Michael Douglas’s birth chart
Born 25 September 1944, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at 10:30 (Rodden AA).
Libra Sun · Capricorn Moon · Scorpio rising
Michael Douglas’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
25 September 1944 was a Monday: the day Michael Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Sun was in Libra, so Libra is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Capricorn and Scorpio rising. Michael turns 82 in 2026. The birth time, 10:30, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Air carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against earth three, fire one and water one. By modality the count is six cardinal, three mutable and one fixed. Libra holds a stellium, four planets in one sign: Sun, Venus, Mars and Neptune. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Uranus: a square, exact to a tenth of a degree. One planet was retrograde: Uranus. The Moon was at its first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 25 September, among them Will Smith, Dmitri Shostakovich and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Wikidata links Michael with one person in the dataset: Catherine Zeta-Jones (married in 2000).
Michael Douglas’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
2° Libra 23'
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Michael Douglas'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
Capricorn
3° Capricorn 35'
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, Michael may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
Rising sign
Scorpio
15° Scorpio 14'
Scorpio rising comes across as intense and self-contained. People tend to sense that there is more going on than Michael is saying; this rising sign keeps more back than it shows.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 10:30 on 25 September 1944, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 2° Libra 23' | House 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 3° Capricorn 35' | House 2 |
| Mercury | 14° Virgo 58' | House 10 |
| Venus | 26° Libra 44' | House 12 |
| Mars | 18° Libra 00' | House 11 |
| Jupiter | 13° Virgo 09' | House 10 |
| Saturn | 10° Cancer 05' | House 8 |
| Uranus | 13° Gemini 07'℞ | House 7 |
| Neptune | 3° Libra 55' | House 11 |
| Pluto | 9° Leo 47' | House 9 |
| North Node | 25° Cancer 04' | House 9 |
| South Node | 25° Capricorn 04' | House 3 |
Michael Douglas’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Michael Douglas’s private life.
Sun in Libra
2° Libra 23' · eleventh house
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Libra, Michael Douglas'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 Sun in the eleventh house means Michael finds themselves through friendships and the causes they throw their weight behind, more than through solitary achievement. Michael is at their best inside a group with a shared purpose, and being cut off from that kind of company can dim their spark.
Moon in Capricorn
3° Capricorn 35' · second house
needs and habits
With the Moon in Capricorn, Michael's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
Security, with the Moon in the second house, comes from familiar things and clearly held values, and for Michael sudden change or big leaps hold little appeal. When their sense of what matters is shaken, their whole mood follows it.
Mercury in Virgo
14° Virgo 58' · tenth house
mind and voice
For Michael, 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 Mercury in the tenth house, Michael is apt to think strategically about reputation and the next move at work, and to turn a plan over privately long before anyone else knows it exists. Clear, well-timed communication may be the skill this placement leans on most.
Venus in Libra
26° Libra 44' · twelfth house
love and values
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Michael probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Michael may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Venus in the twelfth house keeps affections private and sometimes idealised, and Michael may feel more deeply than they show to most people. The placement values quiet acts of devotion, done without an audience, over public displays or grand romantic gestures.
Mars in Libra
18° Libra 00' · eleventh house
drive and anger
In Michael's chart, Mars in Libra acts diplomatically and prefers negotiation to confrontation, and its anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. Avoided consistently, conflict leaves resentment building underneath the calm surface. The pattern is saying yes to something that rankled, then feeling it later.
Mars in the eleventh house puts energy into friendships and causes, and Michael is often the one who gets a whole group moving. Friction in a group probably does not scare them off, and they would rather push through a disagreement than step around it.
Jupiter in Virgo
13° Virgo 09' · tenth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Virgo finds its growth in mastering a craft in unglamorous detail, one small correction at a time. For Michael, perfectionism may be the excess, turning growth into an endless list of corrections. People with this Jupiter are often trusted with more responsibility than they feel they deserve, usually because the care in the work shows.
Jupiter in the tenth house is associated with generosity and fairness at work, and in Michael's chart it points to patience about letting a reputation build over time. The placement is also linked with optimism about working life and a readiness to take on more.
Saturn in Cancer
10° Cancer 05' · eighth house
discipline and doubt
Emotional security is where Michael's Saturn in Cancer builds discipline; it is a placement often associated with learning early to be the steady one. Asking for care tends to be difficult with this Saturn, even when care is clearly needed. Over time, people with this placement often become the dependable anchor for others, including some who never quite return the favour.
Saturn in the eighth house points to trust that builds slowly, and Michael is inclined to take time before letting anyone close. Once that trust is in place, the placement suggests a wish to keep what is shared for a long time.
Uranus in Gemini
13° Gemini 07' ℞ · seventh house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Michael and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Uranus in the seventh house asks for relationships with more freedom and less convention than the average partnership, and Michael may look for people who respect that independence. A sudden shift in a relationship may rattle Michael less than most.
Neptune in Libra
3° Libra 55' · eleventh house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Michael 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.
Friendships and causes with an idealistic edge draw Michael, who may hold a vision for their community that reaches well beyond the practical. With Neptune in the eleventh house, disappointment can follow when a group falls short of that vision, even when its effort was sincere.
Pluto in Leo
9° Leo 47' · ninth house
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 Michael, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
With Pluto in the ninth house, Michael's view of the world is apt to be overturned and rebuilt at some point, an old outlook giving way to one that has been personally tested. The placement is linked with questioning a philosophy thoroughly before taking it on.
Aspects in Michael Douglas’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Jupiter square Uranus
0.0° separating
An appetite for growth can turn erratic under Jupiter square Uranus, with sudden changes of direction that leave earlier plans unfinished. The instinct for change this square gives Michael Douglas is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.
Moon square Neptune
0.3° applying
Emotional needs can get lost in a fog of other people's moods, or of an idealised version of how things should feel, when the Moon is square Neptune. The work for Michael is checking in with themselves often enough to keep their own feelings in focus.
Sun square Moon
1.2° separating
With the Sun square the Moon, who Michael is trying to be and what comforts them can tug in different directions, and that friction sharpens self-awareness. Working through it teaches them to want things in a way their feelings can live with.
Sun conjunction Neptune
1.5° applying
A Sun-Neptune conjunction tends to make Michael's sense of self porous and imaginative, drawn towards ideals, art or causes bigger than everyday life. Compassion and creativity come with it, and so does the task of keeping a clear enough sense of who they are underneath the dream.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter
1.8° separating
Michael's thinking is likely to be expansive and enthusiastic, connecting ideas across subjects other people keep separate. It makes for lively conversation, and the habit worth adding is checking the details behind a big idea before committing to it fully.
Mercury square Uranus
1.9° separating
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Michael may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use 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.
- Jupiter sextile Saturn3.1°
- Uranus sextile Pluto3.3°
- Mars trine Uranus4.9°
- Mercury sextile Saturn4.9°
- Saturn square Neptune6.2°
- Moon opposition Saturn6.5°
- Sun square Saturn7.7°
Michael Douglas in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Libra Sun and Capricorn Moon, like Michael Douglas
Also born on 25 September
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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