Celebrity StarMap · Actor

Robert Redford’s birth chart
Born August 18, 1936 in Santa Monica at 20:02.
Leo Sun · Virgo Moon · Pisces rising · Fire · Fixed
Sun
♌Leo
25° Leo 58'
You shine. Warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who you really are run through everything you do. A Leo Sun grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon
♍Virgo
19° Virgo 14'
You feel by fixing. When something is wrong you look for the practical cause, and you calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. Let people help you without a to-do list attached.
Rising
♓Pisces
28° Pisces 59'
You come across as gentle, dreamy and receptive. People tell you things they have told no one, and your mood shifts with the room you are in.
Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♌ 25° Leo 58' | House 6 |
| ☽ | Moon | ♍ 19° Virgo 14' | House 6 |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♍ 18° Virgo 13' | House 6 |
| ♀ | Venus | ♍ 9° Virgo 57' | House 6 |
| ♂ | Mars | ♌ 5° Leo 38' | House 5 |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♐ 14° Sagittarius 40' | House 9 |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♓ 20° Pisces 52'℞ | House 12 |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♉ 9° Taurus 35'℞ | House 2 |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♍ 15° Virgo 44' | House 6 |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♋ 27° Cancer 45' | House 5 |
| ☊ | North Node | ♑ 2° Capricorn 04' | House 10 |
| ☋ | South Node | ♋ 2° Cancer 04' | House 4 |
Robert Redford's full reading
Each planet by sign and house. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Leo
♌ 25° Leo 58' · sixth house
purpose and vitality
Purpose for they i tied to creating and being genuinely seen doing it, and their vitality rises the moment they have an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. It shows up as the extra effort they put into something the moment someone notices they making it.
They find identity through the work they do every day and the small routines that keep they steady when everything else feels uncertain. Being useful is not a chore for they, it is part of how they know who Robert is and what Robert is for.
☽Moon in Virgo
♍ 19° Virgo 14' · sixth house
needs and habits
Their habits run toward order, and a messy space or an unfinished list unsettles their mood more than most people would guess. Robert is calmed by small, useful tasks. The tension is turning self-care into another chore to get right instead of something they actually enjoy.
Their sense of okay-ness is closely tied to their daily routine, and a chaotic or unpredictable schedule can leave they far more rattled than the actual problem warrants. Small, dependable habits, kept even loosely, calm they down faster than almost anything else they try.
☿Mercury in Virgo
♍ 18° Virgo 13' · sixth house
mind and voice
Their thinking is precise and detail oriented, and they communicate clearly because they have usually checked their facts first. The tension is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. It shows up as editing a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
They think in terms of systems, checklists and how to make an everyday process work a little better than it did before. Analyzing the small details of their daily routine is genuinely satisfying to they, not just a necessary chore they tolerate.
♀Venus in Virgo
♍ 9° Virgo 57' · sixth house
love and values
They love through small, practical acts of service, and they value competence and reliability in a partner. The tension is critiquing the people they love the most, mistaking notes for care. It shows up as fixing a partner's problem before they have simply listened to it.
They bring genuine grace to their daily routine and often make ordinary tasks noticeably more pleasant for the people working alongside they. A harmonious workplace matters more to they than an impressive one, and tension there drains they faster than the actual workload does.
♂Mars in Leo
♌ 5° Leo 38' · fifth house
drive and anger
They act with confidence and want their effort to be visible, and their anger flares when their pride or their loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. It shows up as taking criticism of their work personally, even when it was not meant that way.
Their creative and romantic pursuits carry real intensity, and they go after what genuinely excites they without much hesitation or overthinking. Competition and passion both come alive in this part of their life, and half-hearted effort here rarely satisfies they for long.
♃Jupiter in Sagittarius
♐ 14° Sagittarius 40' · ninth house
growth and excess
They grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than their usual life. The overreach is promising more than circumstances can deliver, fuelled by genuine optimism rather than dishonesty. It shows up as a faith that things will work out that, more often than average, turns out to be right.
This is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions genuinely excite they more than almost anything else in life. Robert is the person most likely to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious degree without much hesitation.
♄Saturn in Pisces
♓ 20° Pisces 52' ℞ · twelfth house
discipline and doubt
They build discipline around boundaries, often after an early habit of taking on more feeling than was ever theirs to carry. The doubt shows up as guilt for protecting their own time and energy. It shows up as a quiet, mature compassion that arrives once they learn that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
They carry a quiet discipline in their private life, and solitude may have felt like a duty before it slowly became a real source of strength for they. Facing what is unresolved within they tend to bring a hard won peace that is worth the effort.
♅Uranus in Taurus
♉ 9° Taurus 35' ℞ · second house
freedom, generational
Shared by everyone born across this generation, this placement marks people who reinvent ideas of money, land and security, often through technology that unsettles older systems of ownership. Personally, it can show up as a discomfort with financial norms their parents took for granted.
Their relationship with money and values tends to shift unexpectedly over time, and conventional ideas about what counts as worth rarely satisfy they for very long. They may find real security in unconventional ways of earning or valuing things that most people would overlook entirely.
♆Neptune in Virgo
♍ 15° Virgo 44' · sixth house
imagination, generational
Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people whose collective imagination turns toward healing, service and idealised routines of self-improvement. Personally, it can show up as chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Their daily routine works best when it includes something restorative or quietly meaningful, and rigid, uninspired work can drain they in a way that is genuinely hard to explain to other people. Service to others often feeds they more deeply than the actual task itself does.
♇Pluto in Cancer
♋ 27° Cancer 45' · fifth house
power, generational
Shared across this generation, this placement marks people who live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. Personally, it can show up as intensity around questions of belonging and who counts as family.
Romance and creativity carry real intensity for they, and they tend to love and create with total, visible commitment rather than half measures. What they make or who they love, once they have truly decided, they tend to hold onto completely and for a long time.
Aspects
How the planets in Robert Redford's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Venus trine Uranus
0.4° separating
Their affections and their independence cooperate easily, letting they stay close to people without feeling confined by it. Excitement and stability manage to coexist for they, more comfortably than the usual choice between the two would suggest.
Moon conjunction Mercury
1.0° separating
Their feelings and their thoughts are closely linked, so they tend to think out loud about how they feel and feel strongly about what they think. This gives they real emotional intelligence, and separating a passing mood from a considered opinion is the useful skill to build.
Jupiter square Neptune
1.1° separating
Their optimism can drift into wishful thinking, leading to plans built more on hope than on a clear read of the situation. The lesson is pairing genuine faith with an honest look at the details.
Moon opposition Saturn
1.6° applying
They feel a pull between wanting emotional closeness and a wariness that keeps they guarded even with people who have earned their trust. Letting the guard down gradually, rather than all at once, tends to work better than either extreme.
- Mercury conjunction Neptune2.5°
- Mercury opposition Saturn2.6°
- Moon conjunction Neptune3.5°
- Mercury square Jupiter3.5°
- Mars square Uranus3.9°
- Moon square Jupiter4.6°
- Venus square Jupiter4.7°
- Saturn opposition Neptune5.1°
- Venus conjunction Neptune5.8°
- Uranus trine Neptune6.2°
- Jupiter square Saturn6.2°
- Saturn trine Pluto6.9°
- Mars conjunction Pluto7.9°
Robert’s couples, by the stars
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Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Confidence AA. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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