Idris Elba

Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street · OGL 3

Actor · Virgo Sun

Idris Elba birth chart

  • September 6, 1972
  • London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
  • Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses
☉︎SunVirgo
☽︎MoonLeoorVirgo
Main elementEarth 65%

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Three Virgo planets and a Golden Globe for Luther

Idris Elba

Sun in Virgo, Mercury in Virgo and Mars in Virgo make a chart astrologers read as a craftsman's: careful about detail and willing to put in the hours.

Idris Elba's output spreads wider than that sounds.

Stringer Bell on The Wire, a Golden Globe for Luther, a directing debut with Yardie, a DJ career under the name DJ Big Driis, and the voice of Knuckles in the Sonic films all sit oddly with Virgo's reputation for staying in a lane.

Jupiter in Sagittarius is the placement read as a yes to every new thing.

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Sun in Virgo
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Mercury in Virgo
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Mars in Virgo

Only in this chart

Idris Elba is the only chart in NEBO's celebrity base with Sun in Virgo, Mars in Virgo and Jupiter in Sagittarius at once. Ben Affleck comes closest: same Mars and Jupiter, but Sun in Leo.

  • Jupiter in Sagittarius with Saturn in Gemini. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 393 here, Ben Affleck and Walton Goggins among them.
  • Mutable at 81%. That puts this chart in the top 1% here for mutable weight.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Virgo Sun reads as precise and self-critical, with the Moon in Leo or Virgo depending on birth hour. Elements run earth 65%, air 13%, water 13%, fire 10%, mutable first at 81%, the nearest mix to Joe Cocker.

Planets

Gold lines: Sun conjunct Mars (1.0°), Mercury trine Jupiter (3.0°).

Generational · shared by a whole age group
♅︎ ♎︎Uranus in Libra6% of charts here
♆︎ ♐︎Neptune in Sagittarius11% of charts here
♇︎ ♎︎Pluto in Libra8% of charts here

Tightest aspects

  • Sun conjunct Mars (0.3°). The ego and drive act as one, as tight as Batife Bentley’s.
  • Mercury square Neptune (0.8°). The mind keeps colliding with the dreamer side, as tight as Joseph Conrad’s.
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Famous people whose charts click with Idris Elba

Rihanna leads at 90%, Lara Raj closes the list at 88%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

  • Ben Affleck, born 22 days earlier: Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn match by sign, Sun splits, Virgo here against Leo.
  • Ivan Kotliarevsky, 203 years earlier, repeats the Sun, Mercury and Mars signs, average gap 24°.
  • Gwyneth Paltrow is the nearest in film (1972): same Mars and Saturn, split on Sun and Mercury.

Born on September 6

September 6 also belongs to John Dalton (1766, science) and Roger Waters (1943, music). September 6, 1972 was a Wednesday, and the Moon went from waning crescent to almost new.

Among actors and directors

Of this chart's placements, Jupiter in Sagittarius is the rarest among actors and directors (7%), closest to Ben Affleck and Timothée Chalamet. Virgo ranks 6th of 12 Suns here, with Lili Reinhart and Zendaya nearest on the same Sun.

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Virgo compatibility

By NEBO’s love chemistry, a Virgo Sun clicks most with Leo, Scorpio and Libra. Virgo with every sign →

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