Analysis of Dustin Hoffman's astrological chart

He dedicated himself to medicine, thinking that he was too unattractive to become an actor. Fortunately, Dustin Hoffman changed his mind. His filmography has turned him into a superstar today. At 78, he is still tremendously appreciated by the public of various ages worldwide. It is perhaps because he has embodied many anti-heroes, but also because he never indulged in excesses despite his celebrity.

An astrologer is hardly surprised by this, because here is definitely a person with an extraordinary chart. Harmonious aspects compete for the privilege of dominating the chart. With the Sun in Leo and the Ascendant in Capricorn, Dustin Hoffman has an innate pride which prompts him to follow a strict code of conduct. He is influenced by the Earth element, wonderfully strengthened by a grand trine linking the Ascendant and Jupiter conjunct this axis in Capricorn, a trio composed of the Moon, Neptune, and Mercury in Virgo, and lastly, Uranus in Taurus. Therefore, one must take into account the fact that all these symbols or life areas represented by these planets work together at full capacity in order to make life easy for him.

Jupiter on the Ascendant brings good luck and enables him to reach out to people more readily than a person only marked by the 10th sign. Moreover, the Jupiter-Capricorn alliance promises a nice social success and favours legal and acknowledged values.

Since it is also known that in addition Dustin Hoffman has a penchant for originality and gladly confesses that he is unpredictable, we recognise here the Uranus touch, also in an angle at the Imum Coeli.

Even though these atypical sides remain under control, the comedian probably inherited them from his parents (the 4th House). Despite Jewish origins, he has not been raised in this religion, and it was much later that he learned the role of his grandmother, who survived the death camps. Actually, she decided that the family should settle in the United States, and without her, he would not have had the possibility to achieve such a career. He was brought up by an atheistic father – fairly normal with Uranus in the 4th – here also. Dustin Hoffman now cherishes the memory of this past, although he remains quite distant from Israel's policy. In brief, Uranus explains very well Hoffman's beliefs.

While he is not a tormented person, the actor has the faculty of being very emotional and of dissecting his feelings masterfully. This is the mark of the Moon-Neptune-Mercury trio in Virgo that we mentioned above. "I cry all the time! I cry as much as I laugh", Hoffman told the French weekly Paris Match when he received an honorary Cesar in 2009. He managed to fully use his capacities for abandon in the cinema and on stage. He is one of the few people who can embody so aptly personages who are on a high wire between tragedy and humour.

For instance the hero of Tootsie, who was instrumental in changing the way women are considered, since this film turns over clichés about them to stand up for their cause. He also played a brilliant autistic in Rain Man which, at little cost, succeeds in pulling it off with finesse and in bringing tears to our eyes... This is only to cite two performances which earned him the Oscar for best actor.

Although he played in many masterpieces which marked history, such as Little Big Man, Papillon, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Hoffman did not disdain projects for the general public, cultivating easy comic movies. In Meet the Parents, he is Ben Stiller's sidekick, alias Bernie Focker, who wears the Hawaiian shirt better than anyone...

Having accumulated so many successes and awards, Dustin Hoffman is paradoxically very discreet about his private life. He has been happily married with Lisa for over 35 years, who was nevertheless his second wife. With a Venus-Saturn square, he probably has had to overcome affective insecurity in his youth. Fortunately, a gorgeous natal Moon endows him with a sensitivity tinged with a blossoming intellect, because she forms only positive aspects in his chart. Therefore she certainly made up for the challenge put forward by his Venus.

We could still continue for a long time the list of praises of this chart and of the promises Hoffman managed to draw from it. He will remain very active in 2016. Concerned about achievement, this very year, he ought to take advantage of the transit of Jupiter in Virgo, important because going back and forth on his group of three planets, the Moon, Neptune, and Mercury, involved in the Earth grand trine.

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Sunday, August 8, 1937

Los Angeles (CA) (United States)

16°02' Leo

18°06' Virgo

18°04' Capricorn

7°59' Scorpio

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5' 5½" (1m67) tall

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Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937 (birth time source: Gene Lockhart, Gauquelin,, BC)) is an American actor and director with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1980 (for Kramer vs. Kramer) and 1989 (for Rain Man). He first drew critical...

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Meanwhile, Pluto, starting slowly to conjunct the Ascendant and natal Jupiter, compels him to go through an inner transformation. 2020 will probably require carefully analysis, since a trio of planets is arriving in Capricorn: Pluto, but also Jupiter and Saturn.

Prior to this date, a quick look at the secondary progressions confirms that the current period is full of emotional events. Indeed, the progressed Moon transits the natal Sun in 2016.

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