Rupert Murdoch’s birth chart
Born 11 March 1931, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at 23:59 (Rodden A).
Pisces Sun · Sagittarius Moon · Capricorn rising
Rupert Murdoch’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
11 March 1931 was a Wednesday: the day Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Their zodiac sign is Pisces, with the Moon in Sagittarius and Capricorn rising. Rupert turns 95 in 2026. The birth time, 23:59, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was taken from a news report.
By element the count is five water, two fire, two earth and one air. Cardinal signs hold five, mutable signs four and fixed signs one. Mars, Jupiter and Pluto all fall in Cancer. The tightest aspect is Sun sextile Saturn, 1.0° from exact. Two planets were retrograde: Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was at its last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 11 March, among them Douglas Adams, Didier Drogba and Fábio Coentrão.
See the sky the night Rupert was born: the stars over Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at 23:59, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Rupert Murdoch’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
20° Pisces 02'
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Rupert Murdoch the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Sagittarius
24° Sagittarius 21'
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Rupert, 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
Capricorn
2° Capricorn 24'
Capricorn rising comes across as composed and capable, and people with it tend to seem older than their age when young, then younger than their age later. Responsibility is likely to land on Rupert without their asking for it.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 23:59 on 11 March 1931, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 20° Pisces 02' | House 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 24° Sagittarius 21' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 15° Pisces 56' | House 4 |
| Venus | 6° Aquarius 29' | House 2 |
| Mars | 27° Cancer 29' | House 8 |
| Jupiter | 10° Cancer 28' | House 7 |
| Saturn | 21° Capricorn 04' | House 1 |
| Uranus | 13° Aries 54' | House 4 |
| Neptune | 3° Virgo 59'℞ | House 9 |
| Pluto | 18° Cancer 47'℞ | House 7 |
| North Node | 14° Aries 40' | House 4 |
| South Node | 14° Libra 40' | House 10 |
Rupert Murdoch’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Rupert Murdoch’s private life.
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Rupert Murdoch'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 Sun in the fourth house places home and family at the centre of a person's sense of self, and for Rupert it points to roots that may matter more than any job title or public reputation. People with this placement tend to think best within four walls they have made their own.
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 Rupert edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and Rupert may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Rupert 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.
Mercury in the fourth house turns the mind towards home, family and origins, and for Rupert conversations with family may carry more weight than usual. Mercury here is associated with a way of thinking shaped early, in ways a person goes on discovering as an adult.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Rupert 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.
With Venus in the second house, Rupert has an eye for quality and comfort, and being surrounded by beautiful things probably matters more to them than an outsider would guess. Rupert's taste leans towards pleasure, ease and things made well, over things that are merely practical.
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 Rupert, 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.
Mars in the eighth house suggests close bonds with some heat in them, and Rupert may find the harder conversations about trust, power and vulnerability less daunting than most. With Mars here, a difficult truth is apt to be faced head-on, not stepped around.
Jupiter in Cancer
10° Cancer 28' · seventh house
growth and excess
For Rupert, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
With Jupiter in the seventh house, Rupert is apt to find that their relationships broaden their world, often through new people, places or ideas that a trusted partner brings. Generosity can flow easily in both directions with the people close to them, rarely forced or measured out.
Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for Rupert, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.
Seriousness tends to arrive early with Saturn in the first house, and Rupert's self-confidence is the kind that comes through lived experience rather than being handed over at the start. They would rather build slowly and with care, and trust what is made that way.
Uranus in Aries
13° Aries 54' · fourth house
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Rupert shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Uranus in the fourth house goes with an unconventional idea of home, and Rupert may well need more independence within a household than most people do. Stability, with this placement, probably includes room to be different rather than a fixed routine imposed from outside.
Neptune in Virgo
3° Virgo 59' ℞ · ninth house
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Rupert shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
With Neptune in the ninth house, Rupert may be drawn to big questions about meaning, and travel can feel like a search for something beyond the practical reason for the trip. The placement is associated with ideals that are felt more than argued, and held quietly and steadily.
Pluto in Cancer
18° Cancer 47' ℞ · seventh house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Rupert 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.
Pluto in the seventh house is associated with bonds that run unusually deep once trust is built, and in Rupert's chart it points to close partnerships that change a person. The placement is also linked with power struggles before that trust has had a chance to settle in.
Aspects in Rupert Murdoch’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun sextile Saturn
1.0° applying
Steady, unglamorous effort is likely to feel worthwhile to Rupert Murdoch rather than draining, because it fits their sense of who they are. Consistency probably comes more easily to them than they give themselves credit for, especially once they stop waiting for permission to claim it.
Sun trine Pluto
1.3° separating
Rupert's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
Saturn opposition Pluto
2.3° separating
Rupert 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.
Mercury trine Pluto
2.8° applying
Rupert's thinking and depth support each other, which gives them a natural ability to work through complex or hidden material without getting overwhelmed. With Mercury trine Pluto, research and difficult conversations both come easily, and Rupert can stay with a hard subject long after others have looked away.
Jupiter square Uranus
3.4° separating
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 Rupert is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.
Sun conjunction Mercury
4.1° applying
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Rupert'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.
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.
- Sun square Moon4.3°
- Uranus square Pluto4.9°
- Mercury trine Jupiter5.5°
- Mars opposition Saturn6.4°
- Sun trine Mars7.4°
Pisces Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Rupert Murdoch
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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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (News report). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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