Leonardo DiCaprio has the Sun and Venus in Scorpio, the Moon in Libra and Libra rising, with the Sun in an exact trine to Saturn: the chart of a long, patient career built role by role.

He was born at 2:47 in the morning on 11 November 1974 in Los Angeles. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from the birth record. He grew up in Los Feliz, began acting in television commercials and series as a child, and had his first Oscar nomination at 19, for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).

Sun trine Saturn: the long game

The tightest aspect in his chart is a trine between the Sun and Saturn, the planet of time, effort and reward that comes late, exact to a tenth of a degree. Saturn sits in Cancer in his 10th house, the house of career and reputation. It is a classic signature of a career that builds slowly and lasts. After Titanic (1997) made him one of the most famous actors in the world, he turned increasingly to demanding roles with serious directors. He was nominated for acting Oscars four times before he won best actor for The Revenant (2015), a role filmed in freezing conditions over many months.

Sun and Venus in Scorpio in the 2nd house

Scorpio is intensity, focus and depth. With Venus joined to his Sun there, the charm comes with a guarded quality, and he is known for keeping his private life private. The 2nd house is resources and values, and he has put both into a cause: he set up his environmental foundation in 1998, and made the climate documentary Before the Flood (2016).

Libra rising, with four planets in the 1st house

Libra rising comes across as easy, good-looking and diplomatic. His 1st house is crowded, with the Moon, Mercury, Uranus and Pluto all in Libra. Mercury and Uranus are exactly together, a sign of a quick, restless, unpredictable mind, and Pluto in the 1st adds an intensity on screen that the easy Libra manner does not quite hide. He is often cast as charming men with something darker underneath, from Catch Me If You Can (2002) to The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

Moon in Libra: the collaborator

The Moon in Libra needs partnership and works best in good company. His career has been shaped by long creative partnerships, above all with Martin Scorsese, a Scorpio himself, in a run of films that began with Gangs of New York (2002). With Jupiter in Pisces in the 6th house of daily work, the work also tends to be generous in scale.

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If you share his Scorpio Sun or his Libra rising, you may know the pull between easy charm and a much deeper focus underneath. Add your details below to see how your chart meets his.