Al Pacino, born in Manhattan, trained at HB Studio and the Actors Studio and won a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969). The Panic in Needle Park (1971) gave him his first lead film role, and he played Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and its two sequels. Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Scarface (1983) followed, along with a second Tony for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1977). Scent of a Woman (1992) won him the best actor Oscar, and Heat (1995) put him on screen with Robert De Niro. He directed Looking for Richard (1996), won Emmys for Angels in America (2003) and You Don't Know Jack (2010), and published the memoir Sonny Boy in 2024. With an Oscar, two Tonys and two Emmys, he has completed the Triple Crown of Acting.
A certificate in hand, filed by Lois Rodden
The entry's note is brief: "B.C. in hand, LMR." B.C. means birth certificate, and LMR are the initials of Lois M. Rodden, who collected the data. Its source line is "BC/BR in hand".
The entry lists no second hour. The clock was Eastern Standard Time, five hours behind Greenwich.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♌︎ Leo | 10:37 a.m. to 1:09 p.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Midheaven | ♈︎ Aries | 9:43 a.m. to 11:33 a.m. | Pisces before, Taurus after |
| Moon | ♐︎ Sagittarius | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Manhattan, New York, Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Sun and Saturn side by side at the top of the chart
The Sun at 5°17′ of Taurus and Saturn at 4°30′ are joined within 0°47′, the tightest aspect in the whole chart. Both sit in the 10th house whichever house system is used.
Saturn beside the Sun suggests discipline and slow building. Uranus at 21°00′ of Taurus is in the same house, adding an independent streak to that fixed, earthy corner.
Our pages: Taurus · Saturn in Taurus · Uranus in Taurus · 10th house.
Aries at the zenith, with Jupiter just ahead of it
The midheaven is 21°40′ Aries, and Aries held it from 9:43 a.m. to 11:33 a.m. Jupiter stands 3°29′ ahead of that point, at 25°09′ of Aries. Placidus counts it in the 10th house, Whole Sign in the 9th.
A planet near the zenith counts as highly visible, and Jupiter there suggests growth in public life. Mercury at 11°23′ of Aries sits in the 9th house, tied by tradition to study and travel.
Our pages: Midheaven in Aries · Jupiter in Aries · Mercury in Aries · 9th house.
Leo in the east, and the Sun as its ruler
Leo held the Manhattan horizon from 10:37 a.m. to 1:09 p.m. He was born 25 minutes after it rose, at 4°59′ Leo, with 127 minutes of Leo still to come.
The old ruler of Leo is the Sun, so the ascendant points straight to the Sun in the 10th house, beside Saturn. Astrologers read that link as an outward manner and a public role drawing on one source. Pluto at 0°39′ of Leo, the sign's opening degree, stands 4°20′ before the ascendant. It counts as a 12th-house planet under Placidus and a 1st-house one under Whole Sign.
Our pages: Leo rising · Pluto in Leo · 1st house · rising sign calculator.
A Sagittarius Moon opposite Venus, squared by Neptune
The Moon at 21°41′ of Sagittarius entered the sign at 9:49 p.m. on April 23, 37.2 hours before the recorded time, and stays there all day. The 5th house holds it in both systems, the area the tradition links with performance and play.
Venus at 20°38′ of Gemini opposes the Moon, 1°02′ from exact. Retrograde Neptune at 23°07′ of Virgo squares the Moon, 1°26′ off, and Venus, 2°28′ off. Astrologers call that shape a T-square, and with all three bodies in mutable signs it suggests something restless and changeable, with Neptune as the outlet through imagination. The Moon also trines Jupiter, 3°28′ from exact.
Our pages: Moon in Sagittarius · Venus in Gemini · Neptune in Virgo · 5th house · moon sign calculator.
Earth and fire share eight of the ten planets
Earth holds the Sun, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and fire holds the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto, leaving only Venus and Mars, both in Gemini, for air. Such a split puts steady matter beside quick spirit.
Venus and Mars, at 20°38′ and 15°44′ of Gemini, are joined within 4°55′ and share the 11th house, the area of groups and wider circles.
Our pages: Mars in Gemini · 11th house · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Al Pacino's chart
- Sun conjunction Saturn orb 0°47′
- Moon opposition Venus orb 1°02′
- Moon square Neptune orb 1°26′
- Uranus trine Neptune orb 2°07′
- Venus square Neptune orb 2°28′
- Moon trine Jupiter orb 3°28′
- Saturn square Pluto orb 3°51′
- Mercury sextile Mars orb 4°21′
- Venus sextile Jupiter orb 4°31′
- Sun square Pluto orb 4°38′
- Venus conjunction Mars orb 4°55′
- Jupiter square Pluto orb 5°30′
- Moon opposition Mars orb 5°57′
- Mars square Neptune orb 7°23′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Al Pacino's chart
Which sign was rising for Al Pacino?
Leo, at 4°59′ Leo, from 10:37 a.m. to 1:09 p.m.
Is his Sun in Taurus?
It stands at 5°17′ of Taurus, beside Saturn in the 10th house.
Where is his Moon?
In Sagittarius at 21°41′, since 9:49 p.m. on April 23.
When was Al Pacino born?
On April 25, 1940, at 11:02 a.m. in Manhattan, per a certificate collected by Lois Rodden.
Which pair sits closest to exact?
The Sun and Saturn, 0°47′ apart.
Where does Jupiter stand?
3°29′ ahead of the midheaven, at 25°09′ of Aries.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Al Pacino's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.