Amy Adams

Amy Adams has been nominated for six Academy Awards and has not won one. The nominations span almost two decades, from Junebug in 2006 to Vice in 2019, and include Doubt, The Fighter, The Master and American Hustle. Few working actors have been honored so consistently without the final prize, and she has handled the streak with notable grace.

She was born on August 20, 1974, in Vicenza, Italy, where her father was stationed with the U.S. Army. The time used here, 5:30 p.m., comes from Italian birth records, though some astrology sources list a different time, so the houses are less certain than the signs. Her Sun is in Leo. Leo is the sign of performance, warmth and wanting to shine, and it is a natural Sun sign for an actress, but Adams's career has been less about stardom than about range, from the wide-eyed princess of Enchanted to the cold Lady Macbeth of The Master.

On the 5:30 p.m. chart, the Sun falls in the eighth house, alongside Mercury and Mars in Virgo. The eighth concerns depth, transformation and what lies under the surface, and Virgo adds precision and diligence. Astrologers would describe a performer whose warmth sits on top of intense, careful work, and she is known for meticulous preparation.

She grew up in a Mormon family of seven children in Colorado, and her parents later divorced. Before acting she worked as a greeter at a Gap store and as a hostess at Hooters, then performed in dinner theater in Minnesota. A small role in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can in 2002 was followed by unemployment, and she has said she was close to quitting when Junebug, a small independent film, earned her a first Oscar nomination.

Her Moon is in Libra in the ninth house. Libra Moons seek harmony and fairness, and the ninth is about broader horizons and meaning. The placement suits an actress drawn to stories with moral weight, from Doubt, a drama about suspicion in a Catholic school, to Arrival, a science fiction film about language and loss.

Venus in Leo and Saturn in Cancer both fall in the seventh house of partnership on that chart. Saturn there tends to describe a slow-building, committed relationship. Adams met the actor and artist Darren Le Gallo in an acting class in 2001; they became engaged years later and married in 2015, and they have a daughter.

Capricorn would be on the Ascendant at that hour, a sign of patience and long-term effort. Whether or not the Oscar ever comes, the career has the shape of that placement: steady, cumulative and built on the work.