Meryl Streep's Birth Moon

Widely regarded as the greatest living actress, with a record three Oscar wins.

22 June 1949

Waning Crescent

15.6% illuminated

Actress

On 22 June 1949 the moon was 26 days in, near the close of the cycle, showing 15.6% of its face. That month's full moon — traditionally called the Strawberry Moon — had passed 12 days earlier, on 10 June 1949.

The sky on 22 June 1949

Geocentric positions in the tropical zodiac, computed for midday UTC.

☉SunCancer ♋

☽MoonTaurus ♉

☿MercuryGemini ♊

♀VenusCancer ♋

♂MarsGemini ♊

♃JupiterAquarius ♒℞

♄SaturnVirgo ♍

♅UranusCancer ♋

♆NeptuneLibra ♎℞

Jupiter and Neptune were retrograde that day — appearing, from Earth, to move backwards against the stars. It is an effect of the two planets' relative speeds rather than a change in direction, and astrologers read it as a period of review rather than progress.

Moon in Taurus ♉

The moon was passing through Taurus on 22 June 1949, while the sun sat in Cancer — which is why Meryl Streep's star sign is Cancer. The two rarely coincide: the sun takes a month to cross a sign and the moon takes about two and a half days.

Where the sun sign is read as the outward character, the moon sign is read as the emotional register underneath it — the part that is steadied by routine, comfort and physical calm, and is slow both to unsettle and to move on.

Aspects that day

Aspects are the angles bodies form with each other. These were within orb on 22 June 1949:

Mercury conjunct Mars

What a Waning Crescent birth moon means

Traits of the Waning Crescent

Waning Crescent births are deeply intuitive, spiritual, and sensitive. They absorb the world deeply and often feel things before they can name them. Meryl Streep carries this quality — a depth of feeling and perception that surfaces in their creative work and personal presence.

How to read all this

Every figure on this page is calculated from Meryl Streep's date of birth — the phase, the illumination percentage, the positions and the aspects are astronomy, and they would be the same whoever was born that day. The character readings attached to them are symbolic tradition, not measurement, and are best treated as prompts for reflection rather than claims about a person.

Two things are deliberately missing. Without a birth time we cannot give a rising sign or house placements, since both change through the day — the ascendant shifts roughly every two hours. And without a birthplace there are no moonrise or moonset times, which depend on latitude. Anywhere you see those quoted for a public figure without a documented birth certificate time, treat them with caution.

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