Sam Altman’s birth chart
Born 22 April 1985, in Chicago, Illinois. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Taurus or Gemini
Sam Altman’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Sam Altman was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 22 April 1985, a Monday. The Sun was in Taurus, so Taurus is their zodiac sign. The Moon left Taurus for Gemini at about 12:00 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Sam turns 41 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Sam, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in fire signs, three in earth, two in water and one in air. Fixed signs hold five, cardinal signs three and mutable signs one. The tightest aspect is Neptune sextile Pluto, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 22 April, among them Jack Nicholson, Kaká and Amber Heard.
See the sky the day Sam was born: the stars over Chicago, Illinois, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Sam Altman’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 2° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Sam Altman than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 12:00, then Gemini (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 12:00: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Sam, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
Born after about 12:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Sam, 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 Chicago, Illinois, at each hour of the day.
Sam Altman’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Sam 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 22 April 1985, computed for Chicago, Illinois.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:15 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:15 to 02:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:40 to 03:50 | Pisces rising |
| 03:50 to 05:00 | Aries rising |
| 05:00 to 06:25 | Taurus rising |
| 06:25 to 08:15 | Gemini rising |
| 08:15 to 10:40 | Cancer rising |
| 10:40 to 13:15 | Leo rising |
| 13:15 to 15:45 | Virgo rising |
| 15:45 to 18:20 | Libra rising |
| 18:20 to 20:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 20:55 to 23:20 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:20 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 22 April 1985, 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 | 2° Taurus 32' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Taurus until about 12:00, then Gemini |
| Mercury | 7° Aries 58' |
| Venus | 6° Aries 06'℞ |
| Mars | 27° Taurus 27' |
| Jupiter | 14° Aquarius 09' |
| Saturn | 26° Scorpio 28'℞ |
| Uranus | 17° Sagittarius 35'℞ |
| Neptune | 3° Capricorn 31'℞ |
| Pluto | 3° Scorpio 23'℞ |
| North Node | 18° Taurus 09' |
| South Node | 18° Scorpio 09' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Sam Altman’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Sam Altman’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Sam Altman's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
Moon in Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 12:00, then Gemini
needs and habits
Born before about 12:00: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Sam more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
Born after about 12:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Sam 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 Aries suggests that Sam thinks in quick, decisive strokes and says what they mean without much preamble. Sometimes the words arrive before the thought is fully formed, which can come across sharper than intended. It is a mind that finishes other people's sentences and prefers a fast decision to a long meeting.
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Sam that suggests an interest that can fade once the chase is over. The pattern is to fall fast and to need a relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.
Mars in Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times Sam may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
Jupiter in Aquarius
14° Aquarius 09' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Sam 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 Sam 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 Sagittarius
17° Sagittarius 35' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Sam than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.
Neptune in Capricorn
3° Capricorn 31' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Sam and about fourteen years of births. The imagination of the generation questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by wide disillusionment with institutions. The personal version may be an uneasy relationship with conventional success.
Pluto in Scorpio
3° Scorpio 23' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto is at home in Scorpio, and the generation born with it lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Sam's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.
Aspects in Sam Altman’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 opposition Pluto
about 0.8° at midday
The Sun opposite Pluto sets plain self-assertion against the draw of power struggles with people who seem to threaten Sam Altman's sense of control. Working through it leaves Sam with a strength that has no need to prove itself.
Sun trine Neptune
about 1.0° at midday
Sam's identity and imagination flow together easily, giving them an intuitive, artistic quality that feels natural rather than performed. With the Sun trine Neptune, compassion comes without much effort, and other people often sense it before a word has been said.
Mars opposition Saturn
about 1.0° at midday
Mars opposite Saturn can set Sam's wish to act against a fear of being blocked or criticised for it, and the result may be frustration with anything that slows them down. Working steadily around an obstacle usually gets further than fighting it head on.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 1.9° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Sam'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.
Venus square Neptune
about 2.6° at midday
Under Venus square Neptune, affection can blur into an idealised picture of love, and disappointment follows when a real person or relationship falls short of the dream. Sam's task is to love what is there, which tends to prove more durable than loving the fantasy.
Jupiter sextile Uranus
about 3.4° at midday
This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so Sam can take up a fresh opportunity without much disruption. Think of it as innovation at low cost, the kind that improves something without first tearing it down.
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 0.1°
- Mercury square Neptuneabout 4.5°
Taurus Suns born within 2 years of Sam Altman
Also born on 22 April
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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