Penélope Cruz’s birth chart
Born 28 April 1974, in Alcobendas, Spain, at 07:00 (Rodden AA).
Taurus Sun · Cancer Moon · Aries rising
Penélope Cruz’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Penélope Cruz was born on Sunday, 28 April 1974, in Alcobendas, Spain. That makes Penélope a Taurus, with the Moon in Cancer and Aries rising. Penélope turns 52 in 2026. The birth time, 07:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is five water, two earth, two air and one fire. Cardinal signs hold five, mutable signs three and fixed signs two. Moon, Mars and Saturn all fall in Cancer. The tightest aspect is Mars square Pluto, 0.1° from exact. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 28 April, among them Jessica Alba, Harper Lee and Terry Pratchett. Wikidata links Penélope with two people in the dataset: Tom Cruise (listed as partners, 2001 to 2004) and Javier Bardem (married in 2010).
See the sky the night Penélope was born: the stars over Alcobendas, Spain at 07:00, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Penélope Cruz’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
7° Taurus 32'
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Penélope Cruz than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Cancer
22° Cancer 52'
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Penélope 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
Aries
28° Aries 48'
With Aries rising, Penélope is likely to come across as direct, quick and ready. People tend to sense energy before they know what Penélope thinks, and the usual entrance is that of someone about to start something.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 07:00 on 28 April 1974, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 7° Taurus 32' | House 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 22° Cancer 52' | House 4 |
| Mercury | 0° Taurus 09' | House 1 |
| Venus | 22° Pisces 42' | House 12 |
| Mars | 4° Cancer 41' | House 3 |
| Jupiter | 10° Pisces 47' | House 11 |
| Saturn | 0° Cancer 49' | House 3 |
| Uranus | 25° Libra 14'℞ | House 6 |
| Neptune | 9° Sagittarius 02'℞ | House 8 |
| Pluto | 4° Libra 37'℞ | House 6 |
| North Node | 20° Sagittarius 10' | House 8 |
| South Node | 20° Gemini 10' | House 2 |
Penélope Cruz’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Penélope Cruz’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Penélope Cruz's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
The Sun in the first house puts Penélope's identity centre stage, and being seen probably matters more to them than they let on. In a new setting they lead with personality and let people discover the rest later.
With the Moon in Cancer, Penélope'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.
For Penélope, the Moon in the fourth house can make home the place where emotions live, and the placement is associated with unusual sensitivity to the mood of a household. A settled home probably steadies almost everything else, while chaos there can unsettle them quickly.
With Mercury in Taurus, Penélope 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.
Mercury in the first house belongs to someone who thinks out loud, and Penélope's thoughts often arrive first in almost any conversation. A thought is usually spoken nearly as soon as it forms, sometimes before they have fully decided what they think.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Penélope probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
Venus in the twelfth house keeps affections private and sometimes idealised, and Penélope may feel more deeply than they show to most people. The placement values quiet acts of devotion, done without an audience, over public displays or grand romantic gestures.
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 Penélope, 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.
Mars in the third house makes words come out fast, with a sharp edge under frustration, and Penélope probably enjoys a good, direct debate more than most. Directness is how they communicate by default, even when a gentler approach might land better.
Jupiter in Pisces
10° Pisces 47' · eleventh house
growth and excess
For Penélope, Jupiter in Pisces means finding growth in compassion, imagination and a willingness to trust things that cannot be fully explained. The overreach is an idealism about people or situations that the facts do not quite support. Others lean on this generosity of spirit more than they let on.
With Jupiter in the eleventh house, Penélope brings enthusiasm to the causes and community projects that catch their interest, and keeps a wide and varied circle of friends. In a group working towards a shared goal, that enthusiasm spreads.
Emotional security is where Penélope's Saturn in Cancer builds discipline; it is a placement often associated with learning early to be the steady one. Asking for care tends to be difficult with this Saturn, even when care is clearly needed. Over time, people with this placement often become the dependable anchor for others, including some who never quite return the favour.
In Penélope's chart, Saturn sits in the third house, a placement associated with caution in speech: a sense of being unheard or over-careful with words, and a freedom to speak up that comes with deliberate practice. What they say often carries weight, because they choose their words with care.
Uranus in Libra
25° Libra 14' ℞ · sixth house
freedom, generational
Penélope 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.
With Uranus in the sixth house, Penélope is often the inventive one at work, finding shortcuts or better systems that other people miss. A rigid, unchanging routine is apt to wear on Penélope faster than on most, however sensible it looks.
Neptune in Sagittarius
9° Sagittarius 02' ℞ · eighth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Sagittarius is the dream of a generation: grand systems of belief and utopian journeys. What belongs to Penélope in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.
With Neptune in the eighth house, intimacy can feel like dissolving the usual boundaries with another person, for better and sometimes for worse, and Penélope can be unusually sensitive to what goes unsaid. Trust may ask them to keep their feet on the ground rather than merge completely and lose their own outline.
Pluto in Libra
4° Libra 37' ℞ · sixth house
power, generational
Pluto in Libra is the signature of the generation Penélope belongs to, because Pluto moves so slowly. That generation transforms ideas of partnership, fairness and what people owe one another. Personally it can be an intense need for relationships to be fundamentally fair.
Daily work gets Penélope's full intensity, and a role or a routine is often transformed completely once they commit themselves to it. With Pluto in the sixth house, a job is hard to do by halves, so rest may be something Penélope has to choose on purpose.
Aspects in Penélope Cruz’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mars square Pluto
0.1° separating
With Mars square Pluto, Penélope Cruz'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.
Moon trine Venus
0.2° separating
Feeling and affection move together for Penélope, which makes for a warm, generous emotional life. Others are likely to feel cared for around them without Penélope having to try very hard, which is part of why people keep coming back.
Mercury sextile Saturn
0.7° applying
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Penélope's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.
Jupiter square Neptune
1.7° separating
Jupiter square Neptune lets optimism drift into wishful thinking, and plans can end up built more on hope than on a clear reading of the situation. For Penélope the answer may be to keep hoping and to pair that hope with an honest look at the details.
Moon square Uranus
2.4° applying
Needing people and needing independence can pull against each other under the Moon square Uranus, and the usual sign is a sudden withdrawal from an otherwise good relationship. Building in enough space from the start means Penélope does not need to bolt for it later.
Sun sextile Mars
2.8° separating
Penélope's identity and energy work together, giving them an easy confidence that is there when they decide to use it. With this aspect, taking the initiative comes more naturally than might be expected, especially when the stakes are theirs to own.
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.
- Sun sextile Jupiter3.3°
- Saturn square Pluto3.8°
- Mars conjunction Saturn3.9°
- Neptune sextile Pluto4.4°
- Mercury sextile Mars4.5°
- Mercury opposition Uranus4.9°
- Saturn trine Uranus5.6°
- Mars trine Jupiter6.1°
- Moon square Mercury7.3°
- Sun conjunction Mercury7.4°
Penélope Cruz in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Taurus Sun and Cancer Moon, like Penélope Cruz
Also born on 28 April
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (Quoted BC/BR). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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