Ian McKellen birth chart

May 25, 1939
Burnley, United Kingdom
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunGemini

☽︎MoonLeoorVirgo

Main elementAir 52%

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Only in this chart

Ian McKellen is the only chart in NEBO's celebrity base with Mercury in Taurus, Jupiter in Aries and Saturn in Aries at once. Morgan Freeman comes closest: same Mercury and Saturn, but Jupiter in Capricorn.

Jupiter in Aries with Saturn in Aries. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 162 here, Chuck Norris and John Cleese among them.
One planet retrograde: Neptune. Adel Emam and Michael Palin have the same set, 1 chart in 57 here.
Three planets in Taurus. Mercury, Venus and Uranus pile into one sign. George Carlin and Hwang Dong-hyuk stack Taurus the same way.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Gemini Sun reads as curious and quick, with the Moon in Leo or Virgo depending on birth hour. By the book, Venus in Taurus + Sun in Gemini + Jupiter in Aries reads as someone who enjoys good things slowly, needs two options minimum and grows by going first. Elements run air 52%, earth 32%, fire 13%, water 3%, fixed first at 42%, the nearest mix to Ice Cube.

Planets

Gold lines: Sun sextile Jupiter (1.0°), Mars sextile Jupiter (2.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♊︎ Gemini 3°needs two options minimumnearest chart: Ralph Waldo Emerson 3°
☽︎Moon · emotions♌︎ / ♍︎Leo or Virgodepends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♉︎ Taurus 18°decides slowly and won't budgenearest chart: Florian Wirtz 18°
♀︎Venus · taste♉︎ Taurus 5°enjoys good things slowlynearest chart: Novak Djokovic 5°
♂︎Mars · drive♒︎ Aquarius 0°rebels on principlenearest chart: Maluma 0°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♈︎ Aries 2°grows by going firstnearest chart: Ivan Puluj 2°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♈︎ Aries 26°learns patience the hard waynearest chart: Dani Olmo 26°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♉︎Uranus in Taurus5% of charts here

♆︎ ♍︎Neptune in Virgo6% of charts here

♇︎ ♋︎Pluto in Cancer9% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Mercury conjunct Uranus (0.1°). The mind and the rule-breaking streak act as one: the tightest one in NEBO's base at noon.
Mars opposite Pluto (0.5°). Drive and the need for control pull from opposite ends, and only Warren G. Harding, Esperansa Grasia and CeeLo Green have it tighter at noon.
Sun sextile Jupiter (0.8°). The ego gets an easy opening from appetite for more, as tight as Rubén Avilés’.

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Matched by trait profile:

Harry Potter: Alastor Moody
Marvel: Ant-Man
Star Wars: Hondo Ohnaka
The Elder Scrolls: Dagoth Ur
Fullmetal Alchemist: Van Hohenheim
Charmed: Zankou
Batman: The Riddler (Edward Nygma)

Famous people whose charts click with Ian McKellen

Natalie Portman leads at 95%, Coco Gauff closes the list at 88%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

Morgan Freeman, born 1937. 3 of 5 planets share a sign (Sun, Mercury and Saturn), and Venus splits, Taurus here against Aries.
John Wayne, 32 years earlier, repeats the Sun and Venus signs, average gap 24°.
George Carlin is the nearest in film (1937): same Mercury and Saturn, split on Sun and Venus.

Born on May 25

May 25 also belongs to Cillian Murphy (1976, film), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803, philosophy) and Saiko (2002, rap). May 25, 1939 was a Thursday, and the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.

Among actors and directors

Of this chart's placements, Venus in Taurus is the rarest among actors and directors (6%), closest to Peter Dinklage and John Wayne. Gemini ranks 8th of 12 Suns here, with Morgan Freeman and John Wayne nearest on the same Sun.