Audrey Hepburn had the Sun in Taurus, the Moon in Pisces and Aquarius rising: a chart of simple, lasting style and quiet independence, with a deep well of compassion underneath.

She was born at 3 in the morning on 4 May 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from the birth record. She spent her teenage years in the Netherlands during the Second World War, trained as a ballet dancer in Amsterdam and London, and had her first leading Hollywood role in Roman Holiday (1953), which won her the Oscar for best actress.

Sun and Jupiter in Taurus in the 2nd house

Taurus is the sign of beauty, simplicity and things made to last. The 2nd house is values and possessions. With Jupiter joined to her Sun, both in Taurus, the chart describes taste that is generous but never fussy. Her long friendship and working partnership with the couturier Hubert de Givenchy began with Sabrina (1954), and the black dress he designed for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) is still a byword for timeless style. Taurus does not chase fashion. It outlasts it.

Aquarius rising

Aquarius rising comes across as cool, original and a little apart from the crowd. In the 1950s the ideal screen star was curvy and blonde. She was slight, dark-haired and unconventional, and set a new idea of elegance rather than fitting the old one. Aquarius rising rarely looks like anyone else.

Moon in Pisces in the 1st house

The Moon in Pisces is the most compassionate of all Moon placements: sensitive, imaginative and moved by others' suffering. Hers is in the 1st house, close to the Ascendant, so it shows on the surface. In 1988 she became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and spent her last years travelling to Ethiopia, Somalia, Vietnam and elsewhere to speak for children. As a girl she had received food aid from UNICEF's forerunner after the war in the Netherlands, and she spoke of the work as giving back.

Venus and Uranus in Aries in the 1st house

Venus, the planet of beauty and charm, sits in Aries in the 1st house, close to Uranus. Venus in the 1st house is a classic signature of beauty and grace. Joined to Uranus, it is also an unusual, fresh kind of beauty, the kind that changes what people think beautiful means.

Saturn in Capricorn in the 10th house, trine Neptune

Saturn, discipline and time, sits in its own sign of Capricorn in the 10th house of career, and forms a close trine to Neptune, the planet of film and dance. It is the aspect of a dancer's training put to the service of the screen: years of ballet discipline behind a lightness that looked natural.

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If you share her Taurus Sun or her Pisces Moon, you may know the pull towards simple things done beautifully. Add your details below to see how your chart meets hers.