Celebrity StarMap · TV presenter

Willem Dafoe’s birth chart
Born July 22, 1955 in Appleton, birth time not public.
Cancer Sun · Virgo Moon · Water · Cardinal
Sun
♋Cancer
29° Cancer 06'
You protect. Home, memory and the people you have decided are yours sit at the centre of your life, and you read a room before anyone speaks. Your strength is care; your task is to include yourself in it.
Moon
♍Virgo
12° Virgo 02'
You feel by fixing. When something is wrong you look for the practical cause, and you calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. Let people help you without a to-do list attached.
Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.
Rising
Willem Dafoe’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♋ 29° Cancer 06' | |
| ☽ | Moon | ♍ 12° Virgo 02' | |
| ☿ | 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' |
Willem Dafoe's full reading
Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Cancer
♋ 29° Cancer 06'
purpose and vitality
They feel most alive when Willem is caring for people and places that matter to they, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. The tension is taking things personally when they feel unneeded. It shows up in how much better their whole day goes after they have checked in on someone they love.
☽Moon in Virgo
♍ 12° Virgo 02'
needs and habits
Their habits run toward order, and a messy space or an unfinished list unsettles their mood more than most people would guess. Willem is calmed by small, useful tasks. The tension is turning self-care into another chore to get right instead of something they actually enjoy.
☿Mercury in Cancer
♋ 14° Cancer 05'
mind and voice
They think in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and they communicate best when there is emotional trust in the room. The tension is letting mood colour how a fact gets delivered or received. It shows up as remembering exactly how a conversation felt years after the details have faded.
♀Venus in Cancer
♋ 17° Cancer 59'
love and values
They love by nurturing, and they value emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. The tension is holding onto old hurts long after the person who caused them has changed. It shows up as feeding people, checking on people and quietly keeping score of who has shown up for they.
♂Mars in Leo
♌ 7° Leo 14'
drive and anger
They act with confidence and want their effort to be visible, and their anger flares when their pride or their loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. It shows up as taking criticism of their work personally, even when it was not meant that way.
♃Jupiter in Leo
♌ 8° Leo 19'
growth and excess
They grow through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. The overreach is overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. It shows up as a natural showmanship that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
♄Saturn in Scorpio
♏ 14° Scorpio 30'
discipline and doubt
They build discipline around trust and control, often shaped by an early loss of something they could not get back. The doubt shows up as bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given they no real reason to. It shows up as an eventual, hard-earned comfort with vulnerability that most people around they never see they struggle for.
♅Uranus in Cancer
♋ 28° Cancer 02'
freedom, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures their own parents grew up inside. Personally, it can show up as a pull to build family life differently.
♆Neptune in Libra
♎ 25° Libra 31'
imagination, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
♇Pluto in Leo
♌ 25° Leo 34'
power, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects
How the planets in Willem Dafoe's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Neptune sextile Pluto
0.1° separating
Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.
Mercury trine Saturn
0.4° applying
Their thinking and their discipline support each other, giving they a clear, methodical way of working through ideas. People trust their conclusions because they have usually already tested them, often more thoroughly than anyone around they realise.
Sun conjunction Uranus
1.1° separating
Their identity is built around independence, and they resist being defined by anyone else's expectations of who they should be. This makes they original and hard to predict, and the tension is a restlessness with routines that could actually serve they.
Mars conjunction Jupiter
1.1° applying
Their drive is bold and confident, and they tend to act on a big goal before doubt has a chance to catch up with they. This gives they real momentum, and the edge is pacing that energy so it lasts past the first burst of enthusiasm.
- Moon sextile Mercury2.0°
- Moon sextile Saturn2.5°
- Uranus square Neptune2.5°
- Venus trine Saturn3.5°
- Sun square Neptune3.6°
- Mercury conjunction Venus3.9°
- Moon sextile Venus5.9°
- Jupiter square Saturn6.2°
- Sun conjunction Mars8.1°
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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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