Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress and businesswoman, born in Los Angeles. Her film debut came in Shout (1991), and she appeared in Se7en (1995) before Emma (1996) made her a leading lady. Sliding Doors (1998) followed, then Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won her a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for best actress at the ceremony on March 21, 1999. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Proof (2005) came next, and from 2008 she played Pepper Potts in Iron Man and later Marvel films. A guest role on Glee won her a Primetime Emmy, and in September 2008 she launched the lifestyle newsletter Goop. She starred in the Netflix series The Politician (2019-2020) and returned to film with Marty Supreme (2025).
A birth certificate, quoted by Lois Rodden
Astro-Databank's entry carries one line of sourcing: "LMR quotes B.C. in hand 3/2001." LMR is Lois M. Rodden, the collector, who held a birth certificate (B.C.) in March 2001.
The entry lists no rival hour, so 5:25 p.m. carries the chart. Los Angeles kept Pacific Daylight Time that day, seven hours behind Greenwich.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♓︎ Pisces | 5:06 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. | Aquarius before, Aries after |
| Midheaven | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 4:17 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. | Scorpio before, Capricorn after |
| Moon | ♊︎ Gemini | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Los Angeles, California, Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
Moon short of the IC, Saturn past it
The midheaven is 16°05′ Sagittarius, so the IC, the point directly beneath the horizon, falls at 16°05′ Gemini. The Moon at 11°34′ of Gemini stands 4°31′ before it and Saturn at 20°35′ stands 4°30′ after it, so the IC sits almost midway between them.
The tradition ties the IC to roots and the private base of a life. A Moon approaching it suggests feeling drawn inward, with Saturn just beyond as a steadying weight. Placidus puts the Moon a house earlier than Saturn, while Whole Sign files both together in the 4th. Their conjunction, 9°01′ wide, is the lesser story.
Our pages: Moon in Gemini · Saturn in Gemini · 4th house · 3rd house.
Gemini Moon trine Mercury, 0°09′ from exact
Mercury at 11°25′ of Libra and the Moon at 11°34′ of Gemini are trined within 0°09′, the closest aspect in the chart. Mercury rules Gemini, so the Moon trines its own sign ruler, and the tradition reads feeling and thought as running in one register.
The Moon entered Gemini at 10:15 p.m. on September 26, 19.2 hours into its stay. It also trines Uranus, 6°16′ off, and the Sun, 6°35′ off.
Our pages: Mercury in Libra · Uranus in Libra · moon sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Sun, Pluto, Mercury and Uranus in Libra, filed by house
The Sun at 4°59′, Pluto at 2°01′, Mercury at 11°25′ and Uranus at 17°50′ all fall in Libra. Placidus files them in the 7th house, the area of one-to-one dealings, Whole Sign in the 8th.
The Sun joins Pluto within 2°57′, and a Sun beside Pluto suggests concentrated will under a sign built on balance. Uranus alongside adds a taste for the unconventional.
Our pages: Libra · Pluto in Libra · 7th house · 8th house.
Pisces came up at 5:06 p.m., with Jupiter at the start of Capricorn
Pisces held the Los Angeles horizon from 5:06 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. and the birth fell 19 minutes in, at 7°05′ Pisces. Jupiter, the older ruler of Pisces, stands at 0°13′ of Capricorn, the first degree of the sign, which Placidus counts as the 10th house and Whole Sign as the 11th.
Neptune, the modern ruler, is at 3°01′ of Sagittarius. Rulers placed high suggest a link between a soft first impression and public standing. No planet falls in a water sign, so Pisces on the horizon is the chart's only water.
Our pages: Pisces rising · Jupiter in Capricorn · Neptune in Sagittarius · Midheaven in Sagittarius · rising sign calculator.
Venus in Leo, sextile Saturn within 1°06′
Venus at 21°41′ of Leo is the only planet in a fixed sign. It sextiles Saturn, 1°06′ from exact, and Uranus, 3°51′ off, both in air. It sits in the 6th house in either system, the area of routine work and craft.
Sextiles are openings that need using, so Venus linked to Saturn and Uranus suggests taste working through discipline and novelty alike.
Our pages: Venus in Leo · Mars in Virgo · 6th house · stellium.
All major aspects between the planets in Gwyneth Paltrow's chart
- Moon trine Mercury orb 0°09′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°00′
- Venus sextile Saturn orb 1°06′
- Jupiter square Pluto orb 1°48′
- Sun sextile Neptune orb 1°58′
- Mars square Jupiter orb 2°08′
- Saturn trine Uranus orb 2°45′
- Sun conjunction Pluto orb 2°57′
- Venus sextile Uranus orb 3°51′
- Mars conjunction Pluto orb 3°56′
- Sun square Jupiter orb 4°45′
- Mars sextile Neptune orb 4°55′
- Moon trine Uranus orb 6°16′
- Mercury conjunction Uranus orb 6°25′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 6°27′
- Sun trine Moon orb 6°35′
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 6°53′
- Mars square Saturn orb 7°31′
- Moon opposition Neptune orb 8°33′
- Moon conjunction Saturn orb 9°01′
- Moon trine Pluto orb 9°33′
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 Gwyneth Paltrow's chart
What is Gwyneth Paltrow's rising sign?
Pisces, at 7°05′ Pisces, which held the horizon from 5:06 p.m. to 6:25 p.m.
Is her Sun sign Libra?
Her Sun stands at 4°59′ of Libra, with Pluto, Mercury and Uranus in the same sign.
Which sign holds her Moon?
Gemini, at 11°34′, the 3rd house under Placidus.
When was Gwyneth Paltrow born?
Astro-Databank records 5:25 p.m. on September 27, 1972, in Los Angeles, from a birth certificate quoted by Lois Rodden.
Where is the IC in her chart?
Between the Moon and Saturn, at 16°05′ Gemini, 4°31′ past the Moon and 4°30′ before Saturn.
Which aspect is closest to exact?
The Moon trine Mercury, 0°09′ off.
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 Gwyneth Paltrow'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.