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 the nine bodies a birth date alone can place, Sun through Pluto, and lists the Chiron and lunar node contacts alongside them. The Moon is drawn as the span it could have moved through and is scored in nothing here; the ascendant axis and the house ring are left out by design, not by omission, so nothing on this page is scored against a birth time it cannot trust.
The overlap
Where the two charts touch
Bud Abbott’s Pluto and Lou Costello’s Sun are 0.31 degrees from an exact square.
Neither birth time here is exact, so the Moon is not scored against anything and the ascendant axis and house ring are not drawn. Sun through Pluto move at most about two degrees in a day, so every contact below is the same whatever the time. This is the whole of what a birth date can place, not a sample of it.
Sun through Pluto, one chart on each axis
Bud Abbott ↓ × Lou Costello →
| Planet | Sun | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sun Quincunx Saturn | Sun Square Uranus | Sun Square Neptune | ||||||
| Mercury | Mercury Opposition Mercury | Mercury Opposition Venus | Mercury Quincunx Mars | Mercury Trine Jupiter | Mercury Square Pluto | ||||
| Venus | Venus Opposition Sun | Venus Opposition Saturn | Venus Trine Uranus | Venus Sextile Neptune | |||||
| Mars | Mars Quincunx Mercury | Mars Opposition Mars | Mars Trine Pluto | ||||||
| Jupiter | Jupiter Opposition Mercury | Jupiter Opposition Venus | Jupiter Quincunx Mars | Jupiter Trine Jupiter | Jupiter Square Pluto | ||||
| Saturn | Saturn Trine Mercury | Saturn Opposition Jupiter | |||||||
| Uranus | Uranus Trine Mercury | Uranus Opposition Jupiter | |||||||
| Neptune | Neptune Square Mercury | Neptune Square Venus | Neptune Sextile Mars | Neptune Conjunction Pluto | |||||
| Pluto | Pluto Square Sun | Pluto Square Venus | Pluto Conjunction Pluto |
31 of the 40 contacts fall between Sun and Pluto, and all 31 are in the grid. A boxed cell is within one degree. The other 9 contacts involve Chiron and the lunar nodes and are listed below, 1 of them in the tight layer.
A cell is a plain glyph. The aspect it names is a Codex Link in the sentences above.
Bud Abbott inner ring, Lou Costello outer ring, with the contacts inside one degree drawn. 7 of them are between Sun and Pluto; the rest involve bodies that are not on either ring.
All 40 contacts, in four layers
Within one degree
8 of 40The contacts closest to exact, whichever bodies they involve. 1 of these are Chiron or lunar node contacts, so they are named here and are not in the grid above. Tightest first, which is the only order that holds for every pair.
- Bud Abbott's Pluto square Lou Costello's Sun
- Bud Abbott's Saturn trine Lou Costello's Mercury
- Bud Abbott's Sun trine (mutual) Lou Costello's Chiron
- Bud Abbott's Venus opposition Lou Costello's Saturn
- Bud Abbott's Uranus trine Lou Costello's Mercury
- Bud Abbott's Neptune sextile Lou Costello's Mars
- Bud Abbott's Venus sextile Lou Costello's Neptune
- Bud Abbott's Venus trine Lou Costello's Uranus
Personal planets
18 of 40A personal planet on either side. These are the contacts that describe these two people rather than their birth years.
- Bud Abbott's Sun square Lou Costello's Uranus
- Bud Abbott's Mercury quincunx (mutual) Lou Costello's Mars
- Bud Abbott's Mars quincunx (mutual) Lou Costello's Mercury
- Bud Abbott's Sun square Lou Costello's Neptune
- Bud Abbott's Jupiter opposition Lou Costello's Mercury
- Bud Abbott's Neptune square Lou Costello's Venus
- Bud Abbott's Mars opposition Lou Costello's Mars
- Bud Abbott's Jupiter quincunx Lou Costello's Mars
- Bud Abbott's Sun quincunx Lou Costello's Saturn
- Bud Abbott's Mercury square Lou Costello's Pluto
- Bud Abbott's Mercury opposition Lou Costello's Mercury
- Bud Abbott's Mercury opposition Lou Costello's Venus
- Bud Abbott's Mars trine Lou Costello's Pluto
- Bud Abbott's Neptune square Lou Costello's Mercury
- Bud Abbott's Jupiter opposition Lou Costello's Venus
- Bud Abbott's Pluto square Lou Costello's Venus
- Bud Abbott's Mercury trine Lou Costello's Jupiter
- Bud Abbott's Venus opposition Lou Costello's Sun
Shared generation
6 of 40Jupiter through Pluto on both sides. Born 8 years apart, these two have their outer planets in nearly the same degrees, so anyone born near them shares most of this group. Listed because it is real, kept apart because it says little about the pair.
- Bud Abbott's Neptune conjunction Lou Costello's Pluto
- Bud Abbott's Saturn opposition Lou Costello's Jupiter
- Bud Abbott's Uranus opposition Lou Costello's Jupiter
- Bud Abbott's Jupiter square Lou Costello's Pluto
- Bud Abbott's Jupiter trine Lou Costello's Jupiter
- Bud Abbott's Pluto conjunction Lou Costello's Pluto
Chiron and the lunar nodes
8 of 40A birth date places these too, and they are not drawn in the grid above. The 1 inside one degree are in the tight layer; these 8 are the rest.
- Bud Abbott's Chiron trine (mutual) Lou Costello's Sun
- Bud Abbott's Neptune sextile Lou Costello's North node
- Bud Abbott's Venus quincunx Lou Costello's Chiron
- Bud Abbott's Chiron square Lou Costello's Chiron
- Bud Abbott's North node trine Lou Costello's Jupiter
- Bud Abbott's Pluto trine Lou Costello's Chiron
- Bud Abbott's Uranus square Lou Costello's North node
- Bud Abbott's North node conjunction Lou Costello's Chiron
Trines and sextiles are soft, squares, oppositions and quincunxes hard. A conjunction depends on which two bodies meet, so it carries no tone here.
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
This is what comparing two charts system by system looks like: the same birth data on both sides, read against each other one system at a time.
The Suns are 155.5° apart, outside orb of any aspect, which is why identity reads as an empty channel above.
A second tradition
Guna Milan (Ashtakoot)
Guna Milan is the compatibility method used in Vedic matchmaking, traditionally consulted before an arranged marriage. It scores eight factors between two Moon placements on a 36-point scale, shown here as what this one tradition reads: not a verdict, and not averaged with the Western reading above, which may disagree.
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 (opens in new tab)
7 passages · 2 charts
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Feb 18 – Apr 27, 1938 · 68 days
Bud Abbott
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Neptune conjunction Venusslow
- Saturn opposition Sunslow
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.
Editorial note · Saturn opposition Sun
Fourteen days after the national broadcast, Saturn opposed the Sun, anchoring their viral breakthrough into lasting comedy history through a defining power window.
Lou Costello
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
- Chiron square Mercuryslow
- Pluto trine Mercuryslow
- North Node trine Mercuryfast
- Jupiter sextile Marsfast
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 (opens in new tab)
5 passages · 2 charts
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Aug 4, 1940 – Jul 30, 1941 · 360 days
Bud Abbott
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Pluto square Mercuryslow
- Pluto square Mercuryslow
- Jupiter opposition Mercuryfast
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.
Editorial note · Jupiter opposition Mercury
Jupiter opposing Mercury 31 days before the premiere stirred buzzing promotional momentum and high-spirited publicity for the wartime comedy.
Lou Costello
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Neptune opposition Mercuryslow
- Chiron trine Mercuryslow
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.
Editorial note · Neptune opposition Mercury
Twenty days after the film's release, Neptune opposing Mercury mirrored the wave of escapist humor capturing audiences' imaginations.
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960
3 passages · 1 chart
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Aug 30, 1959 – Jul 19, 1960 · 324 days
Bud Abbott
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Pluto sextile Mercuryslow
- Pluto sextile Mercuryslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
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, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
Nothing was within orb for Lou Costello on this date.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
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 40 cross-aspects, the tightest at 0.31° and 0.4°. 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 square mean between two charts?
A square puts two placements at a right angle, generating friction that tends to force action. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello have 10 square contacts between them, more than any other type.
Tight contact, mixed valence
Run the full synastry
This page compares Sun through Pluto, the bodies a birth date alone can place. The synastry calculator runs all ten bodies against each other.