Ian McKellen's Birth Chart
Ian McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, UK. The chart has the Sun in Gemini and the Moon in Leo or Virgo. No birth time is on record for Ian McKellen, so the rising sign and houses cannot be known. The Moon changed sign during the day, so its sign depends on the birth time.
| Born | May 25, 1939 |
| Time | Not on record |
| Place | Burnley, UK |
Ian McKellen's Big Three
Here is how Astrologer's interpretation library describes each of these placements, for anyone born with them.
Sun in Gemini: Most Yourself Mid-Sentence
You are most yourself mid-sentence. Identity here is not a fixed point but a moving conversation, and you shine by noticing, naming, connecting and passing things on. People experience you as quick, light and easy to talk to, and they sometimes underestimate how much you are taking in. Boredom lands on you like illness, so you keep several interests alive at once and move between them. The cost is depth traded for range, and a reputation for changing your mind that is really a mind doing its job.
No birth time is on record for Ian McKellen, so the rising sign and houses cannot be known. The Moon changed sign during the day, so its sign depends on the birth time.
Planet positions in Ian McKellen's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 2°52′ to 3°50′ |
| Moon | Leo or Virgo | 19°24′ to 3°38′ |
| Mercury | Taurus | 17°44′ to 19°38′ |
| Venus | Taurus | 5°16′ to 6°28′ |
| Mars | Capricorn or Aquarius | 29°59′ to 0°17′ |
| Jupiter | Aries | 2°28′ to 2°39′ |
| Saturn | Aries | 26°14′ to 26°21′ |
| Uranus | Taurus | 18°44′ to 18°47′ |
| Neptune (retrograde) | Virgo | 20°34′ to 20°33′ |
| Pluto | Cancer | 29°36′ to 29°37′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Scorpio | 8°11′ to 8°11′ |
| Chiron | Cancer | 7°53′ to 7°58′ |
With no birth time, each degree is given as the span the planet covered over the day of birth.
Element and modality balance
Only planets that stayed in one sign throughout the birth day are counted.
Counting eight planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 2, Earth 4, Air 1, Water 1. By modality: Cardinal 3, Fixed 3, Mutable 2.
A earth emphasis
An earth emphasis makes you practical, grounded, and reliable: you build slowly, value the tangible, and bring ideas down to reality.
The tightest aspects in Ian McKellen's chart
- Mars opposite Pluto, orb 0°40′
- Mercury conjunct Uranus, orb 1°00′
- Sun sextile Jupiter, orb 1°11′
- Mars sextile Jupiter, orb 2°29′
- Venus sextile Chiron, orb 2°37′
- Mercury trine Neptune, orb 2°50′
- Venus opposite North Node, orb 2°55′
- Jupiter trine Pluto, orb 3°02′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Mars opposite Pluto: Heat Facing Depth
Two demands sit across from each other in you: move now, and go all the way down. Neither goes quiet. Balance comes from letting each stay itself, quick action staying quick and deep work staying slow, rather than making one serve the other. Leaning fully into either one produces burnout or paralysis.
Mercury conjunct Uranus: Wired Fast Mind
Your thinking runs at a speed most people can't track, because thought and breakthrough sit in the same seat here. Ideas arrive whole and sideways, often skipping the middle steps entirely, which makes explaining yourself harder than having the insight. The wiring also means restlessness: a mind this fast gets bored by anything already solved.
Sun sextile Jupiter: Luck On Request
Opportunity shows up near you, but it does not chase you. Your creative will and your appetite for the bigger picture are friendly coworkers, not one unit, so the adventure side has to be switched on deliberately or it just sits there being potential. When you do turn it on, ordinary hobbies open doors that look like luck to everyone watching.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for Ian McKellen's recorded date and place of birth. Without a birth time the rising sign and houses are unknown. Sun and Moon signs are stated only when they held true for the whole day. The interpretations come from the same library Astrologer uses in its own chart readings.