Meryl Streep Birth Chart
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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Meryl Streep’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.
- Ascendant
- Leo 2°44′
- Midheaven
- Aries 18°40′
- Descendant
- Aquarius 2°44′
- Imum Coeli
- Libra 18°40′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer 0°43′ | 11 |
| Moon | Taurus 14°23′ | 10 |
| Mercury | Gemini 10°17′ | 11 |
| Venus | Cancer 18°25′ | 12 |
| Mars | Gemini 8°49′ | 11 |
| Jupiter | Aquarius 0°31′Retrograde | 6 |
| Saturn | Virgo 1°34′ | 2 |
| Uranus | Cancer 0°44′ | 11 |
| Neptune | Libra 12°23′Retrograde | 3 |
| Pluto | Leo 14°51′ | 1 |
| North Node | Aries 22°18′Retrograde | 10 |
| South Node | Libra 22°18′Retrograde | 4 |
| Lilith | Aries 7°27′ | 9 |
| Chiron | Sagittarius 4°13′Retrograde | 5 |
Meryl Streep · local time · Summit, New Jersey
Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden AA; BAFTA — Meryl Streep’s Life in Pictures conversation; 20th Century Studios — The Devil Wears Prada synopsis and credits
Meryl Streep's Sun, Moon and Rising
Sun in Cancer is commonly associated with memory and care for the people around a story. Cancer asks what makes an experience personally meaningful. Streep's BAFTA Life in Pictures conversation gives that theme a specific public starting point. She discusses her interest in characters who are misunderstood.
That is a useful Cancer comparison. A first impression leaves things to learn about a person. Staying with the story adds something to the initial judgment. Streep's stated interest gives us actual professional material to consider. Begin with the role rather than only its familiar label.
Moon in Taurus is usually linked with steadiness and a tangible response. Taurus gives a feeling time and weight. A screen character has to become more than an idea. The audience meets a voice, gesture and reply inside a particular scene.
Think about what makes a quiet response readable. A pause has a definite place. A change in the voice gives the words another effect. Taurus encourages attention to those things you actually hear and see. It adds a grounded quality beside Cancer's interest in the surrounding story.
Leo rising is associated with a recognisable entrance and visible expression. The Devil Wears Prada gives us a specific film example. Streep plays Miranda Priestly within the fictional world of Runway magazine. The studio account names the relationship with an assistant played by Anne Hathaway.
Cancer, Taurus and Leo suggest care, embodiment and a clear first encounter. The BAFTA conversation gives us Streep's stated interest in looking beyond an initial impression. The named film provides a role to watch. Notice what the entrance tells you, then what the later exchanges add.
Sun beside Uranus: look at the familiar figure again
Uranus in Cancer is linked with finding another way to approach familiar material. It sits beside Streep's Sun at 0.02°, and that conjunction is almost exact. The central direction comes close to an interest in changing the expected view.
Streep's public interest in misunderstood characters makes the comparison concrete. A role begins with an impression the audience recognises, and the performance has room to show something beyond it. The familiar figure becomes more complicated as you keep watching.
Think about a character you understood differently by the end of a film. The beginning still matters. Later scenes have changed what it means to you. Cancer Sun brings care with the story around the person. Uranus makes another reading possible, and the close conjunction gives those ideas particular weight here. Return to the first scene after seeing the complete film. Notice what you now understand differently.
Sun sextile Saturn: give the new view a definite shape
Saturn in Virgo is associated with responsibility for practical details. It sextiles the Sun at 0.85°, and Cancer brings attention to the person and story. Virgo asks whether the particulars work. The sextile suggests an opening between that care and a dependable result.
The Devil Wears Prada gives us an actual film to consider. Miranda belongs to a defined workplace story. Other characters and their exchanges make her position understandable. The performance has specific circumstances to meet.
Think about the difference between having an idea about a role and making it visible in a scene. The idea needs particular choices to carry it, and Cancer Sun keeps the person in view. Virgo Saturn gives attention to the details. Read the pairing beside Sun and Uranus. Looking differently and giving that view a clear shape become connected parts of the reading.
Moon square Pluto: the small response carries weight
Pluto in Leo is linked with intensity at a visible creative centre. It squares the Taurus Moon at 0.46°, and Taurus gives a response a definite form. Leo Pluto adds weight to its outward effect, and the close square makes those different contributions noticeable.
Miranda's fictional authority provides a specific place to explore the pairing. The studio synopsis identifies her relationship with an assistant, and a response acquires significance through that relationship. The same small gesture would land differently in another story.
Try noticing what a quiet reply does to the people around it. The words are only part of the effect, and Taurus Moon draws attention to the concrete response. Leo Pluto makes its visible weight worth considering. Read the square beside the Cancer Sun. The surrounding story and the particular moment each add something to how you understand the character.
Mercury beside Mars: a voice does something
Mercury in Gemini is associated with verbal variety and a quick change of angle. Mars in Gemini adds active effort through words and alternatives. Their conjunction is 1.46° from exact. A statement and the energy of delivering it sit close together.
Streep's BAFTA event moved among films including The Deer Hunter, Out of Africa, The Hours and Mamma Mia! The named roles give speech different work to do, and one recognisable performer meets several kinds of exchange.
Think about what a line changes rather than only what it says. It asks, answers, interrupts or shifts the mood, and Gemini draws attention to those possibilities. Mercury gives the phrase its shape, and Mars makes it active inside the scene. The different films offer actual exchanges to watch with those ideas in mind.
Reading this chart respectfully
Streep's public discussion and credited performances guide this reading; the characters' private experiences belong to their stories.
Birth record
Rodden rating AA. Birth-registry note obtained by Ed Steinbrecher; copy on file (confirmed in astro.com article source list).
This time comes from a record.
Historical local-time rules determine the chart; ten-planet totals weight Sun/Moon 3 and other planets 1. Sign scores add rising +2; planet scores add +2 in houses 1, 4, 7 or 10 and each major planet-to-planet aspect +max(0, 1 − orb/10). Ties follow zodiac, planet and house order. Compare with your own chart for reflection, never prediction.
Major aspects
The orb measures distance from the exact angle: a smaller number means a tighter aspect.
| Bodies and aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Sun conjunction Uranus | 0.02° |
| Venus square Midheaven | 0.25° |
| Moon square Pluto | 0.46° |
| Saturn sextile Uranus | 0.83° |
| Sun sextile Saturn | 0.85° |
| Mars sextile Lilith | 1.38° |
| Mercury conjunction Mars | 1.46° |
| Chiron trine Ascendant | 1.48° |
| Mercury trine Neptune | 2.11° |
| Jupiter opposition Ascendant | 2.21° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 2.46° |
| Chiron square Saturn | 2.65° |
| Mercury sextile Lilith | 2.83° |
| Chiron trine Lilith | 3.23° |
| Mars trine Neptune | 3.56° |
| North Node conjunction Midheaven | 3.64° |
| South Node opposition Midheaven | 3.64° |
| Chiron sextile Jupiter | 3.69° |
| Pluto trine Midheaven | 3.82° |
| Venus square North Node | 3.89° |
| Venus square South Node | 3.89° |
| Moon sextile Venus | 4.03° |
| Mercury sextile Pluto | 4.56° |
| Chiron opposition Mars | 4.61° |
| Lilith trine Ascendant | 4.71° |
| Neptune opposition Lilith | 4.94° |
| Venus square Neptune | 6.02° |
| Chiron opposition Mercury | 6.06° |
| Neptune opposition Midheaven | 6.27° |
| Uranus square Lilith | 6.72° |
| Sun square Lilith | 6.74° |
| Pluto trine Lilith | 7.40° |
| Pluto trine North Node | 7.46° |
Chart dominants
These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.
- Top signs
- Cancer (5) · Taurus (3) · Leo (3).
- Cancer: protecting what feels familiar and meaningful; Taurus: building steadily and valuing tangible results; Leo: expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- Top planets
- Moon (6.55) · Pluto (5.25) · Sun (4.91).
- Moon: emotional habits; Pluto: intensity and transformation; Sun: identity and purpose.
- Top houses
- House 11 (6) · House 10 (3) · House 1 (1).
- House 11: groups and networks; House 10: public work; House 1: self-presentation.
- Dominant element
- Water (5 points).
- Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
- Dominant modality
- Cardinal (6 points).
- Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.
Placements at a glance
- Sun in Cancer: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Moon in Taurus: in astrology, emotional habits is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
- Mercury in Gemini: in astrology, communication and learning is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
- Venus in Cancer: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Mars in Gemini: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
- Jupiter in Aquarius: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Saturn in Virgo: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through improving details through practical work.
- Uranus in Cancer: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Neptune in Libra: in astrology, imagination and ideals is read through balancing different perspectives and noticing presentation.
- Pluto in Leo: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- North Node in Aries: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
- South Node in Libra: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through balancing different perspectives and noticing presentation.
- Lilith in Aries: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
- Chiron in Sagittarius: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
- Leo rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.
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