Marlon Brando was an American actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska. He reached Broadway in I Remember Mama (1944) and played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire there in 1947. His first film was The Men (1950), followed by the screen version of Streetcar (1951), Viva Zapata! (1952), Julius Caesar and The Wild One (both 1953). On the Waterfront (1954) brought him the best actor Oscar, and The Godfather (1972) a second. His other films include Guys and Dolls (1955), Last Tango in Paris, Superman (1978) and Apocalypse Now (1979). He died on July 1, 2004.
A quoted birth certificate
The Astro-Databank note reads: "D.C. Doane quotes B.C. (Same in Gauquelin Book of American Charts.)" The collector, Doane, quotes the birth certificate, and the Gauquelin volume carries the same hour, which earns the entry its AA.
The table lists no second hour. Omaha kept Central Standard Time, six hours behind Greenwich, in April 1924.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 10:42 p.m. to midnight | Scorpio before |
| Midheaven | ♍︎ Virgo | 9:44 p.m. to 11:34 p.m. | Leo before, Libra after |
| Moon | ♈︎ Aries | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Omaha, Nebraska, Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
Sun and Moon 1°05′ apart, with Mercury close behind
The Sun at 14°09′ and the Moon at 13°05′ of Aries lie 1°05′ apart, with the Moon just behind the Sun. In the tradition that is a new moon birth, a chart that starts a cycle, and two lights in the sign of beginnings suggest a single, undivided push.
Mercury at 27°14′ of Aries makes a third body in the sign. Placidus files the Sun and Moon in the 4th house, and Whole Sign moves both to the 5th, which the tradition links with creative display. Mercury sits in the 5th either way. The Moon had entered Aries at 9:46 p.m. on April 2, 25.2 hours earlier.
Our pages: Aries · Moon in Aries · Mercury in Aries · 5th house · 4th house.
Jupiter in the 1st house, steering Sagittarius
Sagittarius took the Omaha horizon at 10:42 p.m., and the ascendant at 3°44′ Sagittarius had been up 18 minutes at birth. Sagittarius rising suggests a frank, restless first impression.
Jupiter rules the sign, and at 19°54′ of Sagittarius it fills the 1st house whichever system is used. A ruler in its own sign and on the rising degrees suggests a chart that speaks plainly about its direction.
Our pages: Sagittarius rising · Jupiter in Sagittarius · 1st house · rising sign calculator.
Jupiter square Uranus, and Uranus beside the IC
Uranus at 19°00′ of Pisces squares Jupiter, 0°54′ from exact, the nearest aspect to exact in the chart. A Jupiter and Uranus square points to expansion meeting sudden change, a pairing that favors the unexpected move.
Uranus lies 1°32′ short of the IC, the base of the chart. Placidus lists Uranus in the 3rd and Whole Sign in the 4th. Jupiter also trines Neptune, 2°09′ off, an imaginative fire link that reaches into the 9th house.
Our pages: Uranus in Pisces · Jupiter in Sagittarius · 4th house · 3rd house.
Saturn at the start of Scorpio, Venus at the end of Taurus
Retrograde Saturn stands at 0°09′ of Scorpio, the opening degree of Scorpio. Placidus counts it in the 11th and Whole Sign in the 12th, and it opposes Mercury, 2°55′ off, which the tradition ties to slow, careful speech.
Venus at 28°51′ of Taurus occupies the last degree of its own sign, in the 6th, the house of daily routines, by either count. It lies 4°53′ short of the descendant, so the planet of attraction waits at the edge of the 7th house.
Our pages: Saturn in Scorpio · Venus in Taurus · 6th house · 7th house.
Five bodies in fire, Virgo overhead
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune fall in fire signs, Aries, Sagittarius and Leo, and five planets are cardinal: the Aries three, Mars in Capricorn and Pluto in Cancer. Fire signs carry heat and initiative in the tradition, and cardinal signs begin things.
The midheaven is 20°32′ Virgo. Virgo held it from 9:44 p.m. until 11:34 p.m., which suggests a public side that is precise and craft-minded, set against the fire below.
Our pages: Midheaven in Virgo · Mars in Capricorn · Pluto in Cancer · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Marlon Brando's chart
- Jupiter square Uranus orb 0°54′
- Sun conjunction Moon orb 1°05′
- Mars sextile Uranus orb 1°17′
- Jupiter trine Neptune orb 2°09′
- Moon square Pluto orb 2°49′
- Mercury opposition Saturn orb 2°55′
- Sun square Mars orb 3°33′
- Sun trine Neptune orb 3°36′
- Sun square Pluto orb 3°54′
- Moon square Mars orb 4°38′
- Moon trine Neptune orb 4°41′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 5°44′
- Moon trine Jupiter orb 6°49′
- Mercury trine Jupiter orb 7°21′
- Mars opposition Pluto orb 7°27′
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 Marlon Brando's chart
Which sign was rising for Brando?
Sagittarius, at 3°44′ Sagittarius, up since 10:42 p.m. that night.
Was Brando born at a new moon?
In the chart the Sun and Moon are 1°05′ apart in Aries, which astrologers call a new moon birth.
Where is his Moon?
In Aries, at 13°05′, which it entered at 9:46 p.m. on April 2.
Where does 11:00 p.m. come from?
Doane quotes the certificate, and the Gauquelin volume of American charts repeats it.
What is the closest aspect in the chart?
Jupiter square Uranus, only 0°54′ wide.
Which sign holds the top of the chart?
Virgo, at 20°32′ Virgo, between 9:44 p.m. and 11:34 p.m.
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 Marlon Brando'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.