Richard Matheson’s birth chart
Born 20 February 1926, in Allendale, New Jersey. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Pisces Sun · Gemini Moon
Richard Matheson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, on 20 February 1926, a Saturday. That made Richard a Pisces, with the Moon in Gemini. Richard died on 23 June 2013, aged 87. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the ten planets, five are in water signs, three in air, one in fire and one in earth. Fixed signs hold four, mutable signs four and cardinal signs two. Sun, Mercury and Uranus all fall in Pisces. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Venus and Jupiter: a conjunction, about 0.8° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Venus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from first quarter to waxing gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 20 February, among them Rihanna, Kurt Cobain and Sidney Poitier.
See the sky the day Richard was born: the stars over Allendale, New Jersey, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Richard Matheson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
about 1° Pisces at midday
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Richard Matheson the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Gemini
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Richard, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
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 Allendale, New Jersey, at each hour of the day.
Richard Matheson’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 20 February 1926, computed for Allendale, New Jersey.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:05 | Scorpio rising |
| 01:05 to 03:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 03:30 to 05:20 | Capricorn rising |
| 05:20 to 06:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 06:45 to 08:00 | Pisces rising |
| 08:00 to 09:10 | Aries rising |
| 09:10 to 10:35 | Taurus rising |
| 10:35 to 12:30 | Gemini rising |
| 12:30 to 14:50 | Cancer rising |
| 14:50 to 17:25 | Leo rising |
| 17:25 to 19:55 | Virgo rising |
| 19:55 to 22:30 | Libra rising |
| 22:30 to 24:00 | Scorpio 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 20 February 1926, 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 | 1° Pisces 19' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini |
| Mercury | 5° Pisces 12' |
| Venus | 11° Aquarius 29'℞ |
| Mars | 8° Capricorn 10' |
| Jupiter | 10° Aquarius 42' |
| Saturn | 25° Scorpio 55' |
| Uranus | 24° Pisces 04' |
| Neptune | 23° Leo 11'℞ |
| Pluto | 12° Cancer 48'℞ |
| North Node | 25° Cancer 00' |
| South Node | 25° Capricorn 00' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Richard Matheson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Richard Matheson’s private life.
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Richard Matheson's vitality tends to ebb and flow with their surroundings. The thing to watch is losing their own direction inside someone else's story. There may be days when they feel unstoppable, and others when they need to disappear for a while.
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Richard is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Richard is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Richard may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in Richard's case its anger tends to be controlled, arriving as coldness rather than heat. The tendency is to go quiet and distant instead of saying what is wrong. A frustration is something to outwork rather than voice.
Jupiter in Aquarius
10° Aquarius 42' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Richard may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Richard 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.
Uranus in Pisces
24° Pisces 04' at midday
freedom, generational
Richard 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.
Neptune in Leo
23° Leo 11' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Richard 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.
Pluto in Cancer
12° Cancer 48' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Richard 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.
Aspects in Richard Matheson’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 Jupiter
about 0.8° at midday
Venus conjunct Jupiter tends to make Richard Matheson's capacity for love and pleasure generous and expansive, and it usually comes with a warm enjoyment of life. The result is naturally good company; the thing to watch is the point where generosity has quietly become excess.
Saturn trine Uranus
about 1.8° at midday
This trine lets Richard build lasting structures that still leave room for change, because discipline and independence are allies here. Consistency and originality coexist with ease, and neither of them has to be given up to make room for the other.
Saturn square Neptune
about 2.7° at midday
Practical sense and idealism can pull against each other in this square, and for Richard that may mean either an uninspired routine or a dream with no realistic plan behind it. The way through is to build the structure and protect the dream at the same time, without sacrificing one for the other.
Mercury sextile Mars
about 3.0° at midday
Speaking up quickly and clearly when it matters comes easily to Richard, since thinking and drive work in step. That plain directness serves them well in fast-moving conversations and quick decisions alike.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 3.9° 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.
Mars opposition Pluto
about 4.6° at midday
Mars opposite Pluto can draw Richard away from simply asserting their will and into power struggles with people who seem to be testing them. Staying focused on the goal, and not on winning the confrontation, resolves more of what is at stake.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Sun square Saturnabout 5.4°
- Sun opposition Neptuneabout 8.1°
Pisces Sun and Gemini Moon, like Richard Matheson
Also born on 20 February
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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