Two oppositions, on Mercury and on Mars
Talk and drive
Middle of the range for contact across 93 pairs charted (29–86, median 41).
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello compatibility
↓ Below: all 6 aspects named, with orbs
No birth time on record, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.
Note on this rating: Date and birthplace confirmed independently via Wikidata (P569/P19, precision to the day) and English Wikipedia. No reliable birth time is on public record, so none is asserted here.
This page compares Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, the four placements a birth date alone can place. Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven are left out here by design, not by omission, so nothing on this page is scored against a birth time it cannot trust.
Cross-aspects
Where the two charts actually touch
and 1 more, to 7.97°
Category shape
Five categories, one chart each
Friction
MARS × MARS
friction point, from Bud Abbott's Mars opposition Lou Costello's Mars
86
Communication
MERCURY × MERCURY
talks in sync, from Bud Abbott's Mercury opposition Lou Costello's Mercury
84
Identity
SUN × SUN
No aspect inside orb. Their core identities read independently of each other here.
None
Attraction
VENUS × MARS
No aspect inside orb. Neither Venus reaches the other's Mars within orb.
None
Values
VENUS × VENUS
No aspect inside orb. Their values neither align nor clash by this measure.
None
Scores rank how close a contact is to exact, not how well two people get along. A high friction score means the two Mars are in tight aspect, which is information, not a warning.
The overlap
Two charts, laid over each other
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars are drawn here, the four placements a birth date alone can place with no birth time required. This is a complete chart of what is known, not a partial chart of what is not.
| Thin line, Mercury to Mars | QUINCUNX 1.77° |
| Thin line, Mars to Mercury | QUINCUNX 2.21° |
| House ring, not drawn | |
Why they click
Communication reads 84 and friction 86, both on oppositions, the two Mercuries three and a third degrees apart and the two Marses under three. Those are the only two of the five tracked pairings with any contact at all, and both are wide enough to be comfortable rather than exact.
Why they clash
Identity, attraction and values all return 30. The Suns make no angle and the Venuses make no angle, and the one Venus contact on the page, Abbott's Venus opposing Costello's Sun, sits nearly eight degrees wide and feeds nothing. Six aspects between the charts, and the reading rests on two of them.
What each system says
Twelve systems, two people
The Suns are 156° apart, outside orb of any aspect, which is why identity reads as an empty channel above.
Goat and Horse are in neither the trines nor the clashes.
Shared history
Shared life events
Who is on First goes national on radio
The routine is broadcast on The Kate Smith Hour and becomes the act the pair are known for.Source ↗
Feb 18 – Apr 27, 1938 · 68 days
Bud Abbott
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Saturn opposition Sunslow
- Chiron trine Marsslow
- Chiron square Mercuryslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Bud Abbott, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Lou Costello
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
- Chiron square Mercuryslow
- Pluto trine Mercuryslow
- North Node trine Mercuryfast
- Jupiter sextile Marsfast
Editorial note · Pluto trine Mercury
Pluto trine Mercury suggested a powerful and transformative impact for their communication as "Who's on First" went national on radio.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Lou Costello, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Buck Privates is released
The film that turned the pair into the biggest box office draw in America.Source ↗
Nov 27, 1940 – Apr 6, 1941 · 130 days
Bud Abbott
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Uranus trine Mercuryslow
- Chiron square Marsslow
- Saturn trine Venusslow
- Jupiter trine Venusfast
Editorial note · Uranus trine Mercury
Uranus trine Mercury indicated the film's original concepts were easily conveyed and well-received.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Bud Abbott, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Lou Costello
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune opposition Mercuryslow
- Chiron trine Mercuryslow
Editorial note · Neptune opposition Mercury
The Neptune opposition Mercury transit underscored the film's escapist narrative in its public presentation.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Lou Costello, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Frequently asked
Are Bud Abbott and Lou Costello astrologically compatible?
Their charts make 6 cross-aspects, the tightest at 1.77° and 2.21°. Astrology does not score a relationship out of a hundred, and the number on this page counts how much contact two charts make, not how well two people do.
Why isn't there a house ring on the chart above?
At least one of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello doesn't have a curated, non-estimated birth time, so a house placement would be a guess. This page only shows what a birth date alone can place.
What does opposition mean between two charts?
An opposition puts two placements directly across the chart, a pull between two poles that has to be balanced rather than resolved. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello have 4 opposition contacts between them, more than any other type.
Tight contact, mixed valence
Run the full synastry
This page compares Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, because those are the four that a birth date alone can place. The synastry calculator runs all ten bodies against each other.