Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model and singer who starred in a run of commercially successful films in the 1950s and early 1960s. She died on August 5, 1962, at 36.
A birth certificate in Rodden's own collection
The AA grade here rests on a certificate copy that Bob Garner provided. A photo of the certificate also appears in the book The Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe. The entry belongs to Lois Rodden's own collection, the astrologer who devised the rating scale.
No other time is on record for her, so there is no competing chart. Leo rose in Los Angeles from 8:27 a.m. to 10:51 a.m. that morning, and the birth came about an hour into that span.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♌︎ Leo | 8:27 a.m. to 10:51 a.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Midheaven | ♉︎ Taurus | 9:07 a.m. to 11:06 a.m. | Aries before, Gemini after |
| Moon | ♒︎ Aquarius | all day | n/a |
Neptune in her 1st house
Her ascendant is at 13°04′ Leo; Neptune is at 22°14′ of Leo, under the horizon, 1st house in both systems. The rising degree reached Neptune at 10:15 a.m., 45 minutes after the time on her certificate.
In the tradition the 1st house describes the body and the way a person appears, and Neptune there is read as an image other people project their own hopes onto. Leo rising is read as warm and theatrical. Astrologers have pointed to this pairing in her chart for decades, and it remains a reading of symbols that explains nothing about her career.
Neptune also makes a square to Saturn in Scorpio, 0°47′ from exact, and an opposition to the Moon. Saturn is in the 4th, given by tradition to home and family roots.
Our pages: houses in astrology · rising sign calculator.
Aquarius Moon in the house of partners
Aquarius held the Moon, at 19°06′, from the first minute of June 1, 1926, to the last, Los Angeles time. Jupiter is in Aquarius too, and both fall in the 7th house, the house of marriage and partners in the tradition.
Astrologers describe this Moon as feeling kept at some distance, with Jupiter adding a wish for freedom inside close bonds. The Moon makes a square to Saturn, 2°21′ off, which the tradition reads as feelings weighed down by duty or fear.
Our pages: Moon in Aquarius · Jupiter in Aquarius · 7th house.
Gemini Sun at the top of the chart
Her Sun is at 10°27′ of Gemini, with Mercury, the ruler of Gemini, a few degrees away. Both stand in the 10th house with Placidus, the career house, and in the 11th with Whole Sign houses. A Gemini Sun is linked in the tradition with wit, talk and changeable moods.
Venus is at 28°45′ of Aries, in the last two degrees of the sign. It reached Taurus on June 2, so the Taurus Venus you may see quoted belongs to the days after her birth.
Our pages: Gemini · Mercury in Gemini · Venus in Aries · Midheaven in Taurus.
All major aspects between the planets in Marilyn Monroe's chart
- Mars trine Saturn orb 0°43′
- Saturn square Neptune orb 0°47′
- Venus sextile Jupiter orb 1°56′
- Moon square Saturn orb 2°21′
- Moon opposition Neptune orb 3°08′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 3°40′
- Jupiter opposition Neptune orb 4°36′
- Jupiter square Saturn orb 5°23′
- Venus trine Neptune orb 6°31′
- Mars trine Pluto orb 7°20′
- Saturn trine Uranus orb 7°33′
- Moon conjunction Jupiter orb 7°44′
- Sun trine Moon orb 8°39′
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 Marilyn Monroe's chart
What was Marilyn Monroe's rising sign?
Leo, at 13°04′ Leo, from the 9:30 a.m. time on her birth certificate.
What was Marilyn Monroe's moon sign?
Aquarius, at 19°06′. The Moon was in Aquarius for the whole day, so the sign does not depend on the time.
What zodiac sign was Marilyn Monroe?
Gemini. She was born on June 1, 1926, and her Sun is at 10°27′ of Gemini.
What time was Marilyn Monroe born?
9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time in Los Angeles. The certificate time carries the top grade, AA.
What year was Marilyn Monroe born?
1926. She was born on June 1, 1926, as Norma Jeane Mortenson.
What was Marilyn Monroe's midheaven?
Taurus, at 6°00′ Taurus.
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 Marilyn Monroe'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.