Seesaw shape
248° spanTwo camps facing each other — the chart negotiates between them.
Robert Downey Jr. Birth Chart
Born April 4, 1965 in New York, New York. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Aries14° 45'
- Moon Taurus19° 11'
- Rising Leo13° 51'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Sun
- the planet traditionally in charge of a given sign
- Sect
- Day chart
- whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
- Dominant element
- Earth
- the element most of the planets fall in
- Dominant modality
- Mutable
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Moon
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Moon ☍ Neptune
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of Robert Downey Jr.
- Full Name
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Gender
- male
- Date of Birth
- April 4, 1965
- Birth Time
- 01:10 PM
- Birth Place
- New York, New York
- Timezone
- America/New_York
Creator
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Sarah Mitchell, M.A. in Cultural Astronomy & Astrology and Marcus Reynolds, Professional Astrologer & Astronomer
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Position of Planets
| Planet | Sign | Degree | House | Condition | What it does here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SunIdentity | Aries | 14° 45' | 9Belief & distance | honoured guest — works at full volume | leads with action and works out the details on the move |
| MoonInstinct | Taurus | 19° 11' | 10Vocation & reputation | honoured guest — works at full volume | steadies itself through routine and physical comfort |
| MercuryMind | Aries | 21° 12'℞ | 9Belief & distance | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | says the thing before the sentence is fully built |
| VenusAttraction | Aries | 12° 50' | 9Belief & distance | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | wants attraction to be immediate and mutual, with no long approach |
| MarsDrive | Virgo | 10° 11'℞ | 2Money & values | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | wears a problem down through accuracy and repetition |
| JupiterExpansion | Taurus | 26° 11' | 10Vocation & reputation | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | expands by accumulating, slowly and without much drama |
| SaturnDiscipline | Pisces | 11° 59' | 8Depth & shared resources | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | learns to give shape to something that resists having one |
| UranusDisruption | Virgo | 11° 29'℞ | 2Money & values | 2nd decan · Capricorn | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Scorpio | 19° 30'℞ | 4Home & roots | 2nd decan · Pisces | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Virgo | 21° 54'℞ | 2Money & values | 3rd decan · Taurus | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Leo | 13° 51' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Taurus | 3° 36' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Aquarius | 13° 51' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Scorpio | 3° 36' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Gemini | 17° 0'℞ | 11 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Virgo | 18° 18' | 2 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon · Neptune | Opposition | 0.31° | challenging | Instinct pulls against Imagination |
| Saturn · Uranus | Opposition | 0.49° | challenging | Discipline pulls against Disruption |
| Mars · Uranus | Conjunction | 1.31° | neutral | Drive fuses with Disruption |
| Mars · Saturn | Opposition | 1.80° | challenging | Drive pulls against Discipline |
| Sun · Venus | Conjunction | 1.91° | neutral | Identity fuses with Attraction |
| Neptune · Pluto | Sextile | 2.39° | harmonious | Imagination works with Transformation |
| Moon · Pluto | Trine | 2.71° | harmonious | Instinct works with Transformation |
| Jupiter · Pluto | Trine | 4.29° | harmonious | Expansion works with Transformation |
| Sun · Mercury | Conjunction | 6.44° | neutral | Identity fuses with Mind |
| Jupiter · Neptune | Opposition | 6.68° | challenging | Expansion pulls against Imagination |
| Moon · Jupiter | Conjunction | 7.00° | neutral | Instinct fuses with Expansion |
| Saturn · Neptune | Trine | 7.52° | harmonious | Discipline works with Imagination |
| Moon · Uranus | Trine | 7.70° | harmonious | Instinct works with Disruption |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | conjunction, 6.44° | ||||||||
| Venus | conjunction, 1.91° | ||||||||
| Mars | |||||||||
| Jupiter | conjunction, 7.00° | ||||||||
| Saturn | opposition, 1.80° | ||||||||
| Uranus | trine, 7.70° | conjunction, 1.31° | opposition, 0.49° | ||||||
| Neptune | opposition, 0.31° | opposition, 6.68° | trine, 7.52° | ||||||
| Pluto | trine, 2.71° | trine, 4.29° | sextile, 2.39° | ||||||
| Sun | Moon | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune |
The Twelve Houses
| House | Covers | Cusp | Planets in it | Ruled by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IangularAscendant | Self & bodyappearance, manner, and the first thing people register | Leo13° 51' | no planet | Sunin Aries, house 9 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Virgo5° 9' | Mars Uranus Pluto | Mercuryin Aries, house 9 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Libra1° 20' | no planet | Venusin Aries, house 9 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Scorpio3° 36' | Neptune | Plutoin Virgo, house 2 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Sagittarius9° 47' | no planet | Jupiterin Taurus, house 10 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Capricorn14° 13' | no planet | Saturnin Pisces, house 8 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Aquarius13° 51' | no planet | Uranusin Virgo, house 2 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Pisces5° 9' | Saturn | Neptunein Scorpio, house 4 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Aries1° 20' | Sun Mercury Venus | Marsin Virgo, house 2 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Taurus3° 36' | Moon Jupiter | Venusin Aries, house 9 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Gemini9° 47' | no planet | Mercuryin Aries, house 9 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Cancer14° 13' | no planet | Moonin Taurus, house 10 |
- angular:
- houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 — the four loudest positions in a chart
- succedent:
- houses 2, 5, 8 and 11 — positions that hold and consolidate
- cadent:
- houses 3, 6, 9 and 12 — quieter positions that adjust and absorb
Chart Patterns
Aries stellium: 3 planets
Aries- Sun
- Mercury
- Venus
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
9th house stellium: Belief & distance
Belief & distance- Sun
- Mercury
- Venus
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
3
Earth
5
Air
0
Water
2
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
3
Fixed
3
Mutable
4
- Dominant element: Earth
- Dominant modality: Mutable
- No planet in Air
Above the horizon 6 · below 4 · east 5 · west 5
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
New Moon
9% lit · 34° from the Sun
2Public & outwardhouses 10-12
4Others & exchangehouses 7-9
3Self & beginningshouses 1-3
1Roots & routinehouses 4-6
Quadrant: one of the four quarters of the wheel, three houses each.
Notable Features
Venus combust
Combust: so close to the Sun that the planet is overwhelmed by it.
26 of 200 charts here
Air is empty
No planet in Air — that mode never arrives automatically.
49 of 200 charts here
Stellium in the 9th: Belief & distance
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
137 of 200 charts here
3 planets in Aries
One sign carries most of the chart at once.
142 of 200 charts here
5 of ten planets retrograde
Retrograde: appearing to move backwards from Earth, an effect of our own orbit.
43 of 200 charts here
Day chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
132 of 200 charts here
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Robert Downey Jr.: Common Questions
What is Robert Downey Jr.'s rising sign?
Robert Downey Jr. has Leo rising, at 13° 51'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is Robert Downey Jr.'s Moon sign?
Robert Downey Jr.'s Moon is in Taurus, in the 10th house of the chart.
Which planet rules Robert Downey Jr.'s chart?
Sun rules the chart, because Sun governs the rising sign Leo, and it sits in the 9th house in Aries.
Which element is strongest in Robert Downey Jr.'s chart?
Earth, with 5 of the ten planets in Earth signs.