Stieg Larsson’s birth chart
Born 15 August 1954, in Skelleftehamn, Sweden. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Aquarius or Pisces
Stieg Larsson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Stieg Larsson was born in Skelleftehamn, Sweden, on 15 August 1954, a Sunday. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo was their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Aquarius until about 03:15 and in Pisces afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Stieg died on 9 November 2004, aged 50. No verified birth time is on file for Stieg; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against water three, air two and earth none. By modality the count is four cardinal, four fixed and one mutable. Leo holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Pluto. The tightest aspect is Neptune sextile Pluto, about 0.9° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from full to waning gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 15 August, among them Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Affleck and Melinda French Gates.
See the sky the day Stieg was born: the stars over Skelleftehamn, Sweden, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Stieg Larsson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 22° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Stieg Larsson that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Aquarius or Pisces
Aquarius until about 03:15, then Pisces (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 03:15: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. Stieg is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
Born after about 03:15: Moon in Pisces
With the Moon in Pisces, Stieg may well pick up the mood of a whole room. Music, water, sleep and imagination tend to restore them, and it matters whose moods they carry home. The empathy of this Moon is a gift that needs a door.
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 Skelleftehamn, Sweden, at each hour of the day.
Stieg Larsson’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Stieg 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 15 August 1954, computed for Skelleftehamn, Sweden.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Cancer rising |
| 00:50 to 04:30 | Leo rising |
| 04:30 to 08:05 | Virgo rising |
| 08:05 to 11:35 | Libra rising |
| 11:35 to 15:15 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:15 to 18:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:25 to 19:35 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:35 to 19:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 19:50 to 20:00 | Pisces rising |
| 20:00 to 20:10 | Aries rising |
| 20:10 to 20:30 | Taurus rising |
| 20:30 to 21:35 | Gemini rising |
| 21:35 to 24:00 | Cancer 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 15 August 1954, 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 | 22° Leo 04' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aquarius until about 03:15, then Pisces |
| Mercury | 15° Leo 19' |
| Venus | 6° Libra 58' |
| Mars | 27° Sagittarius 31' |
| Jupiter | 18° Cancer 25' |
| Saturn | 3° Scorpio 54' |
| Uranus | 25° Cancer 08' |
| Neptune | 23° Libra 43' |
| Pluto | 24° Leo 35' |
| North Node | 14° Capricorn 17' |
| South Node | 14° Cancer 17' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Stieg Larsson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Stieg Larsson’s private life.
Purpose for Stieg Larsson is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
Moon in Aquarius or Pisces
Aquarius until about 03:15, then Pisces
needs and habits
Born before about 03:15: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and Stieg is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
Born after about 03:15: Moon in Pisces
The Moon in Pisces makes for a porous daily mood, one that picks up the emotional temperature of a room without choosing to. Quiet, music or time near water probably restores Stieg more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
Mercury in Leo gives Stieg a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Stieg more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Stieg probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Stieg may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Stieg may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Cancer
18° Cancer 25' at midday
growth and excess
For Stieg, 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.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Stieg 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 Cancer
25° Cancer 08' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Stieg alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
23° Libra 43' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Stieg among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
24° Leo 35' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Stieg, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Stieg Larsson’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 sextile Neptune
about 1.7° at midday
Creativity and empathy are there when Stieg Larsson makes room for them, because identity and imagination work gently together in this aspect. The sensitivity is soft, and people notice it without it having to be announced.
Sun conjunction Pluto
about 2.5° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Pluto, Stieg's identity is likely to be intense and transformative, with feelings that run at full volume rather than in moderation. Depth and staying power are the reward, and the thing to outgrow is needing a situation to become a crisis before it feels meaningful.
Mars trine Pluto
about 2.9° at midday
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 Stieg's chart the aspect points to a quiet, formidable strength, the kind other people notice mainly in how little it seems to cost.
Mars sextile Neptune
about 3.8° at midday
In Stieg's chart, drive and imagination help each other along gently, so inspired action is possible before everything has been mapped out. The motivation is soft but workable, and it keeps a creative or compassionate project moving without forcing it.
Jupiter square Neptune
about 5.3° at midday
Jupiter square Neptune lets optimism drift into wishful thinking, and plans can end up built more on hope than on a clear reading of the situation. For Stieg the answer may be to keep hoping and to pair that hope with an honest look at the details.
Sun trine Mars
about 5.4° at midday
Confidence and drive move in the same direction for Stieg, so they are likely to act on their goals with very little inner resistance. The energy of a Sun-Mars trine is uncomplicated, and other people notice it and often want to be near it.
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 0.9°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 1.4°
- Jupiter conjunction Uranusabout 6.7°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 6.8°
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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; 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.
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