Katharine Hepburn — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1907-05-12 (time unknown) · Hartford, United States
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). Wikipedia states the date and city; no hour is given, and Hepburn's own autobiography settled the date but not a time.
American stage and film actress with a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress across a sixty-year career. For decades she publicly gave 8 November, her brother Tom's birthday, as her own, and confirmed 12 May 1907 only in her 1991 memoir; no source records the hour.
Reading the chart
Taurus Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mars carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (exaltation).
Earth is the leading element (53% weighted), while air is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Cardinal modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is initiating — starting things comes naturally.
Sun at 20°48′ Taurus: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates steadily, sensually, with a taste for the durable — the keynote is consolidation.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 48.4393° → 60.6692° (Taurus → Gemini).
Jupiter conjunction Neptune (orb 1°35′, applying): Jupiter and Neptune fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Saturn trine North Node (orb 0°40′, applying): Saturn and North Node flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Venus square Mars (orb 2°22′, separating): Venus and Mars grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Western natal chart
Sun Taurus 20°48′ · Moon Taurus or Gemini (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus 20°48′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Taurus or Gemini (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Taurus 7°37′ | — | — | direct |
| Venus | Aries 18°06′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Capricorn 15°44′ | — | exaltation | direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer 8°58′ | — | exaltation | direct |
| Saturn | Pisces 24°46′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn 12°27′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer 10°33′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Gemini 22°29′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Jupiter ☌ Neptune (conjunction, orb 1.6°)
- Saturn △ North Node (trine, orb 0.7°)
- Venus □ Mars (square, orb 2.4°)
- Uranus ☍ Neptune (opposition, orb 1.9°)
- Mars ☌ Uranus (conjunction, orb 3.3°)
- Saturn □ Pluto (square, orb 2.3°)
- Mercury ⚹ Jupiter (sextile, orb 1.3°)
- Jupiter ☍ Uranus (opposition, orb 3.5°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Metal (辛). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 丁未 Dīng Wèi | 乙巳 Yǐ Sì | 辛酉 Xīn Yǒu |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1909 | 甲辰 | directWealth |
| 12 | 1919 | 癸卯 | eatingGod |
| 22 | 1929 | 壬寅 | hurtingOfficer |
| 32 | 1939 | 辛丑 | friend |
| 42 | 1949 | 庚子 | robWealth |
| 52 | 1959 | 己亥 | indirectResource |
| 62 | 1969 | 戊戌 | directResource |
| 72 | 1979 | 丁酉 | sevenKillings |
Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)
Moon-dependent Vedic calculations are unavailable without an exact birth time; no local-noon Moon, nakshatra or dasha is published.
Vimshottari mahadashas
| Period lord | From | To | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable without an exact birth time | |||