' |
| Pluto | 15° Gemini 55' |
| North Node | 22° Scorpio 55' |
| South Node | 22° Taurus 55' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Melvyn Douglas’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Melvyn Douglas’s private life.
With the Sun in Aries, Melvyn Douglas's sense of purpose tends to come alive when there is a clear start line. They probably feel most like themselves pushing into something new, though that energy can burn hot and fade before the finish. The typical pattern is a project launched with excitement, then handed off once the routine sets in.
Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 05:35, then Scorpio
needs and habits
Born before about 05:35: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Melvyn's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
Born after about 05:35: Moon in Scorpio
For Melvyn, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Melvyn is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Melvyn 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 Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Melvyn its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
Jupiter in Capricorn
12° Capricorn 04' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Melvyn would probably rather build slowly and properly than quickly. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. The authority this Jupiter brings is slow and hard-won, the kind people tend to trust more the longer they know someone.
Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for Melvyn, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.
Uranus in Sagittarius
16° Sagittarius 48' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Melvyn than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.
Neptune in Gemini
26° Gemini 40' at midday
imagination, generational
The dream of Neptune in Gemini is a collective one, shared across roughly fourteen years of births. The imagination of Melvyn's generation is shaped by information moving faster than anyone can fully verify. Its personal form is finding it hard to tell a compelling story apart from a true one.
Pluto in Gemini
15° Gemini 55' at midday
power, generational
Melvyn shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Melvyn Douglas’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 Pluto
about 0.7° at midday
Melvyn Douglas's identity and depth are allies, which gives them resilience without constant upheaval. They probably handle intensity better than most, and it takes less out of them than it looks from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.
Mercury square Uranus
about 0.7° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Melvyn may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Sun square Saturn
about 0.8° at midday
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Melvyn pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mercury sextile Saturn
about 1.5° at midday
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Melvyn'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 trine Uranus
about 1.6° at midday
Being original feels easy rather than effortful with this aspect, because Melvyn's sense of self and need for freedom sit comfortably together. They are likely to gravitate towards places that let them be exactly who they are without much friction.
Mercury square Pluto
about 1.6° at midday
A simple disagreement can turn into something more charged when Mercury is square Pluto, as Melvyn looks for motives that may not be there. The lesson is trusting a straightforward answer when the evidence supports one, rather than assuming the deeper explanation is always the true one.
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 opposition Plutoabout 0.9°
- Sun square Jupiterabout 3.1°
- Venus square Jupiterabout 3.5°
- Mars sextile Neptuneabout 3.6°
- Jupiter conjunction Saturnabout 4.0°
- Mars trine Uranusabout 6.3°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 6.6°
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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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