Robert Downey Jr.'s Birth Chart: Aries Sun, Taurus Moon, Leo Rising

Venus in Aries pursues directly, falls fast and is bored by hesitation.

Venus in the 9th house finds love and beauty abroad, in study and in distant places.

The Sun in Aries builds identity through action, initiative and being first.

The Sun in the 9th house finds identity through learning, travel and belief.

Mercury in Aries thinks fast, speaks plainly and reaches a position early.

Mercury in the 9th house studies widely, travels for ideas and argues for meaning.

The Moon in Taurus needs calm, comfort and continuity, and is slow to be shaken.

The Moon in the 10th house ties emotional life to work, standing and being seen.

Jupiter in Taurus grows patiently, and increases what it already holds.

Jupiter in the 10th house builds a wide public reputation, and is tempted to overreach.

Mars in Virgo works precisely and steadily, and quarrels over the detail.

Mars in the 2nd house works hard for money and defends what it considers its own.

Uranus in Virgo overturns how work, health and method are organized.

Uranus in the 2nd house makes earning irregular and values unconventional.

Pluto in Virgo takes apart work, health and the systems behind daily life.

Pluto in the 2nd house makes money a matter of power, loss and rebuilding.

Neptune in Scorpio is drawn to the hidden, the psychological and the extreme.

Neptune in the 4th house makes home a retreat and family history unclear.

Saturn in Pisces gives form to what is formless, and learns limits late.

Saturn in the 8th house manages debt, loss and intimacy with caution and control.

Need in tension with illusion, attaching to what is absent until the pattern becomes visible.

Order in conflict with freedom, alternating rigidity and revolt, and teaching what structures cost.

Action fused with disruption, sudden and fearless, with accidents and abrupt exits as the cost.

Drive in conflict with limitation, repeatedly blocked, producing cold anger or hard-won capability.

Identity fused with charm and taste, making approval easy to get and hard to do without.

Structure in conflict with power, relentless and heavy, forging endurance and a permanent realism.

Disruption fused with compulsion, a rare generational contact with demolition as its standing reflex.

Drive fused with power, immense in stamina and force, with control and compulsion as the costs.

Depth and feeling in easy agreement, unshockable and regenerative, with the descent never required.

Mind and identity welded together, giving fluent self-expression and little distance from an opinion.

Belief in tension with illusion, credulous and disappointed, eventually producing discernment.

Emotional life enlarged by Jupiter, generous and hospitable, with appetite and commitment both oversized.

A Leo Ascendant meets the world with warmth and visible presence.

A Taurus Midheaven builds standing slowly, on steadiness and tangible results.