Willem Dafoe’s birth chart
Born 22 July 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Cancer Sun · Virgo Moon
Willem Dafoe’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
22 July 1955 was a Friday: the day Willem Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. Their zodiac sign is Cancer, with the Moon in Virgo. Willem turns 71 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Willem, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is five water, three fire, one earth and one air. By modality the count is five cardinal, four fixed and one mutable. Four planets stand together in Cancer: Sun, Mercury, Venus and Uranus. Mars, Jupiter and Pluto all fall in Leo. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Neptune and Pluto: a sextile, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Every planet was moving direct. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 22 July, among them Selena Gomez, John Leguizamo and Louise Fletcher.
See the sky the day Willem was born: the stars over Appleton, Wisconsin, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Willem Dafoe’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Cancer
about 29° Cancer at midday
A Cancer Sun protects. For Willem Dafoe, home, memory and the people they have decided are theirs tend to sit at the centre of things, and they probably read a room before anyone speaks. Care is the strength of this Sun, and their task is to include themselves in it.
Moon sign
Virgo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Willem 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.
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 Appleton, Wisconsin, at each hour of the day.
Willem Dafoe’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Willem 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 July 1955, computed for Appleton, Wisconsin.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:05 | Aries rising |
| 00:05 to 01:25 | Taurus rising |
| 01:25 to 03:15 | Gemini rising |
| 03:15 to 05:40 | Cancer rising |
| 05:40 to 08:20 | Leo rising |
| 08:20 to 10:55 | Virgo rising |
| 10:55 to 13:35 | Libra rising |
| 13:35 to 16:10 | Scorpio rising |
| 16:10 to 18:35 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:35 to 20:25 | Capricorn rising |
| 20:25 to 21:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 21:50 to 22:55 | Pisces rising |
| 22:55 to 23:55 | Aries rising |
| 23:55 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 22 July 1955, 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 | 29° Cancer 06' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo |
| Mercury | 14° Cancer 05' |
| Venus | 17° Cancer 59' |
| Mars | 7° Leo 14' |
| Jupiter | 8° Leo 19' |
| Saturn | 14° Scorpio 30' |
| Uranus | 28° Cancer 02' |
| Neptune | 25° Libra 31' |
| Pluto | 25° Leo 34' |
| North Node | 25° Sagittarius 57' |
| South Node | 25° Gemini 57' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Willem Dafoe’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Willem Dafoe’s private life.
With the Sun in Cancer, Willem Dafoe is likely to feel most alive when caring for people and places that matter to them, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. Feeling unneeded is the sore spot for this placement, and it can be taken personally. The whole day may go better after checking in on someone they love.
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Willem's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Willem's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Mercury in Cancer thinks in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and Willem probably communicates best when there is emotional trust in the room. Mood can colour how a fact gets delivered or received. Years after the details have faded, this is a mind that remembers exactly how a conversation felt.
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for Willem 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 Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Willem its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
Jupiter in Leo
8° Leo 19' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Willem the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Willem 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
28° Cancer 02' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Willem 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
25° Libra 31' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Willem 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
25° Leo 34' 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 Willem, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Willem Dafoe’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.
Mercury trine Saturn
about 0.4° at midday
Willem Dafoe's thinking has discipline behind it, which gives them a clear, methodical way of working through ideas. With Mercury trine Saturn, conclusions can be trusted because they have usually been tested already, often more thoroughly than anyone nearby realises.
Sun conjunction Uranus
about 1.1° at midday
Independence is central to Willem's identity with the Sun conjunct Uranus, along with a resistance to being defined by anyone else's idea of them. It makes them original and hard to predict, and the catch is a restlessness with routines that could serve them well.
Mars conjunction Jupiter
about 1.1° at midday
Mars conjunct Jupiter lends Willem's drive a bold confidence, and they tend to act on a big goal before doubt has a chance to catch up. Momentum is the gift here; pacing is the skill, so that the energy lasts beyond the first burst of enthusiasm.
Venus trine Saturn
about 3.5° at midday
A steady, dependable way of loving, one that people trust, is what this trine gives Willem, since affection and commitment hold each other up. Relationships built on it tend to last, often well past the point where less committed people would have moved on.
Sun square Neptune
about 3.6° at midday
A Sun-Neptune square can blur Willem's sense of who they are under the pull of an ideal, a cause or someone else's story, until it is unclear where they end and the dream begins. The task is staying inspired without losing their own outline.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 3.9° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Willem'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.
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°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 2.5°
- Jupiter square Saturnabout 6.2°
- Sun conjunction Marsabout 8.1°
Cancer Sun and Virgo Moon, like Willem Dafoe
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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. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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