Richard Branson’s birth chart
Born 18 July 1950, in Blackheath, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Cancer Sun · Moon in Leo or Virgo
Richard Branson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Richard Branson was born in Blackheath, England, on 18 July 1950, a Tuesday. That makes Richard a Cancer. The Moon left Leo for Virgo at about 04:05 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Richard turns 76 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Richard, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in air signs, three in water, two in fire and one in earth. Cardinal signs hold four, mutable signs three and fixed signs two. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Jupiter and Uranus, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter was retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 18 July, among them Nelson Mandela, Priyanka Chopra and Vin Diesel.
See the sky the day Richard was born: the stars over Blackheath, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Richard Branson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Cancer
about 25° Cancer at midday
A Cancer Sun protects. For Richard Branson, home, memory and the people they have decided are theirs tend to sit at the centre of things, and they probably read a room before anyone speaks. Care is the strength of this Sun, and their task is to include themselves in it.
Moon sign
Leo or Virgo
Leo until about 04:05, then Virgo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 04:05: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Richard up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
Born after about 04:05: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Richard 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.
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 Blackheath, England, at each hour of the day.
Richard Branson’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Richard 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 July 1950, computed for Blackheath, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:10 | Aries rising |
| 00:10 to 01:20 | Taurus rising |
| 01:20 to 03:05 | Gemini rising |
| 03:05 to 05:40 | Cancer rising |
| 05:40 to 08:30 | Leo rising |
| 08:30 to 11:20 | Virgo rising |
| 11:20 to 14:10 | Libra rising |
| 14:10 to 17:00 | Scorpio rising |
| 17:00 to 19:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 19:30 to 21:15 | Capricorn rising |
| 21:15 to 22:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 22:25 to 23:15 | Pisces rising |
| 23:15 to 24:00 | Aries 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 July 1950, 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 | 25° Cancer 14' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Leo until about 04:05, then Virgo |
| Mercury | 3° Leo 33' |
| Venus | 24° Gemini 52' |
| Mars | 16° Libra 46' |
| Jupiter | 6° Pisces 43'℞ |
| Saturn | 15° Virgo 50' |
| Uranus | 6° Cancer 26' |
| Neptune | 14° Libra 42' |
| Pluto | 17° Leo 06' |
| North Node | 0° Aries 20' |
| South Node | 0° Libra 20' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Richard Branson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Richard Branson’s private life.
With the Sun in Cancer, Richard Branson is likely to feel most alive when caring for people and places that matter to them, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. Feeling unneeded is the sore spot for this placement, and it can be taken personally. The whole day may go better after checking in on someone they love.
Moon in Leo or Virgo
Leo until about 04:05, then Virgo
needs and habits
Born before about 04:05: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Richard faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Richard did.
Born after about 04:05: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Richard's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Richard's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Mercury in Leo gives Richard 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 Richard more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
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. Richard 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.
In Richard's chart, Mars in Libra acts diplomatically and prefers negotiation to confrontation, and its anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. Avoided consistently, conflict leaves resentment building underneath the calm surface. The pattern is saying yes to something that rankled, then feeling it later.
Jupiter in Pisces
6° Pisces 43' at midday ℞
growth and excess
For Richard, 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.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Richard may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Uranus in Cancer
6° Cancer 26' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Richard alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
14° Libra 42' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Richard among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
17° Leo 06' 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 Richard, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Richard Branson’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.
Jupiter trine Uranus
about 0.3° at midday
Jupiter trine Uranus gives Richard Branson a knack for spotting unconventional opportunities before other people do, which is what a sense of possibility and originality produce together. Growth arrives through new directions, ones a more cautious approach would probably have missed.
Mars sextile Pluto
about 0.3° at midday
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to Richard without constant conflict. Richard 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 conjunction Neptune
about 2.1° at midday
Drive is idealistic and imaginative where Mars meets Neptune, and Richard is likely to act most powerfully in the service of something they believe in. The energy is inspired. What it wants is a big vision grounded in a plan specific enough to carry out.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 8.3° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Richard's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
One more aspect, listed without a reading. It is between two of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, whose aspects hold for years at a time, so everyone born while it holds shares it.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 2.4°
Cancer Suns born within 2 years of Richard Branson
Also born on 18 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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