Michael Richards’s birth chart
Born 24 July 1949, in Culver City, California. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Cancer Moon
Michael Richards’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Michael Richards was born in Culver City, California, on 24 July 1949, a Sunday. That makes Michael a Leo, with the Moon in Cancer. Michael turns 77 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in fire signs, three in water, two in earth and one in air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is five, three and one. Sun, Venus and Pluto all fall in Leo. Three planets stand together in Cancer: Moon, Mars and Uranus. Closest of the aspects is the conjunction between Mars and Uranus, about 1.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter was retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waning crescent to new.
StarMap's dataset holds 15 other people born on 24 July, among them Jennifer Lopez, Nayib Bukele and Anna Paquin.
See the sky the day Michael was born: the stars over Culver City, California, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Michael Richards’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 1° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Michael Richards 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
Cancer
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Michael that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
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 Culver City, California, at each hour of the day.
Michael Richards’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Michael 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 24 July 1949, computed for Culver City, California.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:40 | Taurus rising |
| 00:40 to 02:40 | Gemini rising |
| 02:40 to 05:00 | Cancer rising |
| 05:00 to 07:25 | Leo rising |
| 07:25 to 09:45 | Virgo rising |
| 09:45 to 12:10 | Libra rising |
| 12:10 to 14:35 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:35 to 16:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 16:55 to 18:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 18:50 to 20:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:25 to 21:45 | Pisces rising |
| 21:45 to 23:05 | Aries rising |
| 23:05 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 24 July 1949, 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 | 1° Leo 33' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer |
| Mercury | Cancer until about 21:20, then Leo |
| Venus | 27° Leo 47' |
| Mars | 1° Cancer 04' |
| Jupiter | 26° Capricorn 40'℞ |
| Saturn | 4° Virgo 45' |
| Uranus | 2° Cancer 36' |
| Neptune | 12° Libra 38' |
| Pluto | 15° Leo 43' |
| North Node | 20° Aries 06' |
| South Node | 20° Libra 06' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Michael Richards’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Michael Richards’s private life.
Purpose for Michael Richards 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.
With the Moon in Cancer, Michael's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Mercury in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 21:20, then Leo
mind and voice
Born before about 21:20: Mercury in Cancer
Mercury in Cancer thinks in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and Michael probably communicates best when there is emotional trust in the room. Mood can colour how a fact gets delivered or received. Years after the details have faded, this is a mind that remembers exactly how a conversation felt.
Born after about 21:20: Mercury in Leo
Mercury in Leo gives Michael a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Michael more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For Michael, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
Mars in Cancer acts to protect the people and things that matter, and its anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The habit to watch, for Michael, may be going quiet or indirect instead of naming the upset. Other people tend to notice a shift of mood and take a while to trace it back to its cause.
Jupiter in Capricorn
26° Capricorn 40' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Michael 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.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Michael may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Uranus in Cancer
2° Cancer 36' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Michael alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
12° Libra 38' at midday
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.
Pluto in Leo
15° Leo 43' 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 Michael, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Michael Richards’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.
Mars conjunction Uranus
about 1.5° at midday
Mars conjunct Uranus makes for a sudden, independent drive, and Michael Richards probably acts fastest at the exact moment someone says it cannot be done. Courage and originality come with the aspect, and so does the need to check an impulsive decision against longer-term goals before committing to it.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 2.1° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give Michael a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 2.4° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Michael'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.
Mercury opposition Jupiter
about 2.5° at midday
With Mercury opposite Jupiter, Michael's own considered opinion has to compete with other people's big claims and grand theories, and it is easy to get swept into someone else's certainty. For Michael, trusting their own careful thinking usually works better than borrowing that confidence.
Venus sextile Mars
about 3.3° at midday
A sextile between Venus and Mars tends to let Michael 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.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 3.7° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Michael has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.1°
- Sun opposition Jupiterabout 4.9°
- Venus conjunction Saturnabout 7.0°
Leo Sun and Cancer Moon, like Michael Richards
Also born on 24 July
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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