Michael Gough’s birth chart
Born 23 November 1916, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sagittarius Sun · Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Michael Gough’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Michael Gough was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 23 November 1916, a Thursday. The Sun was in Sagittarius, so Sagittarius was their zodiac sign. The Moon left Libra for Scorpio at about 07:50 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. They died on 17 March 2011, aged 94. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the eight planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, five are in fire signs, two in air and one in water; none is in earth. By modality the count is three cardinal, three fixed and two mutable. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Sun and Saturn, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Four planets were retrograde: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds seven other people born on 23 November, among them Miley Cyrus, Vincent Cassel and Franco Nero.
See the sky the day Michael Gough was born: the stars over Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Michael Gough’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
about 0° Sagittarius at midday
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Michael Gough forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 07:50, then Scorpio (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 07:50: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Michael Gough, 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 07:50: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Michael Gough 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 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at each hour of the day.
Michael Gough’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Michael Gough 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 23 November 1916, computed for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:15 | Leo rising |
| 00:15 to 02:10 | Virgo rising |
| 02:10 to 04:00 | Libra rising |
| 04:00 to 06:05 | Scorpio rising |
| 06:05 to 08:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:10 to 10:20 | Capricorn rising |
| 10:20 to 12:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 12:15 to 14:05 | Pisces rising |
| 14:05 to 15:55 | Aries rising |
| 15:55 to 17:50 | Taurus rising |
| 17:50 to 20:00 | Gemini rising |
| 20:00 to 22:10 | Cancer rising |
| 22:10 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 23 November 1916, 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 | 0° Sagittarius 35' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra until about 07:50, then Scorpio |
| Mercury | Scorpio until about 10:40, then Sagittarius |
| Venus | 24° Libra 12' |
| Mars | 23° Sagittarius 34' |
| Jupiter | 26° Aries 43'℞ |
| Saturn | 0° Leo 29'℞ |
| Uranus | 16° Aquarius 06' |
| Neptune | 4° Leo 49'℞ |
| Pluto | 3° Cancer 59'℞ |
| North Node | 21° Capricorn 06' |
| South Node | 21° Cancer 06' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Michael Gough’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Michael Gough’s private life.
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Michael Gough's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 07:50, then Scorpio
needs and habits
Born before about 07:50: 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 Michael Gough'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 07:50: Moon in Scorpio
For Michael Gough, 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 Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 10:40, then Sagittarius
mind and voice
Born before about 10:40: Mercury in Scorpio
With Mercury in Scorpio, Michael Gough tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
Born after about 10:40: Mercury in Sagittarius
Michael Gough's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Michael Gough 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 Gough may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
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. Michael Gough 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 Aries
26° Aries 43' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Michael Gough's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
Saturn in Leo builds discipline around self-expression, and in Michael Gough's chart this placement often starts with a fear of being laughed at or overlooked. The doubt tends to show as playing down achievements before anyone else can. The confidence this placement builds is hard-won and unshowy, and it tends to arrive once the waiting for permission stops.
Uranus in Aquarius
16° Aquarius 06' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Michael Gough's birth have it too. The generation is defined by rapid technological and social change within a single lifetime. One person's share of it is an unusually easy relationship with disruption and reinvention.
Neptune in Leo
4° Leo 49' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Michael Gough alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Pluto in Cancer
3° Cancer 59' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Michael Gough to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in Michael Gough’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 trine Saturn
about 0.1° at midday
Effort and identity feel like the same project under a Sun-Saturn trine, because Michael Gough's sense of self and capacity for discipline reinforce each other. What they build tends to last, since ambition and patience are already in agreement.
Mercury trine Saturn
about 0.4° at midday
Michael Gough's thinking has discipline behind it, which gives them a clear, methodical way of working through ideas. With Mercury trine Saturn, conclusions can be trusted because they have usually been tested already, often more thoroughly than anyone nearby realises.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 0.5° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Michael Gough'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.
Venus sextile Mars
about 0.6° at midday
A sextile between Venus and Mars tends to let Michael Gough go after what they like without much inner conflict, because affection and drive are pulling the same way. It is a pleasant, workable confidence, at its most useful in the early stages of anything new.
Venus opposition Jupiter
about 2.5° at midday
With Venus opposite Jupiter, Michael Gough's own taste can pull against other people's grander expectations of romance or generosity, and the temptation is to overextend to meet them. Trusting a private sense of what is enough works better than matching someone else's scale.
Mars trine Jupiter
about 3.2° at midday
Mars trine Jupiter lets drive and a sense of possibility work as one, and in Michael Gough's chart the pattern favours confident, well-timed action towards the goals that matter to them. A first move under this trine tends to open a door, largely because it is made with conviction and at a sensible moment.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Jupiter square Saturnabout 3.8°
- Sun trine Neptuneabout 4.2°
- Saturn conjunction Neptuneabout 4.3°
- Mercury trine Neptuneabout 4.7°
- Venus square Saturnabout 6.3°
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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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