Nelson Piquet’s birth chart
Born 17 August 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Cancer Moon
Nelson Piquet’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Nelson Piquet was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 17 August 1952, a Sunday. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Cancer. Nelson turns 74 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 ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in water, two in earth and two in air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is four, five and one. Leo holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Pluto. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Sun and Mars: a square, about 0.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury was retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 17 August, among them Robert De Niro, Thierry Henry and Sean Penn. Guillermo Vilas was born on the very same day.
See the sky the day Nelson was born: the stars over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Nelson Piquet’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 24° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Nelson Piquet 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 Nelson 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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at each hour of the day.
Nelson Piquet’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Nelson 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 17 August 1952, computed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:40 | Taurus rising |
| 00:40 to 02:55 | Gemini rising |
| 02:55 to 04:55 | Cancer rising |
| 04:55 to 06:40 | Leo rising |
| 06:40 to 08:10 | Virgo rising |
| 08:10 to 09:40 | Libra rising |
| 09:40 to 11:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 11:25 to 13:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 13:25 to 15:40 | Capricorn rising |
| 15:40 to 17:55 | Aquarius rising |
| 17:55 to 20:10 | Pisces rising |
| 20:10 to 22:20 | Aries rising |
| 22:20 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 17 August 1952, 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 | 24° Leo 37' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer |
| Mercury | 16° Leo 24'℞ |
| Venus | 9° Virgo 23' |
| Mars | 24° Scorpio 07' |
| Jupiter | 20° Taurus 07' |
| Saturn | 11° Libra 45' |
| Uranus | 16° Cancer 37' |
| Neptune | 19° Libra 32' |
| Pluto | 21° Leo 18' |
| North Node | 21° Aquarius 33' |
| South Node | 21° Leo 33' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Nelson Piquet’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Nelson Piquet’s private life.
Purpose for Nelson Piquet 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, Nelson'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 Leo gives Nelson 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 Nelson more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
With Venus in Virgo, Nelson 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.
In Nelson's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
Jupiter in Taurus
20° Taurus 07' at midday
growth and excess
In Nelson's chart, Jupiter in Taurus grows through patience, and what it builds tends to come together slowly and steadily rather than in one leap. Taken too far, that can become excess: holding on to more comfort or more stuff than serves them. They are probably generous with food, gifts and shared pleasures, and now and then generosity tips into indulgence.
For Nelson, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Uranus in Cancer
16° Cancer 37' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Nelson 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
19° Libra 32' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Nelson 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
21° Leo 18' 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 Nelson, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Nelson Piquet’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 square Mars
about 0.5° at midday
Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between Nelson Piquet's sense of self and their drive to act. With the Sun square Mars, a pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into determination they can use.
Jupiter square Pluto
about 1.2° at midday
Ambition can turn into a struggle for control under this square, over outcomes that were never fully Nelson's to control. The considerable drive involved is better aimed at transformation than at domination, which tends to produce a result that lasts.
Mars square Pluto
about 2.8° at midday
With Mars square Pluto, Nelson's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
Mercury sextile Neptune
about 3.1° at midday
Nelson's thinking and imagination cooperate gently, so creative and intuitive ideas are within easy reach. The inventiveness is soft and pleasant rather than analytical, useful for easing a difficult conversation without losing the point of it.
Sun conjunction Pluto
about 3.3° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Pluto, Nelson's identity is likely to be intense and transformative, with feelings that run at full volume rather than in moderation. Depth and staying power are the reward, and the thing to outgrow is needing a situation to become a crisis before it feels meaningful.
Jupiter sextile Uranus
about 3.5° at midday
This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so Nelson can take up a fresh opportunity without much disruption. Think of it as innovation at low cost, the kind that improves something without first tearing it down.
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 1.8°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 2.9°
- Mercury square Jupiterabout 3.7°
- Mars opposition Jupiterabout 4.0°
- Sun square Jupiterabout 4.5°
- Saturn square Uranusabout 4.9°
- Mercury conjunction Plutoabout 4.9°
- Sun sextile Neptuneabout 5.1°
- Saturn conjunction Neptuneabout 7.8°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 8.2°
Leo Sun and Cancer Moon, like Nelson Piquet
Also born on 17 August
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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