Steve Irwin’s birth chart
Born 22 February 1962, in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Pisces Sun · Moon in Virgo or Libra
Steve Irwin’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
22 February 1962 was a Thursday: the day Steve Irwin was born in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. That made Steve a Pisces. The Moon was in Virgo until about 11:20 and in Libra afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Steve died on 4 September 2006, aged 44. No verified birth time is on file for Steve; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four air, three water, one fire and one earth, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Fixed signs hold six, mutable signs three and cardinal signs none. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all fall in Aquarius. The tightest aspect is Venus opposition Pluto, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 22 February, among them Drew Barrymore, Luis Buñuel and Niki Lauda.
See the sky the day Steve was born: the stars over Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Steve Irwin’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
about 2° Pisces at midday
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Steve Irwin the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 11:20, then Libra (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 11:20: Moon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Steve is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Born after about 11:20: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Steve, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
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 Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, at each hour of the day.
Steve Irwin’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Steve 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 February 1962, computed for Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:55 | Sagittarius rising |
| 00:55 to 03:15 | Capricorn rising |
| 03:15 to 05:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 05:45 to 08:15 | Pisces rising |
| 08:15 to 10:40 | Aries rising |
| 10:40 to 13:10 | Taurus rising |
| 13:10 to 15:30 | Gemini rising |
| 15:30 to 17:25 | Cancer rising |
| 17:25 to 18:55 | Leo rising |
| 18:55 to 20:10 | Virgo rising |
| 20:10 to 21:25 | Libra rising |
| 21:25 to 22:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 22:55 to 24:00 | Sagittarius 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 February 1962, 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° Pisces 58' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo until about 11:20, then Libra |
| Mercury | 8° Aquarius 11' |
| Venus | 9° Pisces 10' |
| Mars | 15° Aquarius 41' |
| Jupiter | 22° Aquarius 41' |
| Saturn | 5° Aquarius 45' |
| Uranus | 28° Leo 18'℞ |
| Neptune | 13° Scorpio 28'℞ |
| Pluto | 9° Virgo 00'℞ |
| North Node | 18° Leo 00' |
| South Node | 18° Aquarius 00' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Steve Irwin’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Steve Irwin’s private life.
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Steve Irwin'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.
Moon in Virgo or Libra
Virgo until about 11:20, then Libra
needs and habits
Born before about 11:20: Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Steve's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Steve's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Born after about 11:20: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Steve's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
In Steve's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Steve probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. Steve can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
Jupiter in Aquarius
22° Aquarius 41' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Steve 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.
With Saturn in Aquarius, Steve's discipline probably gathers around belonging to a group on their own terms; it is the placement of the one-time outsider. The doubt means holding back the stranger ideas until there is no risk of mockery. The outsider often ends up as a trusted voice in exactly the kind of community that once seemed unlikely to accept them.
Uranus in Leo
28° Leo 18' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Steve shares Uranus in Leo with a generation, one that redefines self-expression and individuality, often through forms of creativity and visibility that were not available before. Closer to home, it suggests being comfortable with being seen in ways older relatives find unfamiliar.
Neptune in Scorpio
13° Scorpio 28' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Steve shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Pluto in Virgo
9° Virgo 00' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Steve and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in Steve Irwin’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.
Venus opposition Pluto
about 0.2° at midday
A wish for deep intimacy meets a fear of losing oneself, or losing control, inside it: that is the pattern of Venus opposite Pluto. For Steve Irwin, choosing vulnerability a little at a time, instead of guarding against it, tends to build the very depth being sought.
Mars square Neptune
about 2.2° at midday
Under this square, drive can dissolve into confusion or self-doubt just when clarity matters most, especially around goals that involve other people's expectations. It helps Steve to separate the plan itself from the feeling of overwhelm that surrounds it.
Mercury conjunction Saturn
about 2.4° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Saturn, Steve's thinking is likely to be careful and structured, and they tend to say only what they are sure of. That makes their word worth taking, and the risk is that caution keeps an idea back until it feels perfectly finished.
Venus trine Neptune
about 4.3° at midday
Steve is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
Sun opposition Uranus
about 4.7° at midday
With the Sun opposite Uranus, Steve's loyalty to their own path tends to bring them into collision with people or situations that expect conformity. Learning to be themselves without needing the collision gives them a quieter, more durable kind of independence.
Mercury square Neptune
about 5.3° at midday
Wishful assumptions, or a compelling but unverified story, can blur thinking when Mercury is square Neptune. What helps Steve is pairing imagination with a habit of checking the details before repeating the story as though it were settled fact.
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 4.5°
- Jupiter opposition Uranusabout 5.6°
- Sun opposition Plutoabout 6.0°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 6.2°
- Mars conjunction Jupiterabout 7.0°
- Mercury conjunction Marsabout 7.5°
Pisces Suns born within 2 years of Steve Irwin
Also born on 22 February
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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