Paul Anka’s birth chart
Born 30 July 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Paul Anka’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
30 July 1941 was a Wednesday: the day Paul Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Their zodiac sign is Leo. The Moon changed sign at about 16:10, from Libra to Scorpio; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Paul turns 85 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Paul; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, four are in earth signs, three in fire, one in air and one in water. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, four and three. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Mars and Jupiter: a sextile, about 0.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Every planet was moving direct. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 30 July, among them Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christopher Nolan and Patrick Modiano.
See the sky the day Paul was born: the stars over Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Paul Anka’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 7° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Paul Anka 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
Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 16:10, then Scorpio (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 16:10: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Paul, 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 16:10: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Paul 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 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at each hour of the day.
Paul Anka’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Paul 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 30 July 1941, computed for Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
| 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 07:55 | Leo rising |
| 07:55 to 10:30 | Virgo rising |
| 10:30 to 13:10 | Libra rising |
| 13:10 to 15:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:50 to 18:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:15 to 20:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 20:05 to 21:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 21:25 to 22:30 | Pisces rising |
| 22:30 to 23:35 | Aries rising |
| 23:35 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 30 July 1941, 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 | 7° Leo 04' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra until about 16:10, then Scorpio |
| Mercury | 18° Cancer 50' |
| Venus | 4° Virgo 14' |
| Mars | 14° Aries 37' |
| Jupiter | 14° Gemini 04' |
| Saturn | 27° Taurus 01' |
| Uranus | 29° Taurus 47' |
| Neptune | 25° Virgo 40' |
| Pluto | 4° Leo 00' |
| North Node | 23° Virgo 43' |
| South Node | 23° Pisces 43' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Paul Anka’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Paul Anka’s private life.
Purpose for Paul Anka 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.
Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 16:10, then Scorpio
needs and habits
Born before about 16:10: 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 Paul'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 16:10: Moon in Scorpio
For Paul, 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 Paul 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.
With Venus in Virgo, Paul 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.
For Paul, Mars in Aries points to acting immediately and decisively, with anger that tends to flare fast, hot and honest before it clears. The downside is acting before a situation has been thought all the way through. The argument or the project tends to start the second the impulse arrives, with little patience for waiting.
Jupiter in Gemini
14° Gemini 04' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Paul may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Paul is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Uranus in Taurus
29° Taurus 47' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Paul shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
25° Virgo 40' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Paul shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Leo
4° Leo 00' 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 Paul, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Paul Anka’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 sextile Jupiter
about 0.5° at midday
There is confident, well-aimed energy in this sextile, and not much wasted effort, since Paul Anka's drive and optimism pull together. Taking the initiative suits Paul, above all when they commit to one goal and do not scatter their energy across several.
Saturn trine Neptune
about 1.3° at midday
With Saturn trine Neptune, Paul's discipline and imagination steady each other, which makes it possible to build something both beautiful and structurally sound. Vision and follow-through tend to arrive together, a combination that is rare and worth trusting.
Saturn conjunction Uranus
about 2.8° at midday
With discipline and the need for independence fused, Paul tends to build structure their own way instead of inheriting someone else's. Saturn conjunct Uranus makes them an original builder, and the challenge is letting a good structure stay flexible and not harden into another rule.
Sun conjunction Pluto
about 3.1° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Pluto, Paul'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.
Mercury square Mars
about 4.2° at midday
With Mercury square Mars, thought and impulse can clash, and sharp words get said before Paul has fully thought them through. The remedy is a short pause between the thought and the sentence, which changes very little except the outcome.
Venus square Uranus
about 4.4° at midday
In Paul's chart the desire for closeness and the need for freedom can work against each other, and this square is known for sudden shifts in an otherwise good relationship. The remedy is to build enough independence into the relationship that none has to be created by pulling away.
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 trine Neptuneabout 4.1°
- Uranus sextile Plutoabout 4.2°
- Sun trine Marsabout 7.6°
Leo Suns born within 2 years of Paul Anka
Also born on 30 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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