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Guillermo del Toro
1964-10-09 · Guadalajara, Mexico· birth time unknown
Mexican filmmaker known for Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.
Guillermo del Toro's natal chart is anchored by a Libra Sun — a natural diplomat... someone who seeks beauty, balance, and fairness, and finds identity through relationships and the art of connection.
Beneath the surface, a Sagittarius Moon speaks to what Guillermo needs emotionally... freedom, meaning, and the sense that life is going somewhere expansive. This is the private self, the part that exists when the spotlight fades.
Their energy is dramatic and courageous... they pursue goals with flair and determination. With 4 retrograde planets in their natal chart, much of Guillermo's energy is directed inward... a rich inner world that fuels their outer expression. A concentration of planets in Virgo gives Guillermo's chart a strong Virgo emphasis... amplifying the themes of that sign throughout their life.
Planetary Positions
Rising: Sagittarius (est.) · Midheaven: Libra (est.)♎ Libra
16° · House 10 (est.)
♐ Sagittarius
3° · House 12 (est.)
♎ Libra
12° · House 10 (est.)
♍ Virgo
4° · House 9 (est.)
♌ Leo
14° · House 8 (est.)
♉ Taurus
25° · House 5 (est.)℞
♒ Aquarius
28° · House 2 (est.)℞
♍ Virgo
12° · House 9 (est.)
♏ Scorpio
16° · House 11 (est.)
♍ Virgo
15° · House 9 (est.)
♊ Gemini
25° · House 6 (est.)℞
♓ Pisces
15° · House 3 (est.)℞
Chart Interpretations
Sun in LibraHouse 10 (est.)
Libra is a Cardinal Air sign, and the Sun is in its fall here ... the solar drive for individual self-expression in genuine tension with Libra's instinct to find balance through the other. Air shapes your identity through ideas and relationship rather than direct assertion; you often discover who you are in dialogue and partnership rather than in solitude. Cardinal modality gives you initiative, but you prefer to begin things together. A concrete tendency is difficulty knowing your own preferences independent of a social context ... building an identity that does not shift with every relational wind is the ongoing work of this placement.
Moon in SagittariusHouse 12 (est.)
Sagittarius is a Mutable Fire sign, and the Moon here has an emotional life that is expansive, freedom-loving, and genuinely optimistic. Fire makes feelings enthusiastic and forward-moving rather than brooding; Mutable modality keeps your inner world restless, responsive to new input, and resistant to confinement. You feel emotionally safe when you have space ... physical, philosophical, or temporal ... and emotional claustrophobia can trigger a restlessness that looks like dissatisfaction when it is actually just the need to breathe. A concrete tendency is processing difficult emotions by moving rather than sitting: travel, study, or a change of scene rebalances your emotional state more reliably than introspection alone.
Mercury in LibraHouse 10 (est.)
Libra is a Cardinal Air sign, and Mercury here thinks in terms of balance, relationship, and the careful weighing of multiple perspectives. Air gives your mind a social, conceptual orientation; Cardinal modality makes you a natural initiator of dialogue and negotiation rather than a passive observer. You have a genuine talent for seeing every side of a question and communicating in ways that feel fair to everyone involved. A concrete tendency is circling rather than landing: the same capacity for balanced perspective-taking that makes you an excellent mediator can leave you genuinely unable to commit to a position when the stakes feel real and the options feel equal.
Venus in VirgoHouse 9 (est.)
Virgo is a Mutable Earth sign, and Venus is in its fall here ... the planet of love in the sign of critical discernment, creating a placement that loves sincerely but often struggles to let love be imperfect. Earth makes your affections practical and demonstrated through service ... you show you care by doing, remembering, and attending to the details that make life better for the person you love. Mutable modality gives you flexibility and genuine attentiveness. A concrete tendency is the internal list of what is not quite right: the discernment that produces your devotion can also produce an ongoing assessment of the relationship's flaws, and the most meaningful relational work is learning to rest in appreciation rather than improvement.
Mars in LeoHouse 8 (est.)
Leo is a Fixed Fire sign, and Mars here pursues its desires with passion, pride, and an instinct for the dramatic. Fire makes your drive vivid and expressive; Fixed modality gives you genuine staying power and the will to sustain your ambitions through difficulty rather than abandoning them when they stop feeling exciting. You are motivated by recognition and the desire to create something that bears your stamp. A concrete tendency is the disproportionate response to ego wounds: when effort goes unrecognized or authority is challenged, this placement can respond with an intensity that surprises others ... the maturation of this energy is learning to act from the love of the work itself rather than from the need for the work to be seen.
Jupiter in TaurusHouse 5 (est.)
℞Taurus is a Fixed Earth sign, and Jupiter here grows through patience, material stewardship, and the slow cultivation of genuine abundance. Earth roots your expansiveness in the concrete; you grow most meaningfully through what you build, invest in, and develop with sustained care. Fixed modality gives that growth remarkable staying power ... what Jupiter in Taurus builds tends to endure. A concrete tendency is the pleasure that tips into excess: Jupiter amplifies Taurus's already strong appetite for comfort, beauty, and material security, and the productive discernment is learning the difference between genuine abundance and the accumulation that is actually a form of anxiety.
Saturn in AquariusHouse 2 (est.)
℞Aquarius is a Fixed Air sign, and Saturn is in its traditional domicile here ... the planet of structure in the sign of systems, collective ideals, and social reform. Air directs Saturn's discipline toward the realm of ideas and institutions; Fixed modality means the structures you build are intended to last, grounded in principles rather than convenience. Your capacity to build frameworks that serve genuine collective function is one of this placement's greatest gifts. A concrete tendency is the relationship between freedom and structure held as a permanent tension rather than a productive polarity: this placement is working out ... across a lifetime ... how to build systems that serve liberation rather than constraining it, and every structure it builds is a step in that ongoing negotiation.
Uranus in VirgoHouse 9 (est.)
Virgo is a Mutable Earth sign, and Uranus here (1962–1968) disrupts through revolution in work, health, daily systems, and the methods by which things get organized and maintained. Earth directs Uranus's disruption toward practical domains; Mutable modality makes the change analytically innovative and technically precise. Your generation drove major upheavals in medicine, ecology, and the organization of labor and information. A concrete tendency is a restless technical intelligence that improves systems others take for granted ... disruption expressed through the details, the processes, and the persistent question of whether the current method is actually the best available.
Neptune in ScorpioHouse 11 (est.)
Scorpio is a Fixed Water sign, and Neptune here (1956–1970) dissolves boundaries around power, sexuality, death, and the psychological underworld. Water amplifies Neptune's permeability and emotional depth; Fixed modality means what is dissolved tends to stay dissolved ... the transformations of this era are genuinely permanent. This generation has been shaped by psychedelic exploration, spiritual seeking, the AIDS crisis, and a profound confrontation with the shadow aspects of human nature. The shadow is an addiction to intensity and the glamorization of darkness ... the confusion of depth with difficulty and transcendence with dissolution.
Pluto in VirgoHouse 9 (est.)
Virgo is a Mutable Earth sign, and Pluto here (1958–1971) brought transformative energy to health, work, ecology, and the systems that maintain daily life. Earth makes Pluto's transformation practical and concrete; Mutable modality means it spreads through systems analytically, restructuring processes rather than overthrowing them. This generation drove environmental movements, healthcare reform, and the digital restructuring of the workplace. The shadow is a compulsive perfectionism and an identification with critique so deep that healing is perpetually deferred ... the transformation available is a genuine regeneration of the relationship between work, health, and service, not merely a more thorough analysis of their failures.
North Node in GeminiHouse 6 (est.)
℞Your North Node in Gemini calls you toward curiosity, intellectual flexibility, and the genuine openness to perspectives that complicate or revise what you already believe. Gemini is a Mutable Air sign ... the evolutionary direction here is toward gathering information, asking questions, and valuing the process of thinking over the certainty of having arrived. The corresponding South Node in Sagittarius suggests an ingrained orientation toward absolute belief and the sweeping overview. A concrete tendency from the South Node is the conviction that arrives before the evidence ... the great truth already in hand before the question has been fully asked. The medicine is sustained, genuine curiosity about what you do not yet know.
Chiron in PiscesHouse 3 (est.)
℞Your Chiron in Pisces places your core wound in the realm of spirituality, boundlessness, and the experience of being so permeable to the world's pain that finding a stable self inside it has been genuinely difficult. Pisces is a Mutable Water sign ... the wound is fluid, formless, and often experienced as a pervasive sensitivity without clear origin. You may feel the world's suffering as your own, carry a grief you cannot always trace to a specific source, or feel chronically adrift without a clear sense of where you end and the world begins. A concrete tendency is the avoidance of spiritual practice because the absence of boundaries that meditation or prayer requires feels too much like the wound itself. The gift is a boundless compassion ... the capacity to hold others in their suffering with a tenderness that can genuinely heal, because you know that terrain from the inside.
Ascendant (Rising) in Sagittarius(est.)
With Sagittarius rising, you come across as open, optimistic, and adventurous. People are drawn to your enthusiasm and your natural ability to make anything sound like an exciting possibility. There's a philosophical quality to how you engage with the world... you're always looking for the bigger picture.
Descendant in Gemini(est.)
With your Descendant in Gemini, you're drawn to partners who are intellectually stimulating and communicative. You seek relationships built on conversation, curiosity, and mental connection.
Midheaven in Libra(est.)
With your Midheaven in Libra, your career thrives on collaboration, fairness, and aesthetic judgment. You're drawn to work that involves partnership, design, or mediation. Your public reputation is built on your ability to create balance and bring people together.
Imum Coeli in Aries(est.)
With your IC in Aries, your roots are shaped by independence and self-reliance. Your home life growing up may have emphasized doing things on your own. Privately, you recharge through action and physical movement.
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