Shirley Temple’s birth chart
Born 23 April 1928, in Santa Monica, California, at 21:00 (Rodden AA).
Taurus Sun · Gemini Moon · Sagittarius rising
Shirley Temple’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
23 April 1928 was a Monday: the day Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California. That made Shirley a Taurus, with the Moon in Gemini and Sagittarius rising. Shirley died on 10 February 2014, aged 85. The birth time, 21:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is six fire, two water, one earth and one air. By modality the count is five cardinal, three mutable and two fixed. Aries holds a stellium, four planets in one sign: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus. Closest of the aspects is the square between Venus and Pluto, 0.4° from exact. Saturn and Neptune were retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 15 other people born on 23 April, among them John Cena, Michael Moore and Dev Patel.
Shirley Temple’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
3° Taurus 46'
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Shirley Temple 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
Gemini
29° Gemini 16'
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Shirley, 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
Sagittarius
5° Sagittarius 15'
With Sagittarius rising, Shirley probably comes across as open, frank and optimistic. Around a Sagittarius rising, people feel that anything might happen, and this is often the one who says the thing everyone was thinking.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 21:00 on 23 April 1928, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 3° Taurus 46' | House 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 29° Gemini 16' | House 7 |
| Mercury | 23° Aries 30' | House 5 |
| Venus | 15° Aries 31' | House 4 |
| Mars | 12° Pisces 43' | House 3 |
| Jupiter | 20° Aries 46' | House 5 |
| Saturn | 18° Sagittarius 34'℞ | House 1 |
| Uranus | 5° Aries 04' | House 4 |
| Neptune | 26° Leo 26'℞ | House 9 |
| Pluto | 15° Cancer 07' | House 8 |
| North Node | 9° Gemini 59' | House 7 |
| South Node | 9° Sagittarius 59' | House 1 |
Shirley Temple’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Shirley Temple’s private life.
Sun in Taurus
3° Taurus 46' · fifth house
purpose and vitality
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Shirley Temple'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.
With the Sun in the fifth house, self-expression, romance and creative play are probably where Shirley feels most alive, and holding that side back tends to leave them flat. The placement asks for a stage of some kind, even a small and informal one, or that natural warmth has nowhere to go.
Moon in Gemini
29° Gemini 16' · seventh house
needs and habits
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Shirley 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.
With the Moon in the seventh house, Shirley is likely to feel most themselves inside a close partnership, reading the emotional temperature of a relationship constantly and by instinct. Too long alone can leave them unmoored, even when nothing is wrong.
Mercury in Aries
23° Aries 30' · fifth house
mind and voice
Mercury in Aries suggests that Shirley 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.
Creative projects, playful banter and whatever happens to be interesting at the moment are apt to light up Shirley's mind. Mercury in the fifth house flirts with ideas the way other people flirt with each other, testing an idea, turning it over and seeing whether it talks back.
Venus in Aries
15° Aries 31' · fourth house
love and values
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Shirley 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.
Venus in the fourth house wants a home that feels beautiful and welcoming, and Shirley probably puts steady care into making it that way for themselves and for guests. The placement puts a high value on harmony at home, so discord there is apt to be felt quickly.
Mars in Pisces
12° Pisces 43' · third house
drive and anger
With Mars in Pisces, Shirley 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.
Mars in the third house makes words come out fast, with a sharp edge under frustration, and Shirley probably enjoys a good, direct debate more than most. Directness is how they communicate by default, even when a gentler approach might land better.
Jupiter in Aries
20° Aries 46' · fifth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Shirley'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.
Jupiter in the fifth house brings a sense of plenty to Shirley's creativity, romance and play, and the placement enjoys these parts of life fully, without holding back. Shirley is likely to be at their most generous and most confident around the things they love doing.
Saturn in Sagittarius
18° Sagittarius 34' ℞ · first house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Shirley is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.
Seriousness tends to arrive early with Saturn in the first house, and Shirley'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
5° Aries 04' · fourth house
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Shirley 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 Shirley 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 Leo
26° Leo 26' ℞ · ninth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Shirley alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
With Neptune in the ninth house, Shirley 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
15° Cancer 07' · eighth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Shirley 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.
The eighth house is Pluto's natural home, and for Shirley questions of trust, power and what is truly shared between people can matter enormously. Pluto here wants to understand what most people are too afraid to look at directly, even about themselves.
Aspects in Shirley Temple’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Venus square Pluto
0.4° separating
Where Venus squares Pluto, the desire for closeness can get tangled with control, and the aspect is associated with jealousy, possessiveness or testing a partner's loyalty. Whenever Shirley Temple chooses trust over control, that intensity becomes a strength instead of a strain.
Jupiter trine Saturn
2.2° separating
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Shirley pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
Mars trine Pluto
2.4° applying
Resilience under pressure, and the ability to come back stronger from a setback, are the marks of this trine between drive and the capacity for change. In Shirley's chart the aspect points to a quiet, formidable strength, the kind other people notice mainly in how little it seems to cost.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter
2.7° separating
Shirley's thinking is likely to be expansive and enthusiastic, connecting ideas across subjects other people keep separate. It makes for lively conversation, and the habit worth adding is checking the details behind a big idea before committing to it fully.
Moon sextile Neptune
2.8° separating
Shirley's feelings and imagination work gently together, so empathy and intuition are close to hand. Reading a room accurately, without anyone having to explain it, probably comes easily, and the sensitivity behind that is soft and likeable rather than overwhelming.
Mercury trine Neptune
2.9° applying
Shirley probably has a natural gift for metaphor, storytelling and intuitive leaps, the work of thinking and imagination in easy partnership. With Mercury trine Neptune, communicating something hard to put into words comes easily, in a way that other people often find memorable.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Venus trine Saturn3.0°
- Sun sextile Moon4.5°
- Mercury trine Saturn4.9°
- Venus conjunction Jupiter5.3°
- Jupiter square Pluto5.7°
- Jupiter trine Neptune5.7°
- Moon sextile Mercury5.8°
- Moon square Uranus5.8°
- Mars square Saturn5.9°
- Sun trine Neptune7.3°
- Mercury conjunction Venus8.0°
Taurus Sun and Gemini Moon, like Shirley Temple
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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 (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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