Peter Sellers’s birth chart
Born 8 September 1925, in Southsea, England, at 06:00 (Rodden A).
Virgo Sun · Taurus Moon · Virgo rising
Peter Sellers’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Peter Sellers was born on Tuesday, 8 September 1925, in Southsea, England. The Sun was in Virgo, so Virgo was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Taurus and Virgo rising. Peter died on 24 July 1980, aged 54. The birth time, 06:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was given from memory by the person or someone close to them.
By element the count is four earth, three water, two fire and one air. Fixed signs hold four, cardinal signs three and mutable signs three. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Moon and Uranus: a sextile, 0.5° from exact. Jupiter and Uranus were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 8 September, among them Avicii, Pink and Wiz Khalifa. Wikidata links Peter with one person in the dataset: Britt Ekland (married in 1964, marriage ended in 1968).
See the sky the night Peter was born: the stars over Southsea, England at 06:00, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Peter Sellers’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Virgo
15° Virgo 00'
A Virgo Sun refines. Peter Sellers is likely to notice what could be better and quietly make it so, keeping the highest standards for themselves. The art of this placement is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.
Moon sign
Taurus
24° Taurus 22'
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Peter, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
Rising sign
Virgo
9° Virgo 10'
Virgo rising gives Peter a first impression that is precise, observant and modest. People tend to trust the judgement of a Virgo rising and sometimes mistake that reserve for coolness, until they see how much help is on offer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 06:00 on 8 September 1925, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 15° Virgo 00' | House 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 24° Taurus 22' | House 9 |
| Mercury | 27° Leo 33' | House 12 |
| Venus | 20° Libra 36' | House 2 |
| Mars | 16° Virgo 45' | House 1 |
| Jupiter | 12° Capricorn 41'℞ | House 5 |
| Saturn | 10° Scorpio 14' | House 3 |
| Uranus | 23° Pisces 50'℞ | House 7 |
| Neptune | 23° Leo 10' | House 12 |
| Pluto | 14° Cancer 28' | House 11 |
| North Node | 3° Leo 50' | House 11 |
| South Node | 3° Aquarius 50' | House 5 |
Peter Sellers’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Peter Sellers’s private life.
A Virgo Sun finds purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and Peter Sellers's energy tends to stay steady as long as there is a task worth doing well. Rest is the hard part, because it can feel undeserved until everything is fixed. Typically a piece of work is still being adjusted long after everyone else would call it finished.
The Sun in the first house puts Peter'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.
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Peter more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
The Moon in the ninth house is restored by new places, new ideas and a wider view than the everyday routine offers, and staying still for too long makes Peter quietly restless. A change of scenery, even a small one, settles them again.
Mercury in Leo gives Peter 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 Peter more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
In Peter's chart, Mercury in the twelfth house suggests a mind that works in the background, turning things over long before any conclusion rises to the surface. Peter may understand something by intuition well before they can explain, even to themselves, how they got there.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Peter probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Peter may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
With Venus in the second house, Peter has an eye for quality and comfort, and being surrounded by beautiful things probably matters more to them than an outsider would guess. Peter's taste leans towards pleasure, ease and things made well, over things that are merely practical.
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Peter is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
For Peter, action comes first and thought later, with an energy that is direct, physical and hard to miss when they walk into a room. Someone with Mars in the first house is usually seen as a person who moves the moment a decision is made, rarely one who lingers over it.
Jupiter in Capricorn
12° Capricorn 41' ℞ · fifth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Peter would probably rather build slowly and properly than quickly. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. The authority this Jupiter brings is slow and hard-won, the kind people tend to trust more the longer they know someone.
Jupiter in the fifth house brings a sense of plenty to Peter's creativity, romance and play, and the placement enjoys these parts of life fully, without holding back. Peter is likely to be at their most generous and most confident around the things they love doing.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Peter letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
In Peter'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 Pisces
23° Pisces 50' ℞ · seventh house
freedom, generational
Peter has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Uranus in the seventh house asks for relationships with more freedom and less convention than the average partnership, and Peter may look for people who respect that independence. A sudden shift in a relationship may rattle Peter less than most.
Neptune in Leo
23° Leo 10' · twelfth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Peter alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
The twelfth house is Neptune's natural home, and Peter's inner life is likely to be rich with imagination, intuition and a sense of connection to something larger than themselves. Neptune here makes solitude less about being alone and more about tuning in to what is already there.
Pluto in Cancer
14° Cancer 28' · eleventh house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Peter to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Peter's loyalty, once given, holds through far more strain than a casual friendship could. With Pluto in the eleventh house, friendships and group involvements can carry intensity, sometimes including a falling-out that reshapes who counts as the true circle.
Aspects in Peter Sellers’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon sextile Uranus
0.5° separating
Peter Sellers probably has room to be emotionally honest without feeling boxed in, because feeling and an independent streak get along here. The result is an emotional life with air in it, where closeness and independence sit comfortably side by side.
Sun sextile Pluto
0.5° separating
Peter's identity and depth are allies, which gives them resilience without constant upheaval. They probably handle intensity better than most, and it takes less out of them than it looks from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.
Moon square Neptune
1.2° separating
Emotional needs can get lost in a fog of other people's moods, or of an idealised version of how things should feel, when the Moon is square Neptune. The work for Peter is checking in with themselves often enough to keep their own feelings in focus.
Sun conjunction Mars
1.7° applying
With the Sun conjunct Mars, Peter's will and identity are fused, which makes for strong, immediate drive and a low tolerance for sitting still. They probably act on impulse more often than most, and aiming that energy at a goal of their own serves them better than using it up on the first thing in front of them.
Jupiter opposition Pluto
1.8° separating
In this opposition, the urge to expand outward meets a need to control the process so tightly that it limits the very growth being sought. When Peter loosens their grip on the outcome, the opportunity itself tends to get through.
Mars sextile Pluto
2.3° separating
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to Peter without constant conflict. Peter is likely to handle pressure better than most, and at a lower cost than expected, largely because a fight is rarely needed to prove the point.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Sun trine Jupiter2.3°
- Jupiter sextile Saturn2.4°
- Venus sextile Neptune2.6°
- Moon square Mercury3.2°
- Mars trine Jupiter4.1°
- Saturn trine Pluto4.2°
- Mercury conjunction Neptune4.4°
- Sun sextile Saturn4.8°
- Venus square Pluto6.1°
- Mars opposition Uranus7.1°
- Moon trine Mars7.6°
- Sun opposition Uranus8.8°
Peter Sellers in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Virgo Sun and Taurus Moon, like Peter Sellers
Also born on 8 September
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 (From memory). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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