Paul Bettany’s birth chart
Born 27 May 1971, in Shepherd's Bush, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Gemini Sun · Cancer Moon
Paul Bettany’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
27 May 1971 was a Thursday: the day Paul Bettany was born in Shepherd's Bush, England. Their zodiac sign is Gemini, with the Moon in Cancer. Paul turns 55 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Paul; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Earth carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against air three, fire two and water one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, four and four. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Mercury, Venus and Saturn. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Saturn and Pluto: a trine, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 27 May, among them Henry Kissinger, Christopher Lee and Vincent Price. Wikidata links Paul with one person in the dataset: Jennifer Connelly (married in 2003).
See the sky the day Paul was born: the stars over Shepherd's Bush, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Paul Bettany’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Gemini
about 5° Gemini at midday
A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and Paul Bettany probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.
Moon sign
Cancer
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Paul 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 Shepherd's Bush, England, at each hour of the day.
Paul Bettany’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 27 May 1971, computed for Shepherd's Bush, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:45 to 01:55 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:55 to 02:45 | Pisces rising |
| 02:45 to 03:40 | Aries rising |
| 03:40 to 04:45 | Taurus rising |
| 04:45 to 06:35 | Gemini rising |
| 06:35 to 09:05 | Cancer rising |
| 09:05 to 11:55 | Leo rising |
| 11:55 to 14:45 | Virgo rising |
| 14:45 to 17:35 | Libra rising |
| 17:35 to 20:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:25 to 22:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:55 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 27 May 1971, 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 | 5° Gemini 31' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer |
| Mercury | 12° Taurus 13' |
| Venus | 10° Taurus 48' |
| Mars | 11° Aquarius 12' |
| Jupiter | 1° Sagittarius 04'℞ |
| Saturn | 27° Taurus 13' |
| Uranus | 9° Libra 37'℞ |
| Neptune | 1° Sagittarius 35'℞ |
| Pluto | 27° Virgo 00'℞ |
| North Node | 17° Aquarius 07' |
| South Node | 17° Leo 07' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Paul Bettany’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Paul Bettany’s private life.
For Paul Bettany, the Sun in Gemini means vitality that comes from variety, and purpose that feels most real when they are learning or explaining something new. What suffers is focus, with energy scattered across too many half-finished things at once. Several projects and three hobbies on the go at the same time would be in character.
With the Moon in Cancer, Paul'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.
With Mercury in Taurus, Paul is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
Venus in Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Paul's chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. Paul can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
1° Sagittarius 04' at midday ℞
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Paul is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
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 Libra
9° Libra 37' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Paul holds Uranus in Libra in common with many people born in the same stretch of years. Together that generation reshapes ideas of partnership, fairness and how relationships are arranged. Its personal side is a readiness to question traditional roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.
Neptune in Sagittarius
1° Sagittarius 35' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Sagittarius is the dream of a generation: grand systems of belief and utopian journeys. What belongs to Paul in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.
Pluto in Virgo
27° Virgo 00' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Paul and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in Paul Bettany’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.
Saturn trine Pluto
about 0.2° at midday
Discipline and the capacity for transformation work together under Saturn trine Pluto, so Paul Bettany can rebuild after a setback with a strength that outlasts the difficulty. Such endurance is quiet and formidable, and other people tend to notice it only in hindsight, once the hard period has passed.
Venus square Mars
about 0.4° at midday
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Paul may be caught between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. What the aspect asks for is a want voiced directly, before it leaks out sideways.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 0.5° at midday
For Paul, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
Mercury square Mars
about 1.0° 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.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 1.4° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Paul'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.
Mars trine Uranus
about 1.6° at midday
Paul's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
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.
- Jupiter opposition Saturnabout 3.9°
- Sun opposition Neptuneabout 3.9°
- Jupiter sextile Plutoabout 4.1°
- Sun trine Uranusabout 4.1°
- Saturn opposition Neptuneabout 4.4°
- Sun opposition Jupiterabout 4.4°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 4.6°
- Sun trine Marsabout 5.7°
- Sun conjunction Saturnabout 8.3°
Paul Bettany in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Gemini Sun and Cancer Moon, like Paul Bettany
Also born on 27 May
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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