Cristiano Ronaldo birth chart: two birth times

Birth data

Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira. The date and place are firm, but the time exists in two versions that give different Ascendants. The chart is therefore cast for noon, and the reading rests on the Sun, the planets and the aspects between them.

What is known and what is not

Neither is in dispute: he was born at the Cruz de Carvalho hospital in Funchal. The hospital is now called Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça and stands in the parish of São Pedro, which Wikipedia also gives as his place of birth.

The time is another matter. There are two versions:

• 5:25 a.m.: the Astrotheme database gives this time from a birth certificate it numbers 6997. Astro-Databank says astrologers in Funchal and in France have seen a copy, but the copy itself has never been published;
• 10:20 a.m.: according to Astro-Databank, this is the time his mother gives in Luca Caioli's biography "Ronaldo: The Obsession for Perfection".

The early time puts the Ascendant in Capricorn, the later one in Aries. Because of the conflict, Astro-Databank lowered its rating to C. Under our rule, two conflicting versions with no reason to prefer either mean a Rodden rating of DD, so we take neither as the main time. Some websites also give 2:15 a.m., with no source at all, and we set that one aside.

The chart is cast for 12:00 noon Western European Time (UTC+0), which Madeira kept in February 1985. It has no houses, no Ascendant and no MC, and we do not give the Moon's degree, since the Moon covers several degrees in a day. Its sign is known, though: the Moon stayed in Leo for the whole day.

Venus and Mars in Aries

The tightest conjunction in the chart is formed by Venus at 2°50′ Aries and Mars at 2°05′ Aries, orb 0°45′. Both sit at the very start of the sign, so the pairing holds whatever the hour. Mars in Aries is in its own sign, where tradition sees it at its most direct: action without long preparation, competition as a natural state.

Several soft aspects reach the pair. Venus sextiles Chiron at 3°16′ Gemini with an orb of 0°25′, and Mars sextiles Jupiter at 29°44′ Capricorn with an orb of 2°21′. Tradition treats the sextile as an angle that gives movement without resistance (see the article on the sextile).

The square to Neptune

Both Aries planets square Neptune at 2°42′ Capricorn. The square of Venus to Neptune is nearly exact, orb 0°08′, and the square of Mars to Neptune has an orb of 0°36′. Aries and Capricorn belong to the cardinal cross, and astrologers read a knot like this as a gap between what is wanted and what is achieved, closed by effort. Neptune, in the modern reading, adds an image or ideal that one reaches for and never quite holds (more in the article on the square aspect).

Sun in Aquarius sextile Uranus

The Sun at 16°38′ Aquarius sextiles Uranus at 17°05′ Sagittarius, orb 0°27′. Uranus rules Aquarius in the modern scheme, so the contact strengthens the Aquarian theme of the chart, which tradition ties to independence and living by one's own rules.

That day the Moon was moving through Leo, opposite the Aquarian Sun, and the full Moon fell on the birthday itself. Tradition reads an opposition of the two lights as tension between two needs: a Sun that pulls toward self-reliance and a Leo Moon that wants a stage and recognition. Without the time, its exact orb is unknown.

Mercury square Pluto

Mercury at 6°43′ Aquarius squares Pluto at 4°44′ Scorpio, orb 1°58′. Both signs are fixed, and tradition links the aspect with stubborn, focused thinking that is hard to knock off course. Scorpio also holds Saturn, at 27°21′ Scorpio near the end of the sign, so the weight of the fixed signs shows in the chart even without an Ascendant.

Events often compared with the chart

• August 12, 2003: Manchester United sign Ronaldo, Premier League debut four days later.
• 2008: his first Ballon d'Or, at 23.
• 2009: moves to Real Madrid for £80 million, a record fee at the time.
• 2016: Portugal, captained by Ronaldo, win the European Championship.

These dates are starting points for your own work with transits. We do not make predictions about the health, court cases or future careers of living people.

Planet positions

Calculation: Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03.

Aspects

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