Paul Newman had the Sun in Aquarius, the Moon in Pisces and Capricorn rising: a film star, racing driver and philanthropist, with a reserved, hard-working first impression and an independent, generous heart.

He was born at 6:30 in the morning on 26 January 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from a birth record in hand. He studied at the Yale School of Drama and the Actors Studio, starred in The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money (1986). He was married to the actress Joanne Woodward for fifty years, until his death in 2008.

Sun in Aquarius in the 1st house

His Sun is at 6 degrees of Aquarius in the 1st house, the house of the self and the body. Aquarius is the sign of independence and of causes bigger than oneself, and Newman lived both. He became a serious racing driver in his forties and won national championships. In 1982 he co-founded Newman's Own, a food company that gives all its profits to charity, a new kind of business at the time. Aquarius often keeps fame at a distance, and he lived with his family in Connecticut, far from Hollywood.

Moon in Pisces in the 2nd house

His Moon is at the first degree of Pisces, the sign of compassion and imagination, in the 2nd house of money and what we value. It is a placement for someone whose feelings are tied up with giving. In 1988 he co-founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a free summer camp for seriously ill children. His Moon sits only a few degrees from Joanne Woodward's Pisces Sun, one of the closest links between their two charts.

Capricorn rising, with Mercury and Venus beside it

Capricorn rising is reserved, dry and serious, and it often looks more distant than it is. Mercury and Venus sit together in Capricorn in his 1st house, both in close sextile to Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, in his 10th house of career. Saturn in the 10th house is a career that grows slowly and lasts: he did some of his best work in his fifties and sixties, and was nominated for Academy Awards across five decades. Mars in Aries makes a trine to Neptune, the planet of film: drive and daring that worked well on screen and on the racetrack.

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