Anya Taylor-Joy is a British-American actress, born in Miami. She had her breakthrough as the lead of the horror film The Witch (2015) and followed it with Split (2016) and Thoroughbreds (2017). She appeared in Peaky Blinders from 2019 to 2022 and starred in Emma (2020). As the chess prodigy Beth Harmon in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), she won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award and received an Emmy nomination. Her later films include Last Night in Soho (2021), The Menu (2022), the animated Super Mario film (2023), where she voices Princess Peach, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) and The Gorge (2025).
A birth time from an astrology article
Astro-Databank's Source Notes read: "A natal chart and data (with birth time given as "7:39?AM EDT") is published in an article by the AstroTwins, stating "Anya Taylor-Joy's Rising Sign Is Traditional Taurus" and "A Stellium in ATJ's 12th House Gives Her Otherworldly Charm"". The entry is filed as Bio/autobiography and rated B.
The notes add: "No source is given. However, the AstroTwins interview Taylor-Joy about her natal chart in a YouTube video, stating to her that she has Taurus Rising, Capricorn Midheaven". No other time is listed.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♉︎ Taurus | 7:11 a.m. to 8:51 a.m. | Aries before, Gemini after |
| Midheaven | ♑︎ Capricorn | 5:42 a.m. to 7:49 a.m. | Sagittarius before, Aquarius after |
| Moon | ♈︎ Aries | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Miami, Florida, Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn behind the ascendant
The Sun at 26°46′, the Moon at 8°31′, Mars at 17°39′ and Saturn at 1°05′ all stand in Aries, and each falls in the 12th house whichever house system is used. The 12th sits just before the ascendant, and the tradition ties it to privacy and whatever works out of sight.
The AstroTwins, whose article supplies the time, describe a 12th-house group too, and our calculation agrees. The Sun and Mars lie 9°07′ apart, so the fire forms one block of starting energy held behind a Taurus front.
Our pages: Aries · Mars in Aries · Saturn in Aries · 12th house · stellium.
Neptune just past a Capricorn midheaven
The midheaven is 27°23′ Capricorn, and Neptune at 27°43′ of Capricorn stands 0°20′ beyond it. Neptune at the angle of public standing points to an image with a dreamlike, hard-to-pin-down quality. The AstroTwins also name a Capricorn midheaven, and the calculation matches.
Capricorn keeps the midheaven until 7:49 a.m., 10 minutes after the recorded time, then Aquarius takes over. The Sun squares Neptune, 0°57′ from exact, linking the 12th-house fire to that high point.
Our pages: Neptune in Capricorn · Midheaven in Capricorn · 10th house · 9th house.
Mars and Jupiter, 0°30′ from a square
Mars at 17°39′ of Aries squares Jupiter at 17°09′ of Capricorn, the tightest aspect of the chart. Two cardinal signs at right angles suggest ambition that pushes outward and meets friction on the way.
Jupiter fills the 9th house, which the tradition ties to distance and foreign places, while Mars sits in the 12th. Jupiter also trines Mercury, 2°15′ off, an earth link to the ascendant side of the chart.
Our pages: Jupiter in Capricorn · Mars in Aries · 9th house.
Taurus on the horizon, Mercury inside it, Venus in Gemini
Taurus held the Miami horizon from 7:11 a.m. to 8:51 a.m., and she arrived 28 minutes in. Mercury at 14°54′ of Taurus occupies the 1st house, which adds a deliberate voice to the ascendant.
Venus rules Taurus and stands at 11°35′ of Gemini in the 2nd house, the house of resources and the senses. It sextiles the Moon, 3°04′ off, tying the ruler of the rising sign to the Aries Moon.
Our pages: Taurus rising · Mercury in Taurus · Venus in Gemini · 1st house · rising sign calculator.
A Moon that reached Aries the afternoon before
The Moon crossed into Aries at 4:43 p.m. on April 15 and leaves at 10:06 p.m. on April 17. In Aries the Moon goes with quick, direct feeling, and Saturn beside it, 7°26′ away, adds a restraint laid over that fire.
Six of the ten planets stand in cardinal signs and five in fire, so the chart leans toward starting things. Saturn trines Pluto, 1°34′ off, though Pluto and Uranus belong to a whole generation.
Our pages: Moon in Aries · moon sign calculator · Pluto in Sagittarius · fire signs · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Anya Taylor-Joy's chart
- Mars square Jupiter orb 0°30′
- Sun square Neptune orb 0°57′
- Saturn trine Pluto orb 1°34′
- Uranus sextile Pluto orb 1°43′
- Mercury trine Jupiter orb 2°15′
- Moon sextile Venus orb 3°04′
- Saturn sextile Uranus orb 3°18′
- Saturn sextile Neptune orb 3°22′
- Moon sextile Uranus orb 4°08′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4°57′
- Moon trine Pluto orb 5°52′
- Uranus conjunction Neptune orb 6°40′
- Venus trine Uranus orb 7°12′
- Moon conjunction Saturn orb 7°26′
- Sun square Uranus orb 7°37′
- Moon square Jupiter orb 8°38′
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 9°07′
- Moon conjunction Mars orb 9°08′
- Sun square Jupiter orb 9°37′
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 Anya Taylor-Joy's chart
Which sign rises for Anya Taylor-Joy?
Taurus, at 9°00′ Taurus, from 7:11 a.m. to 8:51 a.m.
Is Anya Taylor-Joy an Aries?
Born April 16, 1996, she has the Sun at 26°46′ of Aries, with the Moon in Aries too.
Where is her Moon?
In Aries, at 8°31′, since 4:43 p.m. on April 15.
What time was she born?
7:39 a.m. in Miami, from an AstroTwins article that Astro-Databank rates B.
Which planets sit in the 12th house?
The Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn.
What is on her midheaven?
Capricorn, at 27°23′ Capricorn, with Neptune 0°20′ past it.
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 Anya Taylor-Joy'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.