Blake Lively had her breakthrough in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) and became widely known as Serena van der Woodsen in the CW series Gossip Girl, which ran from 2007 to 2012. She starred in The Age of Adaline (2015) and The Shallows (2016), and in 2018 appeared in A Simple Favor.
What the Astro-Databank entry records
The entry gives 5:07 a.m. PDT in Tarzana, California, rated AA, with this note: "Birth certificate in hand from Viktor E."
Only the ascendant, the midheaven and the houses depend on that minute; the Moon is in Virgo from midnight to midnight.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♌︎ Leo | 3:53 a.m. to 6:17 a.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Midheaven | ♉︎ Taurus | 4:34 a.m. to 6:32 a.m. | Aries before, Gemini after |
| Moon | ♍︎ Virgo | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Tarzana, California, Pacific Daylight Time.
Sun and Mars, four minutes of arc apart
The Sun stands at 1°46′ of Virgo and Mars at 1°42′, a conjunction 0°04′ from exact. No other pair is closer. The Sun crossed into Virgo at 9:10 a.m. on August 23, about 1.8 days before the birth. A Sun-Mars conjunction is read as energy and initiative fused to the sense of self, and Virgo as a methodical, practical outlet for it.
Venus at 2°23′ is 0°37′ from the Sun and 0°41′ from Mars, so the three make one close knot. Mercury, ruler of Virgo, is at 6°59′, sextile Pluto in Scorpio, 0°35′ from exact, which is read as a mind that digs for what lies underneath.
Our pages: Mars in Virgo · Venus in Virgo · Mercury in Virgo · Pluto in Scorpio · Virgo · stellium.
One house or the next, depending on the system
Placidus puts the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars in the 1st house and the Moon in the 2nd, because its line between those houses cuts through Virgo, between Mercury and the Moon. Whole Sign counts all of Leo as the 1st, so every Virgo planet lands in the 2nd.
The tradition reads the 1st house as how a person presents to others and the 2nd as values and possessions. At 5:07 a.m. the Sun was still below the horizon in both systems.
Our pages: 1st house · 2nd house · how a birth chart is built.
Leo ascendant, Taurus midheaven, Pluto near the IC
The ascendant is 15°22′ Leo. Leo rose over Tarzana at 3:53 a.m. and keeps the horizon until 6:17 a.m., so she was born 74 minutes into that window, with 70 left before Virgo at 6:18 a.m. The midheaven is 8°49′ Taurus, held by Taurus from 4:34 a.m. to 6:32 a.m.
Leo rising is read as a warm, visible way of arriving, and since the Sun rules Leo, the reading looks to where it stands, here in Virgo. Taurus at the midheaven is read as steady, slowly built public standing. Pluto at 7°34′ of Scorpio is 1°15′ from the IC, the chart's bottom point, read as long-running themes around home and roots.
Our pages: Leo rising · Midheaven in Taurus · 4th house · rising sign calculator.
The Moon came into Virgo the morning before
The Moon's stay in Virgo runs from 3:24 a.m. on August 24 to 2:36 p.m. on August 26, so August 25 falls in the middle of it. At 12°56′ it is the farthest into the sign of the five. A Virgo Moon is taken as feeling that looks for order and for something useful to do.
Saturn at 14°34′ of Sagittarius squares the Moon, 1°38′ from exact. A Moon-Saturn square is read as emotion held in check and a pull toward discipline. The Moon is the one Virgo planet whose house stays put: it is the 2nd in both.
Our pages: Moon in Virgo · Saturn in Sagittarius · moon sign calculator.
Jupiter on the last degree of Aries
Retrograde Jupiter stands at 29°41′ of Aries, the final degree before Taurus. A planet on a sign's closing degree is called anaretic and read as bringing that sign's story to a close. Jupiter sits in the 9th house by both Placidus and Whole Sign, the house the tradition gives to travel and study.
Jupiter trines the Virgo planets: Mars 2°01′ from exact, the Sun 2°05′ and Venus 2°42′. A trine means ease, and a retrograde planet expansion that turns inward first.
Our pages: Jupiter in Aries · 9th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Blake Lively's chart
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 0°04′
- Mercury sextile Pluto orb 0°35′
- Sun conjunction Venus orb 0°37′
- Venus conjunction Mars orb 0°41′
- Mercury trine Neptune orb 1°37′
- Moon square Saturn orb 1°38′
- Mars trine Jupiter orb 2°01′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 2°05′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 2°12′
- Venus trine Jupiter orb 2°42′
- Venus trine Neptune orb 2°59′
- Sun trine Neptune orb 3°36′
- Mars trine Neptune orb 3°40′
- Mercury conjunction Venus orb 4°36′
- Venus sextile Pluto orb 5°11′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 5°13′
- Mercury conjunction Mars orb 5°17′
- Moon sextile Pluto orb 5°23′
- Jupiter trine Neptune orb 5°41′
- Sun sextile Pluto orb 5°48′
- Mars sextile Pluto orb 5°52′
- Moon conjunction Mercury orb 5°58′
- Jupiter trine Uranus orb 6°56′
- Mercury trine Jupiter orb 7°18′
- Moon trine Neptune orb 7°34′
- Mercury square Saturn orb 7°35′
- Jupiter opposition Pluto orb 7°53′
- Sun trine Uranus orb 9°02′
- Moon square Uranus orb 9°48′
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 Blake Lively's chart
Which rising sign does Blake Lively have?
Leo, at 15°22′ Leo, for 5:07 a.m.
What is Blake Lively's moon sign?
Virgo, at 12°56′, all day on August 25, 1987.
What zodiac sign is Blake Lively?
Virgo. The Sun crossed into the sign at 9:10 a.m. on August 23 and stood at 1°46′ on her birthday.
When was Blake Lively born, to the minute?
Astro-Databank lists 5:07 a.m. in Tarzana, California.
Which planets are in Virgo in Blake Lively's chart?
The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars, at 1°46′, 12°56′, 6°59′, 2°23′ and 1°42′.
Is Blake Lively's Sun conjunct Mars?
Yes, 0°04′ apart, both in the first two degrees of Virgo.
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 Blake Lively'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.