Tony Bennett’s birth chart
Born 3 August 1926, in Queens, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Gemini Moon
Tony Bennett’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Tony Bennett was born on Tuesday, 3 August 1926, in Queens, New York. Their zodiac sign was Leo, with the Moon in Gemini. Tony died on 21 July 2023, aged 96. No verified birth time is on file for Tony; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four water, three fire, two air and one earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, six and two. Leo holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Neptune. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Neptune: an opposition, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 3 August, among them James Hetfield, Evangeline Lilly and Martin Sheen.
See the sky the day Tony was born: the stars over Queens, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Tony Bennett’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 10° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Tony Bennett 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
Gemini
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Tony, 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 Queens, New York, at each hour of the day.
Tony Bennett’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Tony 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 3 August 1926, computed for Queens, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Taurus rising |
| 00:50 to 02:45 | Gemini rising |
| 02:45 to 05:05 | Cancer rising |
| 05:05 to 07:40 | Leo rising |
| 07:40 to 10:10 | Virgo rising |
| 10:10 to 12:40 | Libra rising |
| 12:40 to 15:15 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:15 to 17:35 | Sagittarius rising |
| 17:35 to 19:30 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:30 to 20:55 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:55 to 22:10 | Pisces rising |
| 22:10 to 23:20 | Aries rising |
| 23:20 to 24:00 | Taurus 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 3 August 1926, 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 | 10° Leo 32' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini |
| Mercury | 17° Leo 18'℞ |
| Venus | 12° Cancer 26' |
| Mars | 1° Taurus 15' |
| Jupiter | 23° Aquarius 46'℞ |
| Saturn | 19° Scorpio 30' |
| Uranus | 29° Pisces 06'℞ |
| Neptune | 23° Leo 59' |
| Pluto | 14° Cancer 56' |
| North Node | 16° Cancer 17' |
| South Node | 16° Capricorn 17' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Tony Bennett’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Tony Bennett’s private life.
Purpose for Tony Bennett 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.
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Tony 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 Leo gives Tony 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 Tony more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for Tony that suggests valuing emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. Old hurts tend to linger here long after the person who caused them has changed. This is a Venus that feeds people, checks on people and quietly keeps score of who has shown up in return.
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 Tony 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
23° Aquarius 46' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Tony 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 Tony 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 Pisces
29° Pisces 06' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Tony has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Neptune in Leo
23° Leo 59' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Tony 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.
Pluto in Cancer
14° Cancer 56' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Tony 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.
Aspects in Tony Bennett’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.
Jupiter opposition Neptune
about 0.2° at midday
The choice, as this opposition frames it for Tony Bennett, is between pursuing a real opportunity and getting lost chasing an idealised version that does not quite exist. Testing an exciting idea against the plain facts protects the optimism; it does not undermine it.
Mercury square Saturn
about 2.2° at midday
Self-doubt can get into thinking when Mercury is square Saturn, in the form of over-editing or delaying a decision that was ready. Sharing the unfinished thought anyway, again and again, is what loosens the doubt's hold over what Tony is willing to say out loud.
Venus conjunction Pluto
about 2.5° at midday
Love tends to run deep and complete under Venus conjunct Pluto, and Tony is likely to lean towards intensity over casual affection. Relationships gain depth from it. What takes practice is trusting a connection without needing to test it to prove it is real.
Jupiter square Saturn
about 4.3° at midday
Enthusiasm for growth can run into limits here, whether practical or self-imposed, and to Tony it may feel as though ambition keeps outrunning the time and energy available. Jupiter square Saturn works best when the limit is treated as a pace-setter and not as a wall.
Saturn square Neptune
about 4.5° at midday
Practical sense and idealism can pull against each other in this square, and for Tony that may mean either an uninspired routine or a dream with no realistic plan behind it. The way through is to build the structure and protect the dream at the same time, without sacrificing one for the other.
Saturn trine Pluto
about 4.6° at midday
Discipline and the capacity for transformation work together under Saturn trine Pluto, so Tony can rebuild after a setback with a strength that outlasts the difficulty. Such endurance is quiet and formidable, and other people tend to notice it only in hindsight, once the hard period has passed.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Mercury opposition Jupiterabout 6.5°
- Mercury conjunction Neptuneabout 6.7°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 6.8°
Leo Sun and Gemini Moon, like Tony Bennett
Also born on 3 August
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).
StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection. It does not predict health, money or legal outcomes.