Ricardo Carvalho’s birth chart
Born 18 May 1978, in Amarante, Portugal. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Virgo or Libra
Ricardo Carvalho’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Ricardo Carvalho was born in Amarante, Portugal, on 18 May 1978, a Thursday. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. The Moon was in Virgo until about 05:25 and in Libra afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Ricardo turns 48 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Ricardo; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Fire carries the most weight: three of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against earth two, air two and water two. By modality the count is five fixed, two cardinal and two mutable. The tightest aspect is Mars trine Neptune, about 1.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 18 May, among them Tina Fey, Yuya Osako and Ai Weiwei.
See the sky the day Ricardo was born: the stars over Amarante, Portugal, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Ricardo Carvalho’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 27° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Ricardo Carvalho 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
Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 05:25, then Libra (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 05:25: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Ricardo is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Born after about 05:25: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Ricardo, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
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 Amarante, Portugal, at each hour of the day.
Ricardo Carvalho’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Ricardo 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 18 May 1978, computed for Amarante, Portugal.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:15 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:15 to 02:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:40 to 03:50 | Pisces rising |
| 03:50 to 05:00 | Aries rising |
| 05:00 to 06:25 | Taurus rising |
| 06:25 to 08:20 | Gemini rising |
| 08:20 to 10:45 | Cancer rising |
| 10:45 to 13:15 | Leo rising |
| 13:15 to 15:50 | Virgo rising |
| 15:50 to 18:20 | Libra rising |
| 18:20 to 20:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:55 to 23:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:15 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 18 May 1978, 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 | 27° Taurus 08' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo until about 05:25, then Libra |
| Mercury | 2° Taurus 47' |
| Venus | 25° Gemini 37' |
| Mars | 16° Leo 07' |
| Jupiter | 6° Cancer 20' |
| Saturn | 24° Leo 06' |
| Uranus | 13° Scorpio 50'℞ |
| Neptune | 17° Sagittarius 29'℞ |
| Pluto | 14° Libra 15'℞ |
| North Node | 4° Libra 38' |
| South Node | 4° Aries 38' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Ricardo Carvalho’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Ricardo Carvalho’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Ricardo Carvalho'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.
Moon in Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 05:25, then Libra
needs and habits
Born before about 05:25: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Ricardo's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Ricardo's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Born after about 05:25: 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 Ricardo'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.
With Mercury in Taurus, Ricardo 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 Gemini loves through conversation, wit and mental connection, and tends to find a dull partner harder to stay with than a challenging one. Ricardo probably values variety and being kept interested. Attention may wander with this Venus, and that can be treated as more serious than it is. Banter is the natural way to flirt here, more than anything more direct.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Ricardo 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 Cancer
6° Cancer 20' at midday
growth and excess
For Ricardo, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Saturn in Leo builds discipline around self-expression, and in Ricardo's chart this placement often starts with a fear of being laughed at or overlooked. The doubt tends to show as playing down achievements before anyone else can. The confidence this placement builds is hard-won and unshowy, and it tends to arrive once the waiting for permission stops.
Uranus in Scorpio
13° Scorpio 50' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Much of Ricardo's age group has Uranus in Scorpio. It changes attitudes to power, secrecy and what is held in common, often while living through upheavals in institutions once considered permanent. In an individual it tends to be a low tolerance for hidden agendas.
Neptune in Sagittarius
17° Sagittarius 29' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Sagittarius is the dream of a generation: grand systems of belief and utopian journeys. What belongs to Ricardo in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.
Pluto in Libra
14° Libra 15' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Libra is the signature of the generation Ricardo 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.
Aspects in Ricardo Carvalho’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 trine Neptune
about 1.4° at midday
An inspired, almost effortless way of pursuing creative or compassionate goals belongs to Mars trine Neptune, which puts Ricardo Carvalho's drive and imagination in step. Energy and vision arrive together, so starting a meaningful project is likely to feel far less daunting than it looks from outside.
Venus sextile Saturn
about 1.5° at midday
This sextile tends to lend a workable, grounded steadiness to Ricardo's relationships, since affection and a sense of structure get along. Once Ricardo decides a commitment is right, it usually comes naturally, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
Mars sextile Pluto
about 1.9° at midday
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to Ricardo without constant conflict. Ricardo 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.
Mars square Uranus
about 2.3° at midday
This square can make drive turn abrupt, leading to sudden decisions or breaks that surprise Ricardo as much as they surprise everyone nearby. A brief pause before the impulsive move keeps the courage and loses the recklessness.
Sun square Saturn
about 3.0° at midday
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Ricardo pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mercury sextile Jupiter
about 3.5° at midday
Ricardo's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.2°
- Saturn trine Neptuneabout 6.6°
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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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