Nicole Kidman has the Sun in the last degree of Gemini, Scorpio rising with Neptune in the 1st house, and the Moon in Sagittarius: a quick, curious mind behind a cool, transforming presence on screen.

She was born at 3:15 in the afternoon on 20 June 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Australian parents. Astro-Databank rates the time A, from memory, which is reliable but not from a birth record. She grew up in Sydney, acted on Australian television as a teenager, and came to international attention with the thriller Dead Calm (1989).

Scorpio rising, with Neptune in the 1st house

Scorpio rising is composed, private and intense: it gives away little and holds attention without trying. Neptune, the planet of film, illusion and transformation, sits in Scorpio in her 1st house. It is a classic signature of an actor who can disappear into a role. For The Hours (2002) she played the writer Virginia Woolf, almost unrecognisable behind a prosthetic nose, and won the Oscar for best actress.

Sun in Gemini, on the edge of Cancer

Gemini is versatility, curiosity and changing voices, and her range has been one of the widest of her generation: the comedy of To Die For (1995), the singing and dancing of Moulin Rouge! (2001), and the horror of The Others (2001). Her Sun sits in the very last degree of Gemini, a whisker from Cancer, and Mercury, Gemini's ruling planet, is already in Cancer, in her 9th house of travel and other countries. Born in the United States to Australian parents, she has lived and worked on both sides of the Pacific.

Venus in Leo at the top of the chart

Venus, beauty and glamour, sits in Leo in her 10th house of career and reputation, and her Midheaven is in Leo too. It is a classic signature of a public image built on glamour and the red carpet, and Venus there makes a close trine to her Moon, so that image has felt warm rather than cold.

Moon in Sagittarius in the 2nd house

The Moon in Sagittarius needs freedom, adventure and a sense of meaning. In the 2nd house of resources and values, it describes how she has put her own money and standing behind the work she believes in. Through her production company, Blossom Films, founded in 2010, she produced and starred in Big Little Lies (2017), which won her Emmys as both actress and producer, and in 2017 she pledged to work with a female director at least every 18 months.

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If you share her Gemini Sun or her Scorpio rising, you may know the pull between a lively, curious mind and a very private self. Add your details below to see how your chart meets hers.