Richard Gere’s birth chart
Born 31 August 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Virgo Sun · Sagittarius Moon
Richard Gere’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
31 August 1949 was a Wednesday: the day Richard Gere was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Sun was in Virgo, so Virgo is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Sagittarius. Richard turns 77 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is three earth, three air, two fire and two water. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is six, one and three. Three planets stand together in Libra: Mercury, Venus and Neptune. The tightest aspect is Venus conjunction Neptune, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. One planet was retrograde: Jupiter. Over the course of the day the Moon went from first quarter to waxing gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 13 other people born on 31 August, among them Angelique Rockas, Pepe Reina and Chris Tucker. Wikidata links Richard with one person in the dataset: Cindy Crawford (married in 1991, marriage ended in 1995).
See the sky the day Richard was born: the stars over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Richard Gere’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Virgo
about 7° Virgo at midday
A Virgo Sun refines. Richard Gere 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
Sagittarius
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Richard, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at each hour of the day.
Richard Gere’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 31 August 1949, computed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:00 | Gemini rising |
| 01:00 to 03:20 | Cancer rising |
| 03:20 to 05:55 | Leo rising |
| 05:55 to 08:25 | Virgo rising |
| 08:25 to 10:55 | Libra rising |
| 10:55 to 13:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 13:25 to 15:50 | Sagittarius rising |
| 15:50 to 17:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 17:45 to 19:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 19:10 to 20:20 | Pisces rising |
| 20:20 to 21:35 | Aries rising |
| 21:35 to 23:00 | Taurus rising |
| 23:00 to 24:00 | Gemini 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 31 August 1949, 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 | 7° Virgo 53' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 3° Libra 49' |
| Venus | 13° Libra 19' |
| Mars | 25° Cancer 51' |
| Jupiter | 22° Capricorn 51'℞ |
| Saturn | 9° Virgo 21' |
| Uranus | 4° Cancer 18' |
| Neptune | 13° Libra 34' |
| Pluto | 16° Leo 51' |
| North Node | 17° Aries 25' |
| South Node | 17° Libra 25' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Richard Gere’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Richard Gere’s private life.
A Virgo Sun finds purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and Richard Gere'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 Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Richard edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Mercury in Libra thinks by weighing both sides, and Richard tends to communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. Settling on an opinion can take so long that the moment for it passes. They may change their mind in the middle of a conversation because the other point had merit.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Richard 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. Richard may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
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 Richard, 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.
Jupiter in Capricorn
22° Capricorn 51' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Richard 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.
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
4° Cancer 18' 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
13° Libra 34' 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
16° Leo 51' 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 Gere’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.
Venus conjunction Neptune
about 0.2° at midday
Love, for Richard Gere, is likely to be romantic and idealistic, drawn to a kind of connection that feels almost transcendent. Venus conjunct Neptune brings tenderness and imagination, along with the task of seeing a partner clearly and not only through the ideal built around them.
Mercury square Uranus
about 0.5° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Richard may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Sun conjunction Saturn
about 1.5° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Saturn, identity is built through discipline and steady effort, often with an early sense that a place has to be worked for rather than assumed. It tends to make Richard reliable and serious, and the growth comes from believing that they have done enough to rest.
Mars opposition Jupiter
about 3.0° at midday
Mars opposite Jupiter pits Richard's own direct action against other people's grander plans or expectations, which can end in overcommitting to someone else's vision. Richard's own sense of scale is usually a better guide than anyone else's.
Venus sextile Pluto
about 3.5° at midday
This sextile promises intimacy without unnecessary drama, with Richard's affections and depth working side by side. Relationships tend to deepen at a comfortable pace, with no crisis or dramatic turning point needed to get there.
Sun sextile Uranus
about 3.6° at midday
There is room for Richard to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
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 3.3°
Richard Gere in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Virgo Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Richard Gere
Also born on 31 August
Richard Gere in the StarMap archive
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- Directory profile · archived 2021
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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