Stephen Hawking
Born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford. Without a public birth time, no rising sign: here is what the date and place can calculate.
You and Stephen Hawking
What you are trying to become
You aim far, and you demand a lot of yourself. What you make, you want still standing in ten years. Credit, you give yourself late.
Capricorn begins at the December solstice, the day the Sun turns back. Its symbol is a sea goat: half mountain, half ocean. Saturn rules it.
People think you feel nothing. You have simply already planned next year.
Why?
What you are trying to become, and what you need to be recognised for. In Capricorn, it gets built and proven. You aim far, demand a lot of yourself, and give yourself credit late.
What draws you
What draws you resembles nobody else. You often begin with friendship, and you keep your freedom in the middle of the relationship.
Aquarius carries water in every drawing, yet it is an air sign: what it pours is ideas. Saturn rules it in the old astrology, Uranus in the new.
What a couple is supposed to be, you would rather decide for yourself.
Why?
What draws you in and what you offer — in love as in taste. In Aquarius, it happens off the rulebook. You step back where others lean in, and it reads as coldness.
What gets you moving
You react before you have finished thinking. An obstacle wakes you up, a wait wears you down. Your anger rises fast and drops just as fast.
The zodiac starts here, at the March equinox. Mars rules this sign, and the Sun is exalted in it.
Mars rules this sign. You prefer an open conflict to a week of hints.
Why?
What you go after, and how you fight when you meet resistance. In Aries, it starts before it is ready. You decide fast, correct on the move, and waiting costs you more than being wrong. At home. What it governs runs without resistance — the ground where you do not have to force anything.
How you think
You think in plans. You go to what is useful, you say little, and you only talk about what you have checked.
Your humour is dry, and it takes a moment to notice.
Why?
How you think and speak — the pace, the level of detail, what you keep to yourself. In Capricorn, it gets built and proven. You aim far, demand a lot of yourself, and give yourself credit late.
See their full sky
| Planet | Sign that day |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | ♑︎ CapricornThe centre of gravity · slowly, built to last |
| ☽︎ Moon | ♍︎ Virgo or ♎︎ Libra depending on the time |
| ☿︎ Mercury | ♑︎ CapricornThe translator · slowly, built to last |
| ♀︎ Venus | ♒︎ AquariusThe magnet · against the current |
| ♂︎ Mars | ♈︎ AriesThe engine · charging first |
| ♃︎ Jupiter ℞ retrograde | ♊︎ GeminiThe amplifier · playing two boards at once |
| ♄︎ Saturn ℞ retrograde | ♉︎ TaurusThe master builder · step by step, for keeps |
| ♅︎ Uranus ℞ retrograde | ♉︎ TaurusThe circuit breaker · step by step, for keeps |
| ♆︎ Neptune ℞ retrograde | ♍︎ VirgoThe tide · down to the last detail |
| ♇︎ Pluto ℞ retrograde | ♌︎ LeoThe demolisher who rebuilds · writ large, in the open |
Why “or”?
The Moon changed sign on the day of this birth: without the time, it can’t be settled, and we don’t settle it.
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Birth date and place: Wikidata (Q17714, CC0 licence), retrieved on 24 October 2026. The place locates the day of birth; a three-hour margin covers the time zone. Wikipedia page · An error, a removal request? Write to us