Nelson Rockefeller’s birth chart
Born 8 July 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Cancer Sun · Scorpio Moon
Nelson Rockefeller’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
8 July 1908 was a Wednesday: the day Nelson Rockefeller was born in Bar Harbor, Maine. The Sun was in Cancer, so Cancer was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Scorpio. Nelson died on 26 January 1979, aged 70. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is five water, three fire, one earth and one air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is six, three and one. Four planets stand together in Cancer: Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune. The tightest aspect is Uranus opposition Neptune, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury, Venus and Uranus were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 15 other people born on 8 July, among them Son Heung-min, Virgil van Dijk and Kevin Bacon.
See the sky the day Nelson was born: the stars over Bar Harbor, Maine, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Nelson Rockefeller’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Cancer
about 16° Cancer at midday
A Cancer Sun protects. For Nelson Rockefeller, home, memory and the people they have decided are theirs tend to sit at the centre of things, and they probably read a room before anyone speaks. Care is the strength of this Sun, and their task is to include themselves in it.
Moon sign
Scorpio
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Nelson 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 Bar Harbor, Maine, at each hour of the day.
Nelson Rockefeller’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 8 July 1908, computed for Bar Harbor, Maine.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:55 | Taurus rising |
| 00:55 to 02:50 | Gemini rising |
| 02:50 to 05:15 | Cancer rising |
| 05:15 to 07:50 | Leo rising |
| 07:50 to 10:30 | Virgo rising |
| 10:30 to 13:05 | Libra rising |
| 13:05 to 15:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:45 to 18:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:10 to 20:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 20:00 to 21:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 21:20 to 22:25 | Pisces rising |
| 22:25 to 23:30 | Aries rising |
| 23:30 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 8 July 1908, 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 | 16° Cancer 04' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio |
| Mercury | 10° Cancer 15'℞ |
| Venus | 12° Cancer 02'℞ |
| Mars | 0° Leo 20' |
| Jupiter | 15° Leo 54' |
| Saturn | 10° Aries 01' |
| Uranus | 14° Capricorn 52'℞ |
| Neptune | 14° Cancer 39' |
| Pluto | 24° Gemini 49' |
| North Node | 5° Cancer 06' |
| South Node | 5° Capricorn 06' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Nelson Rockefeller’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Nelson Rockefeller’s private life.
With the Sun in Cancer, Nelson Rockefeller is likely to feel most alive when caring for people and places that matter to them, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. Feeling unneeded is the sore spot for this placement, and it can be taken personally. The whole day may go better after checking in on someone they love.
For Nelson, 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 Cancer thinks in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and Nelson 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.
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for Nelson that suggests valuing emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. Old hurts tend to linger here long after the person who caused them has changed. This is a Venus that feeds people, checks on people and quietly keeps score of who has shown up in return.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Nelson 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 Leo
15° Leo 54' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Nelson the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
Saturn in Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For Nelson, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
Uranus in Capricorn
14° Capricorn 52' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Nelson's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
14° Cancer 39' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Nelson and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
24° Gemini 49' at midday
power, generational
Nelson 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 Nelson Rockefeller’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.
Mercury square Saturn
about 0.2° at midday
Self-doubt can get into thinking when Mercury is square Saturn, in the form of over-editing or delaying a decision that was ready. Sharing the unfinished thought anyway, again and again, is what loosens the doubt's hold over what Nelson Rockefeller is willing to say out loud.
Sun opposition Uranus
about 1.2° at midday
With the Sun opposite Uranus, Nelson's loyalty to their own path tends to bring them into collision with people or situations that expect conformity. Learning to be themselves without needing the collision gives them a quieter, more durable kind of independence.
Sun conjunction Neptune
about 1.4° at midday
A Sun-Neptune conjunction tends to make Nelson'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 Venus
about 1.8° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Nelson's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Venus square Saturn
about 2.0° at midday
Venus square Saturn can pair the desire for closeness with a fear of not being quite enough to keep it. For Nelson that may mean self-doubt in relationships that have given no reason for it, and the fear can ease each time they let themselves be loved without first having to deserve it.
Venus conjunction Neptune
about 2.6° at midday
Love, for Nelson, is likely to be romantic and idealistic, drawn to a kind of connection that feels almost transcendent. Venus conjunct Neptune brings tenderness and imagination, along with the task of seeing a partner clearly and not only through the ideal built around them.
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 Neptuneabout 0.2°
- Venus opposition Uranusabout 2.8°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 4.0°
- Mercury conjunction Neptuneabout 4.4°
- Mercury opposition Uranusabout 4.6°
- Saturn square Neptuneabout 4.6°
- Saturn square Uranusabout 4.9°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 5.8°
- Jupiter trine Saturnabout 5.9°
- Sun square Saturnabout 6.1°
Cancer Sun and Scorpio Moon, like Nelson Rockefeller
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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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