Born: December 29, 1972, 6:00 AM local time, Lewisham, London, England. Source: Astro-Databank, Rodden rating C.
Open Jude Law's chart on Astrolas to follow the read below.
Astro-Databank rates this birth time C, which means there's no confirmed source behind it: no birth certificate, no family record, just a time that circulates without backing. The planets' signs and the aspects between them still hold. The rising sign, the Midheaven and every house placement below depend on the clock, so they're marked as conditional throughout this piece.
The chart's center of gravity sits where lSagittarius runs into vCapricorn. EMercury, RVenus and ONeptune all land in Sagittarius within about fourteen degrees of each other, and the Sun sits just over the border in Capricorn. If the recorded 6:00 AM time holds, the Ascendant falls inside that same stretch of Sagittarius, putting Law's rising sign close to his own Venus and Neptune.
Mercury, Venus and Neptune packed into Sagittarius
Mercury sits at 20ยฐ36' Sagittarius, Venus at 13ยฐ04' and Neptune at 6ยฐ09', all three in the same sign and none of them more than about fourteen degrees from the others.
The Astrolas library reads Mercury in Sagittarius as a quick, restless mind that wants to get to the point and never stops absorbing new ideas, often through work that involves movement or an international setting. It reads Venus in Sagittarius as a romantic who falls fast, needs personal freedom inside a relationship, and gets on easily with powerful, well-connected friends. Neptune in Sagittarius is generational, shared by anyone born in the same few years, and the library ties it to a hunger for meaning, philosophy and different cultures, with a pull toward travel and inspiring others.
Law's career has run on exactly that kind of range and movement. He trained and first worked in British theatre and television before Hollywood roles in Gattaca (1997) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). He later played the title role across two seasons of The Young Pope and The New Pope, shot in Italy, and took on very different parts across the Sherlock Holmes films and the Fantastic Beasts series. On the personal side, he married actress Sadie Frost in 1997; they divorced in 2003. He married psychotherapist Phillipa Coan in 2019.
Sun and Jupiter, both in Capricorn
The Sun sits at 7ยฐ38' Capricorn and Jupiter at 17ยฐ11' Capricorn, a loose conjunction with an orb of about nine and a half degrees. The tightest contact anywhere in the chart is a Sun square MC, orb just 0ยฐ50', though since it involves the Midheaven it depends entirely on the clock; the library has no text for that pairing yet.
The Astrolas library reads a Capricorn Sun as someone who matures early, carries a strong sense of responsibility, and climbs toward a goal with patience rather than speed, like a mountain goat working up a steep slope. It warns that the same seriousness can make showing vulnerability difficult. Jupiter in this sign, in the library's reading, grows through discipline and steady effort rather than luck, and feels most rewarded by real accomplishment and recognition rather than attention for its own sake.
That pairing fits a career built over decades rather than a single breakout. Law was performing professionally as a teenager, including with the National Youth Music Theatre, and earned Academy Award nominations for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999, Best Supporting Actor) and Cold Mountain (2003, Best Actor). In 1997 he also co-founded the production company Natural Nylon, moving some of his work into producing as well as acting.
Moon conjunct Uranus in Libra
The tightest link between two planets in this chart sits here. The Moon is at 27ยฐ55' jLibra and Uranus at 22ยฐ40' Libra, conjunct with an orb of 5ยฐ15'.
The library reads a Libra Moon as charming and peace-seeking, someone who is uncomfortable with discord and does their best work in partnership with others, often approaching love through reason and aesthetics as much as feeling. Adding Uranus to that, the library says reactions become harder to predict and moods swing with circumstances, but it also credits this pairing with a gift for timing, a habit of landing in the right place at the right moment.
If the recorded time holds, this conjunction sits in the 10th house, which the library connects to a need for recognition at work and a career that can include sudden rises, falls or changes of direction. Law was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2004, at the height of a run of high-profile film roles, and his career since has moved between blockbuster franchises, awards-season dramas and prestige television rather than staying in one lane.
Mars at the last degree of Scorpio
Mars sits at 29ยฐ02' Scorpio, the final degree of the sign, forming a loose conjunction with Neptune (orb 7ยฐ07') that the library has no text for yet.
The library reads Mars in Scorpio as intense and enduring: an iron will, sharp focus, and a reluctance to let go of a goal even past the point of diminishing returns, channelled well into demanding or high-stakes work. If the recorded time holds, Mars falls in the 12th house, which the library ties to energy that runs inward rather than outward, strong intuition, and a quiet drive to stand up for others rather than for the spotlight.
That intensity carries into some of Law's darker or more physically demanding roles, among them the hitman photographer in Road to Perdition (2002) and the title role in Alfie (2004).
Saturn retrograde in Gemini, opposite Venus
Saturn sits at 15ยฐ30' dGemini and is retrograde. It opposes Venus with an orb of 2ยฐ26', and separately opposes Mercury at 5ยฐ07'; the library has no text for either aspect yet.
The library reads Saturn in Gemini as a mind that pairs quick observation with discipline, strong at analysis and concise expression, well suited to work in communication, writing or education, though prone to turning skeptical or sharp with others. If the recorded time holds, Saturn sits in the 7th house, where the library describes a serious, almost karmic approach to partnership: loyalty and responsibility matter more than romance, relationships tend to arrive later or with an older, more settled partner, and commitment comes only once the person is certain.
Both of Law's marriages came after long stretches of major public attention rather than early in his career, which fits a Saturn placement that rewards patience over speed in matters of the heart.
Venus and Neptune conjunct the Ascendant
If the recorded 6:00 AM time holds, the Ascendant sits at 9ยฐ16' Sagittarius, with Venus close enough to form a conjunction (orb 3ยฐ48') and Neptune close enough for another (orb 3ยฐ07'). The Astrolas library doesn't have a standalone entry for a Sagittarius rising, so this read leans on those two aspects instead.
Venus conjunct the Ascendant, in the library's reading, describes someone warm, sociable and quick to put others at ease, well liked but prone to people-pleasing and conflict avoidance, usually well-groomed and happiest paired up rather than alone. Neptune conjunct the Ascendant adds a mysterious, adaptable charm; the library calls it an ability to blend into any environment, alongside a caution about trusting too easily and a reminder to get practical advice on money and contracts.
That description of blending into any environment is, almost too neatly, a description of what an actor's job actually is. Across Law's filmography he has played a World War II sniper, a hitman, a famous fictional detective's partner, a pope and a young, future headmaster of a wizarding school, without settling into one type.
What the chart adds up to
With the birth time unconfirmed, the part of this chart that holds without question is the cluster at the Sagittarius-Capricorn border: a restless, communicative Mercury and a freedom-loving Venus in Sagittarius, a disciplined, patient Sun and Jupiter just over the line in Capricorn, and a Scorpio Mars that doesn't let go of a goal once it's chosen.
If the recorded time turns out to be right, that same stretch of sky also holds the Ascendant, which would tie Law's public identity directly to the shape-shifting charm the library reads into Venus and Neptune there, and to a Moon-Uranus pairing in the 10th house that rewards unpredictable, high-visibility work.
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Questions people ask
What is Jude Law's rising sign?
Sagittarius, at 9ยฐ16', if the recorded 6:00 AM birth time holds. Astro-Databank rates that time C, meaning it has no confirmed source, so treat the rising sign as likely rather than certain.
What are Jude Law's Sun and Moon signs?
His Sun is at 7ยฐ38' Capricorn. His Moon is at 27ยฐ55' Libra, conjunct Uranus. Both hold regardless of the exact birth time.
What is the strongest feature of his chart?
Mercury, Venus and Neptune all sit in Sagittarius within about fourteen degrees of each other, with the Sun just over the border in Capricorn. If the birth time holds, the Ascendant falls in the same stretch of sky, conjunct both Venus and Neptune.