Meryl Streep is an American actress born in Summit, New Jersey. She began on the stage in 1975 with Trelawny of the Wells and made her film debut in Julia in 1977. The Deer Hunter in 1978 brought her first Academy Award nomination, and she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer and for Best Actress for Sophie's Choice. The Devil Wears Prada followed in 2006, and The Iron Lady in 2011 brought a third Academy Award. Wikipedia lists her 21 Academy Award nominations as the record for any performer.
A birth record collected by Steinbrecher
Astro-Databank's source note reads: "B.R. in hand from Steinbrecher (Same in Contemporary American Horoscopes)." The entry is rated AA and gives 8:05 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
The file holds a single time. The Moon is in Taurus for the whole day, so the minute matters only for the rising sign and the midheaven.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♌︎ Leo | 7:52 a.m. to 10:23 a.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Midheaven | ♈︎ Aries | 6:57 a.m. to 8:47 a.m. | Pisces before, Taurus after |
| Moon | ♉︎ Taurus | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Summit, Eastern Daylight Time.
Sun and Uranus, one minute of arc apart
The Sun at 0°43′ and Uranus at 0°44′ sit 0°01′ from an exact conjunction. Uranus joined to the Sun is taken to mark an independent, unusual self-expression, with Cancer adding feeling and memory. Uranus moves slowly and spends years in one sign, so what stands out here is how close it sits to the Sun.
Placidus puts both in the 11th house, which governs friends and wider audiences, while Whole Sign moves them to the 12th, the house of what is withdrawn. Venus is also in Cancer, at 18°25′, in the 12th by both methods. Saturn at 1°34′ of Virgo sextiles the Sun, 0°51′ from exact, and Uranus, 0°50′ from exact, and Saturn is the steadying hand in that triangle.
Our pages: Cancer · Uranus in Cancer · Venus in Cancer · Saturn in Virgo · 11th house · 12th house.
Leo on the horizon from 7:52 a.m., with Pluto inside the 1st house
Leo came up over Summit at 7:52 a.m. and stays until 10:23 a.m.; she arrived 13 minutes after it appeared. The ascendant is 2°45′ Leo. Leo rising is taken as a visible, dramatic way of entering a room.
Pluto, at 14°51′ of Leo, sits in the 1st house whichever system is used. The 1st house colors first impressions, and Pluto there is taken to mean an intensity people notice before anything is said. The midheaven is 18°40′ Aries, a sign of initiative at the top of the chart.
Our pages: Leo rising · Pluto in Leo · Midheaven in Aries · 1st house · rising sign calculator.
A Taurus Moon at the top, squared by Pluto
The Moon at 14°24′ of Taurus falls in the 10th house in Placidus and Whole Sign, the house of public standing and career. Taurus is the sign where the Moon is traditionally at ease, and it goes with steadiness and a sense of craft. The Moon entered Taurus at 3:31 a.m. on June 21 and leaves for Gemini at 2:20 p.m. on June 23.
It squares Pluto, 0°28′ from exact. A Moon-Pluto square is read as strong feeling under pressure, and here it links the 10th house with the 1st. The Moon also sextiles Venus, 4°02′ apart.
Our pages: Moon in Taurus · Pluto in Leo · 10th house · Moon sign calculator.
Mercury and Mars in Gemini, in the 11th house
Mercury, at 10°17′, and Mars, at 8°50′, are 1°27′ apart in Gemini, and the two house systems agree on the 11th, the house of groups and audiences. Mercury is thought and speech and Mars is drive, so the pair suggests a quick, argumentative mind that acts on what it thinks.
Both trine retrograde Neptune at 12°24′ of Libra, Mercury within 2°07′ and Mars within 3°34′, an air-sign triangle that goes with imagination. Jupiter, on the first degrees of Aquarius at 0°32′, adds a fourth air placement.
Our pages: Mercury in Gemini · Mars in Gemini · Neptune in Libra · Jupiter in Aquarius · 11th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Meryl Streep's chart
- Sun conjunction Uranus orb 0°01′
- Moon square Pluto orb 0°28′
- Saturn sextile Uranus orb 0°50′
- Sun sextile Saturn orb 0°51′
- Mercury conjunction Mars orb 1°27′
- Mercury trine Neptune orb 2°07′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 2°27′
- Mars trine Neptune orb 3°34′
- Moon sextile Venus orb 4°02′
- Mercury sextile Pluto orb 4°34′
- Venus square Neptune orb 6°01′
- Mars square Saturn orb 7°16′
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 Meryl Streep's chart
Is Meryl Streep a Leo rising?
Leo, at 2°45′ Leo, with the sign holding the horizon until 10:23 a.m.
Which sign is her Moon in?
Taurus, at 14°24′. The Moon was in Taurus for all of June 22, 1949.
What zodiac sign is Meryl Streep?
Cancer. The Sun was at 0°43′ on her birthday in 1949, having entered the sign the day before.
When was Meryl Streep born?
At 8:05 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 22, 1949, in Summit, New Jersey, according to a birth record in hand.
Does she have Sun conjunct Uranus?
It is 0°01′ from exact, both in Cancer and both in the 11th house by Placidus.
Where is her midheaven?
In Aries, at 18°40′ Aries, until 8:47 a.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 Meryl Streep'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.