Seesaw shape
252° spanTwo camps facing each other — the chart negotiates between them.
Stephen Colbert Birth Chart
Born May 13, 1964 in Washington, District of Columbia. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Taurus23° 22'
- Moon Gemini25° 41'
- Rising Capricorn12° 57'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Saturn
- the planet traditionally in charge of a given sign
- Sect
- Night 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
- Fixed
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Venus
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Mars ✶ Saturn
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of Stephen Colbert
- Full Name
- Stephen Colbert
- Gender
- male
- Date of Birth
- May 13, 1964
- Birth Time
- 11:56 PM
- Birth Place
- Washington, District of Columbia
- 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 | Taurus | 23° 22' | 4Home & roots | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | settles into what it values and refuses to be hurried off it |
| MoonInstinct | Gemini | 25° 41' | 6Work & health | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | processes feeling by talking it through, often several times over |
| MercuryMind | Taurus | 1° 59' | 3Mind & siblings | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | thinks slowly on purpose and will not be rushed to a conclusion |
| VenusAttraction | Cancer | 2° 47' | 6Work & health | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | attaches deeply and looks after people as a form of affection |
| MarsDrive | Taurus | 4° 54' | 3Mind & siblings | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | moves late, moves once, and does not move back |
| JupiterExpansion | Taurus | 7° 36' | 4Home & roots | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | expands by accumulating, slowly and without much drama |
| SaturnDiscipline | Pisces | 4° 12' | 2Money & values | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | learns to give shape to something that resists having one |
| UranusDisruption | Virgo | 5° 54' | 8Depth & shared resources | 1st decan · Virgo | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Scorpio | 16° 16'℞ | 10Vocation & reputation | 2nd decan · Pisces | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Virgo | 19° 9'℞ | 8Depth & shared resources | 2nd decan · Capricorn | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Capricorn | 12° 57' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Scorpio | 6° 13' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Cancer | 12° 57' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Taurus | 6° 13' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Cancer | 4° 15'℞ | 6 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Aquarius | 15° 15' | 1 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars · Saturn | Sextile | 0.70° | harmonious | Drive works with Discipline |
| Mercury · Venus | Sextile | 0.80° | harmonious | Mind works with Attraction |
| Mars · Uranus | Trine | 1.00° | harmonious | Drive works with Disruption |
| Venus · Saturn | Trine | 1.41° | harmonious | Attraction works with Discipline |
| Jupiter · Uranus | Trine | 1.70° | harmonious | Expansion works with Disruption |
| Saturn · Uranus | Opposition | 1.71° | challenging | Discipline pulls against Disruption |
| Venus · Mars | Sextile | 2.12° | harmonious | Attraction works with Drive |
| Mercury · Saturn | Sextile | 2.22° | harmonious | Mind works with Discipline |
| Mars · Jupiter | Conjunction | 2.70° | neutral | Drive fuses with Expansion |
| Neptune · Pluto | Sextile | 2.89° | harmonious | Imagination works with Transformation |
| Mercury · Mars | Conjunction | 2.92° | neutral | Mind fuses with Drive |
| Venus · Uranus | Sextile | 3.12° | harmonious | Attraction works with Disruption |
| Jupiter · Saturn | Sextile | 3.40° | harmonious | Expansion works with Discipline |
| Mercury · Uranus | Trine | 3.92° | harmonious | Mind works with Disruption |
| Sun · Pluto | Trine | 4.22° | harmonious | Identity works with Transformation |
| Venus · Jupiter | Sextile | 4.82° | harmonious | Attraction works with Expansion |
| Mercury · Jupiter | Conjunction | 5.62° | neutral | Mind fuses with Expansion |
| Moon · Pluto | Square | 6.52° | challenging | Instinct pulls against Transformation |
| Moon · Venus | Conjunction | 7.10° | neutral | Instinct fuses with Attraction |
| Sun · Neptune | Opposition | 7.11° | challenging | Identity pulls against Imagination |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | |||||||||
| Venus | conjunction, 7.10° | sextile, 0.80° | |||||||
| Mars | conjunction, 2.92° | sextile, 2.12° | |||||||
| Jupiter | conjunction, 5.62° | sextile, 4.82° | conjunction, 2.70° | ||||||
| Saturn | sextile, 2.22° | trine, 1.41° | sextile, 0.70° | sextile, 3.40° | |||||
| Uranus | trine, 3.92° | sextile, 3.12° | trine, 1.00° | trine, 1.70° | opposition, 1.71° | ||||
| Neptune | opposition, 7.11° | ||||||||
| Pluto | trine, 4.22° | square, 6.52° | sextile, 2.89° | ||||||
| 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 | Capricorn12° 57' | no planet | Saturnin Pisces, house 2 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Aquarius24° 10' | Saturn | Uranusin Virgo, house 8 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Aries4° 49' | Mercury Mars | Marsin Taurus, house 3 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Taurus6° 13' | Sun Jupiter | Venusin Cancer, house 6 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Gemini0° 18' | no planet | Mercuryin Taurus, house 3 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Gemini21° 13' | Moon Venus | Mercuryin Taurus, house 3 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Cancer12° 57' | no planet | Moonin Gemini, house 6 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Leo24° 10' | Uranus Pluto | Sunin Taurus, house 4 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Libra4° 49' | no planet | Venusin Cancer, house 6 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Scorpio6° 13' | Neptune | Plutoin Virgo, house 8 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Sagittarius0° 18' | no planet | Jupiterin Taurus, house 4 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Sagittarius21° 13' | no planet | Jupiterin Taurus, house 4 |
- 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
Taurus stellium: 4 planets
Taurus- Sun
- Mercury
- Mars
- Jupiter
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
0
Earth
6
Air
1
Water
3
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
1
Fixed
5
Mutable
4
- Dominant element: Earth
- Dominant modality: Fixed
- No planet in Fire
Above the horizon 3 · below 7 · east 4 · west 6
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
New Moon
8% lit · 32° from the Sun
1Public & outwardhouses 10-12
2Others & exchangehouses 7-9
3Self & beginningshouses 1-3
4Roots & routinehouses 4-6
Quadrant: one of the four quarters of the wheel, three houses each.
Notable Features
Fire is empty
No planet in Fire — that mode never arrives automatically.
49 of 200 charts here
4 planets in Taurus
One sign carries most of the chart at once.
142 of 200 charts here
Night chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
68 of 200 charts here
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Stephen Colbert: Common Questions
What is Stephen Colbert's rising sign?
Stephen Colbert has Capricorn rising, at 12° 57'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is Stephen Colbert's Moon sign?
Stephen Colbert's Moon is in Gemini, in the 6th house of the chart.
Which planet rules Stephen Colbert's chart?
Saturn rules the chart, because Saturn governs the rising sign Capricorn, and it sits in the 2nd house in Pisces.
Which element is strongest in Stephen Colbert's chart?
Earth, with 6 of the ten planets in Earth signs.