Grace Kelly had the Sun, Mercury and Mars in Scorpio, Scorpio rising, the Moon in Pisces and a Leo Midheaven: a cool, composed surface over great depth, and a chart that ends at the top in a royal sign.

She was born at 5:31 in the morning on 12 November 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from the birth record. She trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, modelled and acted in television, and made her name in a run of Hollywood films between 1952 and 1956.

Scorpio rising, with the Sun, Mercury and Mars in the 1st house

Scorpio rising is reserved, composed and magnetic: it gives away little and draws people in. With the Sun, Mercury and Mars also in Scorpio in the 1st house, that quality is the whole of her first impression. Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954) and To Catch a Thief (1955), is often quoted as admiring exactly that: a cool, poised exterior with strong feeling underneath.

Sun trine Pluto, exact

The tightest aspect in her chart is a trine between the Sun and Pluto, the planet of transformation, exact to the degree. Pluto sits in Cancer in her 9th house, the house of foreign lands and long journeys. Few aspects describe a life change so completely. In April 1956 she married Prince Rainier III, left her film career at 26, and moved to Monaco as its princess.

Moon in Pisces in the 5th house

The Moon in Pisces is gentle, imaginative and artistic, and in the 5th house, the house of creativity, film and children, it brings the screen and the stage close to the heart. She won the Oscar for best actress for The Country Girl (1954), a role she fought to play against her usual type. In Monaco she supported the arts all her life, and later gave poetry readings in public.

A Leo Midheaven

The Midheaven, the public role, is in Leo, the royal sign. Neptune, the planet of glamour and image, sits in her 10th house too. Her public image as Princess Grace became, and remains, one of the most admired of the century. In 1977 Hermès officially renamed a handbag she had carried, which became known as the Kelly bag.

Venus in Libra in the 12th house, sextile Saturn

Venus in Libra is elegance itself, and her style is still a reference for classic dressing. In the 12th house, though, Venus is private, and with a close sextile to Saturn, love is joined to duty and reserve. She kept her feelings largely out of public view. She died in September 1982, aged 52.

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If you share her Scorpio Sun or her Pisces Moon, you may know the pull between composure on the outside and deep feeling within. Add your details below to see how your chart meets hers.