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Hilary Duff.

28 September 1987 · 01:00 · Houston, Texas

Hilary Duff's birth chart: Sun in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius, Cancer rising. Born September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas.

About this chart

What is Hilary Duff's sun sign?

Hilary Duff's sun is in Libra.

What is Hilary Duff's moon sign?

Hilary Duff's moon is in Sagittarius.

What is Hilary Duff's rising sign?

Hilary Duff's Rising (Ascendant) is Cancer.

When and where was Hilary Duff born?

Hilary Duff was born September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas.

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Plate inativity of Hilary Duff28 September 1987 · 01:00
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The Big Three

The Sun is who you are becoming, the Moon is what you need, the Rising is how you arrive. Read together, they are the working summary of the chart.

Your Sun in Libra is the core self, your Moon in Sagittarius is the inner emotional life, and your Cancer Rising is how you arrive. Your three pillars run on three different elements, which gives you genuine range. You carry several inner climates at once, and the work is letting each take its turn rather than letting one dominate. These three together are the spine of the whole chart.

SunLibra · 3rd house

The self becomes visible in the mirror of the other. Diplomatic, aesthetic, drawn to partnership and beauty, and prone to losing the self in keeping the peace. Lesson: choosing is not a betrayal of fairness. You come to know yourself through words, learning and the daily mind. The voice, the local world, the siblings and the school years all shape the self in pronounced ways. You find out who you are by what you say and write.

MoonSagittarius · 5th house

Feeling needs space, movement and a horizon. Comfort comes from travel, philosophy, the larger view. The shadow is using expansion to escape the smaller, closer feelings. You need freedom inside intimacy. Feeling needs to be made into something. The heart settles through creativity, play and romance, children are often central, and what you make carries what you feel.

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RisingCancer · the doorway

You arrive feeling the room before committing to it. The body reads the emotional temperature first, the situation second. People feel a quiet attentiveness before you have said a word. Your chart ruler is Moon, in Sagittarius in the 5th house: the planet that steers the whole chart, and the first place to look for how your Cancer rising actually moves through the world.

Your North Star

The lunar nodes are the chart's North Star: not a trait but a direction. The North Node names the unfamiliar growth you are here to move toward; the South Node is what you are leaving.

North NodeAries · 9th house

The pull is toward Aries: your own two feet, your own yes and no, action taken before the committee in your head has finished meeting. The familiar groove is Libra: smoothing things over, waiting for consensus, finding yourself through other people. Growth is letting a decision be yours alone.

South NodeLibra · 3rd house

The South Node in Libra (3rd house) is the opposite shore: the gifts and habits you already over-rely on. It is the comfort zone the chart is asking you to move away from.

Finer detail: element, decan, and degree

Element. The North Node sits in fire territory.

The decan. The North Node sits in the 1st decan: the purest expression of the sign; its drive at full, undiluted strength.

Chart Ruler

Cancer rising puts the Moon in charge of the whole chart. Your ruler is also one of the lights: the vehicle you travel in is the same force at your core.

The Moon · chart rulerSagittarius · 5th house

Feeling needs to be made into something. The heart settles through creativity, play and romance, children are often central, and what you make carries what you feel.

Public Face

The Midheaven is not only career; it is the aura you emit in your zone, what a room senses you are for. The IC, opposite it, is the private root that aura grows from.

MC
MidheavenAries · the 10th house

With Aries on the Midheaven, a room senses drive: someone who moves first and is not waiting for permission. Planets in the 10th (Jupiter) amplify that signal.

IC
ICLibra · the 4th house

With Libra on the IC, home is where beauty keeps the peace: partnership tone, balance in the private rooms.

Planets & Patterns

The planets are the cast: ten drives, each in a sign that colours it and a house that gives it a stage. Read down the roster, then see the aspects (the lines where one planet is locked in conversation with another) and the larger patterns they form together.

Of the ten planets, the weight falls in fire and cardinal signs: will. Passion. Spirit. The energy of action and inspiration.

Every planet, placed

Each planet below carries its one-line job. Tap a row to unfold the full reading, and the fine print where there is any.

The aspects that define you
The patterns they fall into

The Houses

If the planets are the actors, the houses are the twelve rooms they act in. Each room carries a sign on its door, a ruler that ties it to a planet elsewhere in the chart, and sometimes tenants living inside it. Tap any house to open the full reading: the sign, the ruler chain, and who lives there.

Uranus, Neptune & Pluto

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto name the slow forces in your chart. Skip the generation essay for a moment: what matters is which house each one hits in your life. That is where freedom, vision, or deep change stops being abstract and becomes personal. For the long definitions, use the glossary.

UranusSagittarius · 5th house

where you break from the past. Why it matters for youIn your 5th house (creativity, romance, and what you make), this planet breaks stale patterns and invents a freer way forward. This is where you cannot stay small or copy the old script. Freedom here is not a mood: it is a requirement.The gift in your 5th houseIn creativity, romance, play, you can offer originality, sudden insight, and the nerve to do it differently.

Optional backdrop: Uranus in Sagittarius

A generation that upends belief, reinventing meaning, religion and the search for truth.

Want the long form? Open Uranus in the glossary →

NeptuneCapricorn · 6th house

where you dream and dissolve. Why it matters for youIn your 6th house (work, health, and daily rhythm), this planet softens hard edges, opens imagination, and blurs what is fake. This is where you feel more than the room admits, and where vision or fog can both get loud. Clarity here is sacred.The gift in your 6th houseIn work, health, routine, you can offer imagination, real empathy, and a channel past the surface.

Optional backdrop: Neptune in Capricorn

An era that dreams of universal structure, the spiritualising of authority, the dissolving of institutions.

Want the long form? Open Neptune in the glossary →

PlutoScorpio · 4th house

where you are remade. Why it matters for youIn your 4th house (home, family, and your foundations), this planet ends what is finished and rebuilds power from the root. This is where life asks you to strip the false layer and keep what is real. Intensity here is information, not a flaw.The gift in your 4th houseIn home, roots, family, you can offer regenerative depth and the power to rebuild after endings.

Optional backdrop: Pluto in Scorpio

Pluto is at home here.

Want the long form? Open Pluto in the glossary →

Wound & Shadow

Chiron is the tender place that becomes medicine. Lilith is the part of you that refuses to perform. Short takes below: for the full wound and shadow maps, open the glossary.

Chiron · the woundGemini · 12th house

The wound is your voice and mind: a fear of being unheard or thought unintelligent, often set by being silenced or ridiculed young. You may talk fast to stay ahead of dismissal, or go quiet when the room feels unsafe. It plays out most loudly in the 12th house (rest, release, the unseen). Full Chiron in the glossary →

Black Moon Lilith · the shadowLeo · 1st house

Lilith is the part of you that was taught to dim so smaller rooms could stay comfortable. It is the refusal to be loved only for being smaller. The medicine is showing back up at full brightness. That part of you surfaces most loudly in the 1st house (self, body, first impression): the room where the untamed self will not stay quiet. Full Lilith in the glossary →

Shadow Work

This chart runs on fire. Every element has a low expression and a high one: the work is knowing which way you are tilting, and the mantra that walks you back.

At your worst

Burnout and scorched ground. Unchecked, the fire runs on ego and impatience: starting everything, finishing little, mistaking heat for progress and leaving people singed.

The middle ground

The everyday work is pacing. Channel the spark into one or two real things, let them burn slow, and check who is standing in the blast radius before you ignite.

At your best

A genuine source of warmth and momentum. At your best the fire is courage that moves a whole room: you start what others only talk about and you make the brave choice look obvious.

“My fire is a tool, not a verdict: I choose where it burns.”

Full Potential

Leave with five hard lines about yourself. Not a life sentence: a pocket map. Everything above was the chart talking. This is what it says about you.

  1. You carry heat: you can start what other people only discuss.
  2. You are built to begin. Your life opens when you stop waiting for a cleaner invitation.
  3. At core you are here to relate, balance, and make beauty that includes other people.
  4. You need meaning, air, and a horizon that is not shrinking.
  5. People meet your care first: protective, attuned, quietly assessing the room.

Want the language behind these lines? Browse the glossary → Sun, Moon, Rising, elements, and the slow planets all open there.

Asteria · the chart, wholeThe chart as one person.

Not a list of placements. The balance, the dominant, the spine, and how they bind.

The signature

At a glance, yours is a fire, cardinal chart led by the Moon. That is the shorthand. Here is what it actually means, woven together.

The elemental nature

a fire-dominant chart, which means you run on enthusiasm, instinct, and the urge to act. You lead with passion and warmth, you initiate easily, and you can struggle to slow down, sit still, or stay patient with the slow and the practical.

Missing: Little or no earth can mean the practical and material do not come naturally, and grounding, follow-through, and the patience of the slow build are skills you develop rather than instincts you were born with. You may lean on earthy people to anchor you.

The way you operate

By mode, your chart is cardinal-heavy, which makes you an initiator. You start things, you open new chapters, and you set rooms in motion. The work is in seeing things through after the spark, not just kicking off the next one.

What leads the chart

Your Moon is the loudest force in your chart, which means feeling, instinct, and the inner life run the show. You are lunar, led by emotion and the need for safety more than by logic or will, deeply attuned and deeply sensitive.

The spine, your Big Three

Libra Sun · Sagittarius Moon · Cancer rising Your Sun in Libra is the core self, your Moon in Sagittarius is the inner emotional life, and your Cancer Rising is how you arrive. Your three pillars run on three different elements, which gives you genuine range. You carry several inner climates at once, and the work is letting each take its turn rather than letting one dominate. These three together are the spine of the whole chart.

The element balance
Elements
Fire
38%
Earth
10%
Air
36%
Water
15%
Asteria · the patternsThe aspect patterns in your chart.

Shapes three or more planets make together: the geometry that binds the chart as a system.

Stellium in Libracommon
three or more planets clustered in Libra: Mercury, Sun, Venus

In your chart, Mercury, Sun, Venus gather in Libra. A stellium in Libra concentrates the chart on partnership, beauty, and fairness. You relate and balance at high volume: the one-to-one bond and the need for elegance are where the chart keeps stacking its energy.

gift

Tremendous focus through Libra: you can become unusually skilled where that sign lives in your life.

difficulty

So much Libra energy can crowd the rest of the chart. Watch for obsession with that theme, or for the planets inside the cluster blurring into one loud voice.

release point

Balance a Libra stellium by developing the opposite sign and house: the room that gives the concentration somewhere to exhale. The ruling planet of Libra is also a discharge valve.

Stellium in Sagittariuscommon
three or more planets clustered in Sagittarius: Moon, Saturn, Uranus

In your chart, Moon, Saturn, Uranus gather in Sagittarius. A stellium in Sagittarius concentrates the chart on truth, travel, and the big map. You seek and preach at high volume: meaning, horizon, and honest belief are where the life packs its fire.

gift

Tremendous focus through Sagittarius: you can become unusually skilled where that sign lives in your life.

difficulty

So much Sagittarius energy can crowd the rest of the chart. Watch for obsession with that theme, or for the planets inside the cluster blurring into one loud voice.

release point

Balance a Sagittarius stellium by developing the opposite sign and house: the room that gives the concentration somewhere to exhale. The ruling planet of Sagittarius is also a discharge valve.

Asteria · the geometryThe tightest aspects between your planets.

The closest conversations in the chart: where two planets sit at an exact angle and never stop talking. Tightest orb first; these are the loudest.

Mars square Uranusorb 0.24°

In you, Mars grinds against Uranus, bringing together your drive and how you assert yourself and your need for freedom and the urge to break form. They pull in directions that do not agree, an inner friction that becomes real growth when you work it rather than avoid it. This is one of the knots you are here to untangle.

Sun square Neptuneorb 0.64°

In you, the Sun grinds against Neptune, bringing together your core identity and will and your imagination, longing, and the dissolving impulse. They pull in directions that do not agree, an inner friction that becomes real growth when you work it rather than avoid it. This is one of the knots you are here to untangle.

Venus sextile Saturnorb 1.45°

In you, Venus works easily with Saturn, bringing together your capacity for love and pleasure and your discipline, fear, and sense of limits. They support each other whenever you call on them, an inner talent available the moment you choose to use it.

Mercury opposition Jupiterorb 2.20°

In you, Mercury sits opposite Jupiter, bringing together your mind and how you communicate and your faith, growth, and excess. They hold opposite ends of one axis, each demanding its due, often felt as a swing between the two or projected onto the people around you. The work is holding both rather than choosing one.

Sun sextile Moonorb 2.27°

In you, the Sun works easily with the Moon, bringing together your core identity and will and your emotional needs and instincts. They support each other whenever you call on them, an inner talent available the moment you choose to use it.

Asteria · flow & frictionGifts & Challenges

Every chart runs on flow and friction. The gifts are where the energy already moves easily; the challenges are where it meets resistance: the places that ask for effort and pay it back as range and strength.

This chart runs on an even mix of flow and friction: real ease in some places, real effort in others, and range that comes from holding both.

Where it flows
Venus rules Libraat home

Venus sits in the sign it rules, so it works at full power here: one of the chart's natural, load-bearing strengths.

Sun sextile Black Moon Lilithorb 0.1°

An easy, available link: Sun and Black Moon Lilith feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Mercury trine Chironorb 0.7°

A natural, flowing ease: Mercury and Chiron feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Sun sextile Vertexorb 0.7°

An easy, available link: Sun and Vertex feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Black Moon Lilith trine Vertexorb 0.8°

A natural, flowing ease: Black Moon Lilith and Vertex feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Mars trine Part of Fortuneorb 1.2°

A natural, flowing ease: Mars and Part of Fortune feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Where it works
Sun in fall in Librastrained

Sun works against the grain in Libra. What it offers has to be built on purpose. And once built, it is hard-won and durable.

Mars square Uranusorb 0.2°

A productive friction: the pull between Mars and Uranus never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Sun square Neptuneorb 0.6°

A productive friction: the pull between Sun and Neptune never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Mercury opposition Jupiterorb 2.2°

A polarity asking to be balanced: the pull between Mercury and Jupiter never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Sun opposition North Nodeorb 2.3°

A polarity asking to be balanced: the pull between Sun and North Node never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Neptune square North Nodeorb 2.9°

A productive friction: the pull between Neptune and North Node never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

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Chart data for Hilary Duff
PointPositionHouseNotes
Sun4°37' Libra3rd housefall
Moon6°53' Sagittarius5th housechart ruler
Mercury29°29' Libra4th house·
Venus14°20' Libra3rd houserulership
Mars23°15' Virgo3rd house·
Jupiter27°17' Aries10th houseretrograde
Saturn15°47' Sagittarius5th house·
Uranus23°01' Sagittarius5th house·
Neptune5°15' Capricorn6th house·
Pluto8°31' Scorpio4th house·
Chiron28°46' Gemini12th house·
North Node2°21' Aries9th houseretrograde
South Node2°21' Libra3rd houseretrograde
Black Moon Lilith4°34' Leo1st house·
Part of Fortune24°25' Taurus11th house·
Vertex5°21' Sagittarius5th house·
Aspects
FromAspectToOrbPhase
sunsextilelilith0.06°separating
marssquareuranus0.24°separating
sunsquareneptune0.64°applying
mercurytrinechiron0.72°separating
sunsextilevertex0.74°applying
lilithtrinevertex0.79°applying
marstrinepart-of-fortune1.16°applying
venussextilesaturn1.45°applying
jupitersextilechiron1.49°separating
moonconjunctionvertex1.53°separating
mercuryoppositionjupiter2.20°separating
north-nodetrinelilith2.21°separating
sunoppositionnorth-node2.26°separating
sunsextilemoon2.27°separating
moontrinelilith2.32°separating
neptunesquarenorth-node2.90°separating
north-nodetrinevertex3.00°separating
neptunesextilepluto3.27°separating
chironsquarenorth-node3.59°applying
plutosquarelilith3.96°applying
jupitertrineuranus4.27°applying
moontrinenorth-node4.53°separating
mercurysquarelilith5.08°applying
marssquarechiron5.51°applying
uranusoppositionchiron5.75°applying
sunsquarechiron5.85°separating
neptunesemisextilevertex0.10°applying
marsquintilevertex0.11°applying
plutobiquintilenorth-node0.17°separating
marssemisquarepluto0.27°applying
uranussemisquarepluto0.51°separating
neptunequincunxlilith0.69°applying
sunquintilesaturn0.83°separating
mercurysemisquaresaturn1.31°applying
uranusquincunxpart-of-fortune1.40°applying
moonsemisextileneptune1.63°separating
moonsemisextilepluto1.64°applying