Rob Halford’s birth chart
Born 25 August 1951, in Sutton Coldfield, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Virgo Sun · Gemini Moon
Rob Halford’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
25 August 1951 was a Saturday: the day Rob Halford was born in Sutton Coldfield, England. That makes Rob a Virgo, with the Moon in Gemini. Rob turns 75 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Rob; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in earth, three in air and one in water. Cardinal signs hold four, mutable signs four and fixed signs two. Virgo holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Venus. The tightest aspect is Mercury sextile Uranus, about 0.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury, Venus and Jupiter were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from last quarter to waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 25 August, among them Sean Connery, Tim Burton and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
See the sky the day Rob was born: the stars over Sutton Coldfield, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Rob Halford’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Virgo
about 1° Virgo at midday
A Virgo Sun refines. Rob Halford 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
Gemini
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Rob, 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 Sutton Coldfield, England, at each hour of the day.
Rob Halford’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Rob 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 25 August 1951, computed for Sutton Coldfield, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:40 | Gemini rising |
| 00:40 to 03:10 | Cancer rising |
| 03:10 to 06:05 | Leo rising |
| 06:05 to 08:55 | Virgo rising |
| 08:55 to 11:50 | Libra rising |
| 11:50 to 14:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:40 to 17:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 17:15 to 19:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:00 to 20:05 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:05 to 20:55 | Pisces rising |
| 20:55 to 21:45 | Aries rising |
| 21:45 to 22:50 | Taurus rising |
| 22:50 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 25 August 1951, 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° Virgo 26' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini |
| Mercury | 12° Virgo 14'℞ |
| Venus | 15° Virgo 27'℞ |
| Mars | 4° Leo 30' |
| Jupiter | 13° Aries 26'℞ |
| Saturn | 1° Libra 16' |
| Uranus | 12° Cancer 39' |
| Neptune | 17° Libra 36' |
| Pluto | 19° Leo 52' |
| North Node | 9° Pisces 54' |
| South Node | 9° Virgo 54' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Rob Halford’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Rob Halford’s private life.
A Virgo Sun finds purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and Rob Halford'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 Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Rob 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.
For Rob, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
With Venus in Virgo, Rob is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Rob 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 Aries
13° Aries 26' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Rob's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
For Rob, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Uranus in Cancer
12° Cancer 39' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Rob 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
17° Libra 36' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Rob 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
19° Leo 52' 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 Rob, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Rob Halford’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.
Mercury sextile Uranus
about 0.4° at midday
Fresh angles on ordinary problems come easily to Rob Halford, because thinking and originality are friends here. Inventiveness takes little effort with this aspect, and it makes routine problems more interesting than they first appear.
Jupiter square Uranus
about 0.8° 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 Rob is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.
Venus sextile Uranus
about 2.8° at midday
An independent streak and a warm heart get along in this sextile, which tends to give Rob's relationships room to breathe without cooling them. The freedom involved is easy and low on drama: enough to keep a relationship interesting, never so much that it feels unstable.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 3.2° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Rob's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 3.2° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Rob has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
Jupiter opposition Neptune
about 4.2° at midday
The choice, as this opposition frames it for Rob, is between pursuing a real opportunity and getting lost chasing an idealised version that does not quite exist. Testing an exciting idea against the plain facts protects the optimism; it does not undermine it.
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 2.3°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 4.9°
- Jupiter trine Plutoabout 6.4°
Virgo Sun and Gemini Moon, like Rob Halford
Also born on 25 August
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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