Rick Astley’s birth chart
Born 6 February 1966, in Newton-le-Willows, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Moon in Leo or Virgo
Rick Astley’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Rick Astley was born on Sunday, 6 February 1966, in Newton-le-Willows, England. The Sun was in Aquarius, so Aquarius is their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Leo until about 13:10 and in Virgo afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Rick turns 60 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the eight planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in air signs, three in water and two in earth; none is in fire. Mutable signs hold five, fixed signs three and cardinal signs none. The tightest aspect is Sun conjunction Mercury, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from full to waning gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 6 February, among them Ronald Reagan, Bob Marley and François Truffaut.
See the sky the day Rick was born: the stars over Newton-le-Willows, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Rick Astley’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 17° Aquarius at midday
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Rick Astley's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Leo or Virgo
Leo until about 13:10, then Virgo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 13:10: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Rick up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
Born after about 13:10: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Rick 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 Newton-le-Willows, England, at each hour of the day.
Rick Astley’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Rick 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 6 February 1966, computed for Newton-le-Willows, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:05 | Libra rising |
| 00:05 to 03:00 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:00 to 05:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 05:30 to 07:15 | Capricorn rising |
| 07:15 to 08:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 08:20 to 09:05 | Pisces rising |
| 09:05 to 09:55 | Aries rising |
| 09:55 to 11:00 | Taurus rising |
| 11:00 to 12:45 | Gemini rising |
| 12:45 to 15:15 | Cancer rising |
| 15:15 to 18:10 | Leo rising |
| 18:10 to 21:05 | Virgo rising |
| 21:05 to 23:55 | Libra rising |
| 23:55 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 6 February 1966, 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 | 17° Aquarius 15' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Leo until about 13:10, then Virgo |
| Mercury | 17° Aquarius 32' |
| Venus | Aquarius until about 12:55, then Capricorn℞ |
| Mars | 5° Pisces 41' |
| Jupiter | 21° Gemini 22'℞ |
| Saturn | 15° Pisces 59' |
| Uranus | 18° Virgo 49'℞ |
| Neptune | 22° Scorpio 06' |
| Pluto | 17° Virgo 54'℞ |
| North Node | 1° Gemini 21' |
| South Node | 1° Sagittarius 21' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Rick Astley’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Rick Astley’s private life.
Rick Astley's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
Moon in Leo or Virgo
Leo until about 13:10, then Virgo
needs and habits
Born before about 13:10: 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 Rick faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Rick did.
Born after about 13:10: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Rick's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Rick's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
In Rick's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
Venus in Aquarius or Capricorn
Aquarius until about 12:55, then Capricorn
love and values
Born before about 12:55: Venus in Aquarius
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Rick 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.
Born after about 12:55: Venus in Capricorn
For Rick, Venus in Capricorn means loving in a measured, committed way and valuing stability, ambition and someone to build a life with. The trap is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. With this Venus, love comes out more easily as providing and planning than as words said out loud.
With Mars in Pisces, Rick is likely to act indirectly, often through avoidance or quiet withdrawal rather than confrontation, and anger can turn into sadness before it has even been named as anger. The habit is to absorb conflict rather than address it. Often they need to leave a tense room before they can work out what they feel.
Jupiter in Gemini
21° Gemini 22' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Rick may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Rick, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Virgo
18° Virgo 49' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in Rick's chart Uranus in Virgo describes an age group as much as a single person. It is a generation that changes how work and daily routine are done, through new methods and new technology. In one person it can be an instinct to question inherited routines.
Neptune in Scorpio
22° Scorpio 06' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Rick shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Pluto in Virgo
17° Virgo 54' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Rick and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in Rick Astley’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.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 0.3° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Rick Astley'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.
Saturn opposition Pluto
about 1.9° at midday
Rick may be torn between maintaining careful control and a deeper need to let something be transformed, even at the price of some of the structure they built. Allowing change without treating it as failure tends to resolve more than holding on tighter.
Jupiter square Uranus
about 2.6° at midday
An appetite for growth can turn erratic under Jupiter square Uranus, with sudden changes of direction that leave earlier plans unfinished. The instinct for change this square gives Rick is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.
Saturn opposition Uranus
about 2.8° at midday
Saturn opposite Uranus wants stability, and wants enough freedom that the stability never starts to feel like a cage. For Rick, building in room to change course from the start tends to work better than choosing one need and resenting the other later.
Jupiter square Pluto
about 3.5° at midday
Ambition can turn into a struggle for control under this square, over outcomes that were never fully Rick's to control. The considerable drive involved is better aimed at transformation than at domination, which tends to produce a result that lasts.
Mercury trine Jupiter
about 3.8° at midday
Rick's thinking and sense of possibility reinforce each other, which gives them an easy, optimistic way of connecting ideas. Learning and explaining come naturally with Mercury trine Jupiter, and a good explanation of theirs tends to stay with people long after the conversation ends.
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.
- Uranus conjunction Plutoabout 0.9°
- Uranus sextile Neptuneabout 3.3°
- Sun trine Jupiterabout 4.1°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 4.2°
- Mercury square Neptuneabout 4.6°
- Sun square Neptuneabout 4.8°
- Jupiter square Saturnabout 5.4°
- Saturn trine Neptuneabout 6.1°
Aquarius Suns born within 2 years of Rick Astley
Also born on 6 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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