Born: November 12, 1929, 5:31 AM local time, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA.
The AA rating means the birth time comes from a birth certificate or an equally solid record, so the rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses below can be read at face value. Open Grace Kelly's chart on Astrolas and follow the wheel while you read.
One sign dominates this chart. Her Sun, Mercury and Mars all sit in kScorpio, and so does the Ascendant itself, four points in one sign and one house, the 1st. That heavy concentration lines up with the image she became known for: composed and poised on the outside, with a lot held underneath.
She spent the first half of her adult life as a film actress and the second as Princess of Monaco. Both halves show up in this chart, sometimes in the very same placement.
Four points in Scorpio, house 1
In order: Mercury at 10ยฐ42', the Sun at 19ยฐ34' and Mars at 25ยฐ38', all in Scorpio and all in the 1st house, with the Ascendant opening that house at 4ยฐ42' Scorpio.
The Astrolas library reads a Scorpio Sun as magnetic and intense, driven to see past the surface of things and grow through hardship rather than avoid it, with possessiveness and a tendency to go cold when hurt as the shadow side. Set in the 1st house, that Sun reads as a confident presence that still works through private self-questioning before it steps forward, drawing people in through composure and depth rather than noise.
Mars in Scorpio adds focus, endurance and a will that does not let go of a goal, with a caution about stubbornness and a lingering grudge. In the 1st house, the library's Mars reads as fast moving and decisive, with good physical energy and a dislike of being told what to do, the flip side being a temper that needs managing.
Mercury in Scorpio digs past what is said out loud toward what is actually going on, suited to work that rewards patience. In the 1st house, the library describes a quick, curious mind that thrives on new challenges and communicates with some humor, though it can scatter across too many interests at once.
The Sun and Mars sit in conjunction, orb 6ยฐ04'. The library reads that pairing as competitive and decisive, with a caution about temper and recklessness if the energy runs unchecked. On screen, Kelly's persona ran almost entirely on restraint, and the chart's fire sits mostly below that controlled surface.
Moon in Pisces and Uranus in Aries, house 5
The Moon sits at 21ยฐ51' cPisces, and Uranus, retrograde, at 7ยฐ57' Aries. Both land in the 5th house, which the library ties to romance, creativity and performance.
The library's Pisces Moon absorbs other people's feelings easily, leans romantic, and can blur reality through its own imagination, with real artistic sensitivity and, at times, a genuine intuitive streak. In the 5th house, that Moon needs a vivid romantic or creative life to feel settled, with hobbies and performance as a natural outlet.
Uranus in Aries is a generational placement, shared with everyone born in roughly the same few years, so the sign by itself says more about her generation than about her. The 5th house is what makes it personal: the library's 5th-house Uranus is an unconventional creative streak pursued quietly rather than performed for a crowd, paired with an emotional life that can shift without warning.
Kelly built a film career on exactly that mix: romantic lead roles played with a controlled, elegant surface rather than open drama.
Venus in Libra, house 12
Venus sits at 28ยฐ51' jLibra, in the 12th house.
The library's Libra Venus loves the idea of love as much as the feeling of it, values manners and harmony, and does its best work paired with a partner rather than alone, with a taste for beautiful, well-made things.
The 12th house adds a layer of privacy to that same Venus. The library reads it as capable of deep, selfless love, sensitive enough to withdraw when hurt or slip into secret attachments, with real artistic flair underneath and a caution against misplaced trust.
Three of Kelly's best-known films, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, were all directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1954 and 1955, casting her in romances held just under the surface. She met Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1955 and married him the following year, turning a private courtship into one of the most watched weddings of the decade. Venus also sextiles Saturn, orb 0ยฐ45', and Neptune, orb 4ยฐ34'; the library has no text for either pairing yet, so they stand here only as wiring.
Jupiter retrograde in Gemini, house 8
Jupiter sits at 14ยฐ06' Gemini, retrograde, in the 8th.
The library's Gemini Jupiter is curious, quick to learn and often lucky through conversation and chance social contact. Retrograde, in the 8th house, it reads as financial fortune that still arrives, but slowly and indirectly, often through gifts, inheritance or what the library calls a partner's money, with paperwork standing between the opportunity and the payoff, and a tendency to spend more freely than it saves.
Marrying into the ruling family of Monaco is about as literal a match for "a partner's money" as a chart reading offers.
Saturn in Sagittarius, house 2
Saturn sits at 28ยฐ06' Sagittarius, in the 2nd house.
The Astrolas library reads Saturn in Sagittarius as a path to success that arrives late, after real struggle has taught patience. It points this placement toward law, education, publishing or foreign affairs, built on a reputation for honesty and high standards, with a caution against bluntness.
In the 2nd house, the library ties that same Saturn to a serious, practical relationship with money and self-worth, wealth built slowly through diligence rather than luck.
Kelly's career followed the slow build the library describes: modeling and television work before her first major film roles, then the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Country Girl in 1955. Her later role as Princess of Monaco put her, quite literally, in the position of representing a foreign government on a public stage.
Neptune in Virgo, house 10, and Pluto in Cancer, house 9
Neptune sits at 3ยฐ25' Virgo in the 10th house, and PPluto, retrograde, at 19ยฐ32' fCancer in the 9th.
Both planets move slowly enough that their signs describe a whole generation rather than one person. The library ties Pluto in Cancer to the stretch from 1912 to 1938, a period of upheaval around home, family and economic security on a mass scale, and treats Neptune in Virgo the same way, as a shared placement rather than a personal one.
The houses are personal. The library reads a 10th-house Neptune as a pull toward a career built on inspiration and public service, in art, healing or spirituality, with a warning against letting other people's idealized image of you replace the real one. That fits an actress whose screen image and real life became hard for audiences to pull apart.
A 9th-house Pluto, retrograde, reads as a pull toward higher learning and a reworking of belief that happens quietly, from the inside, rather than through confrontation. The library adds that this placement can make relationships with in-laws transformative, and that travel tends to bring real change. Kelly's marriage moved her permanently to a foreign country and into a new family built around a throne, about as literal a version of that reading as a chart produces.
The Scorpio Ascendant and the angles
The Ascendant sits at 4ยฐ42' Scorpio, the Descendant at 4ยฐ42' Taurus, the Midheaven at 11ยฐ12' Leo and the IC at 11ยฐ12' Aquarius.
The Astrolas library does not yet have entries for a Scorpio Ascendant or a Leo Midheaven on their own, so this piece will not build a reading out of them directly. Worth noting: the rising sign matches the Sun and Mars sign already covered above, which only deepens the Scorpio weighting already sitting in the 1st house.
A handful of aspects touch the angles without library text behind them yet: Mercury square the Midheaven, orb 0ยฐ29', Jupiter sextile the Midheaven, orb 2ยฐ54', Uranus trine the Midheaven, orb 3ยฐ15', and Neptune sextile the Ascendant, orb 1ยฐ16'. They are noted here only as wiring, without a reading attached.
What the chart adds up to
The chart does not explain why Grace Kelly could act, and it says nothing about the man she married. What it shows is a concentration of Scorpio in the 1st house strong enough to color everything else: a public figure built on composure, real intensity running underneath, and a 12th-house Venus that kept her private life exactly that.
Open Grace Kelly's chart on Astrolas, find the Scorpio cluster in the 1st house on the wheel, then compare it with a chart you know.
Questions people ask
What is Grace Kelly's rising sign?
Scorpio, at 4ยฐ42', based on her AA-rated birth time of 5:31 AM. That matches her Sun and Mars signs, adding a fourth point to the Scorpio cluster already sitting in her 1st house.
What are Grace Kelly's Sun and Moon signs?
Her Sun is at 19ยฐ34' Scorpio in the 1st house. Her Moon is at 21ยฐ51' Pisces in the 5th house.
What is the strongest feature of her chart?
Four points in Scorpio, all in the 1st house: the Sun, Mercury, Mars and the Ascendant. It matches the composed, intense public image she carried through both her film career and her life as Princess of Monaco.