Prince William, Prince of Wales, is the heir apparent to the British throne and the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. He was educated at Eton College and took a master's degree in geography at the University of St Andrews in 2005. After training at Sandhurst, he served as a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot until 2013, then flew for the East Anglian Air Ambulance from 2015 to 2017. He became Duke of Cambridge in 2011, launched the Earthshot Prize in 2020, and became Prince of Wales on September 9, 2022.
One line of Source Notes
The Source Notes are a single line: "B.R. in hand from the Wilsons." Wikipedia agrees on 9:03 p.m. and names St Mary's Hospital, which Astro-Databank files under Paddington. No other hour is listed.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 6:44 p.m. to 9:14 p.m. | Scorpio before, Capricorn after |
| Midheaven | ♏︎ Scorpio | 8:54 p.m. to 10:53 p.m. | Libra before, Sagittarius after |
| Moon | ♋︎ Cancer | 1:13 p.m. to midnight | Gemini before |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for Paddington, London, on British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Two lights in Cancer, hours into the sign
The Moon arrived from Gemini at 1:13 p.m., 7.8 hours ahead of the recorded minute, and departs at 12:57 p.m. on June 23. It lies 4°52′ from the Sun.
Cancer is ruled by the Moon, so astrologers call the Moon here at home. Both lights fall in the 7th house of partnership or the 8th of shared ground, depending on the system, which points to an emphasis turned toward other people.
Our pages: Cancer · Moon in Cancer · 7th house · 8th house · moon sign calculator.
Sagittarius in the east, with Neptune just behind it
Sagittarius held the Paddington horizon from 6:44 p.m. until 9:14 p.m., and Capricorn took over at 9:15 p.m., 12 minutes after the birth.
Retrograde Neptune at 25°32′ stands 1°54′ behind the ascendant, in the 12th house for one system and the 1st for the other. A planet hugging the angle tends to color first impressions, here with a soft, hard-to-pin-down edge. Retrograde Uranus at 1°30′ shares the sign.
Our pages: Sagittarius rising · Neptune in Sagittarius · Uranus in Sagittarius · 1st house · rising sign calculator.
Jupiter beside a Scorpio midheaven
The midheaven is 2°26′ Scorpio. Jupiter, retrograde at 0°29′, sits 1°56′ short of it and is the only planet within five degrees of that angle. Placidus calls it a 9th-house planet, the area of travel and learning, and Whole Sign files it under the 12th.
Jupiter is the planet that governs Sagittarius, which puts the chart's ruler close to the summit. It trines the Sun within 0°23′ and the Moon within 4°29′, a link between Cancer and Scorpio, both water.
Our pages: Midheaven in Scorpio · Jupiter in Scorpio · 9th house · 12th house.
Mercury trine Mars, the closest aspect
Mercury at 8°58′ of Gemini trines Mars at 9°12′ of Libra, 0°14′ from exact, the tightest in the chart. Both signs are air, so speech and action are expected to move easily together.
Mars shares Libra with Saturn at 15°30′ and retrograde Pluto at 24°10′, all in the 9th house or the 11th. With the Sun and Moon, five of the ten bodies are cardinal, the quality tied to starting things.
Our pages: Mercury in Gemini · Mars in Libra · Saturn in Libra · Pluto in Libra · 11th house.
A lone Venus in Taurus, across from Uranus
Venus at 25°40′ of Taurus is the one planet in an earth sign, and Venus rules Taurus, which tradition calls domicile. It opposes Uranus within 5°50′, a wide orb.
Venus stands for steadiness and Uranus for abrupt change, so the opposition pulls between keeping things and turning them over.
Our pages: Venus in Taurus · 5th house · 6th house · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Prince William's chart
- Mercury trine Mars orb 0°14′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 0°23′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°23′
- Moon square Mars orb 4°14′
- Moon trine Jupiter orb 4°29′
- Sun opposition Neptune orb 4°34′
- Sun conjunction Moon orb 4°52′
- Jupiter sextile Neptune orb 4°57′
- Venus opposition Uranus orb 5°50′
- Sun trine Pluto orb 5°57′
- Mars conjunction Saturn orb 6°18′
- Jupiter conjunction Pluto orb 6°20′
- Mercury trine Saturn orb 6°32′
- Mercury opposition Uranus orb 7°29′
- Sun square Mars orb 9°06′
- Moon opposition Neptune orb 9°25′
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 Prince William's chart
Which sign rises for Prince William?
Sagittarius, at 27°26′ Sagittarius, on the horizon from 6:44 p.m. to 9:14 p.m.
Is Prince William a Cancer?
By the Sun, yes: 0°06′, after an ingress at 6:23 p.m. that evening.
Which sign holds the Moon?
Cancer again, at 4°58′, from 1:13 p.m. until 12:57 p.m. on June 23.
What is the birth time used here?
9:03 p.m. on June 21, 1982, Paddington, London, graded AA.
Which planet stands near his midheaven?
Jupiter, retrograde in Scorpio, 1°56′ before the point at 2°26′ Scorpio.
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 Prince William'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.