Communication scores 96, and every route it travels is a square.
Talks constantly
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton compatibility
↓ Below: all 8 aspects named, with orbs
Sources conflict on the birth time. No recorded verification, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.
Note on this rating: Birth time 15:00, Rodden DD (conflicting sources) via astrotheme.com. Treat angle-based placements with caution.
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 3 more, to 5.26°Collapse
The overlap
Two charts, laid over each other
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton'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.
| Thick line, Sun to Mercury | SQUARE 0.46° |
| Thin line, Venus to Sun | QUINCUNX 0.54° |
| House ring, not drawn | |
Why they click
Communication is by far the strongest category here, and the aspects behind it are unusually tight: Sun square Mercury at 0.46 degrees, Mercury square Mercury at 0.64, Venus quincunx Sun at 0.54. Three contacts inside a single degree is rare. Mars trine Mars adds a genuinely easy line, a shared sense of pace. What this describes is a pair who are always in contact, always mid-exchange, rarely quiet with each other.
Why they clash
A square is a hard angle, so scoring 96 on communication does not mean the talking is comfortable. It means the channel is wide open and abrasive. Mercury square Mercury in particular reads as two minds that engage constantly and rarely settle. Identity and values both sit at the floor, so the constant exchange is not resting on a shared sense of who they are or what matters. On this scale, that is a pairing that talks its way through everything, including the parts that do not resolve.
What each system says
Twelve systems, two people
The Suns are 109.6° apart, outside orb of any aspect, which is why identity reads as an empty channel above.
Monkey and Ox are in neither the trines nor the clashes.
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.
Guna Milan needs an exact birth time for both people. The Moon changes nakshatra roughly once a day, so an estimated time can place the whole reading in the wrong one, and at least one birth time here isn't exact.
Shared history
Shared life events
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor marry
12 passages · 2 charts
Transit detailCollapse
Nov 19, 1963 – Jul 10, 1964 · 234 days
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto square Ascendantslow
- Neptune conjunction Moonslow
- Chiron square Ascendantslow
- Uranus opposition Mercuryslow
- Chiron trine Moonslow
- Uranus opposition Sunslow
- Saturn conjunction Marsslow
- North Node trine Sunfast
- North Node trine Mercuryfast
Editorial note · Neptune conjunction Moon
Peaking 81 days after their wedding, Neptune conjunct the eleventh-house Moon cast an idealized, dreamlike glamour over their public bond.
Richard Burton
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune conjunction Sunslow
- Uranus square Mercuryslow
- Saturn trine Marsslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Richard Burton, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Neptune conjunction Sun
Neptune conjunct the Sun 47 days before their wedding set an intoxicating, mythic tone for their union, enveloping the romance in glamorous enchantment well before they tied the knot.
39th Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
1 passage · 1 chart
Transit detailCollapse
Jan 21 – Mar 22, 1967 · 60 days
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
Nothing was within orb for Elizabeth Taylor on this date.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
Richard Burton
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Jupiter square Marsfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Richard Burton, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Jupiter square Mars
Jupiter square Mars peaked 20 days before the Oscar nominations, reflecting an intense surge of competitive ambition ahead of the big announcement.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor divorce
11 passages · 2 charts
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Dec 28, 1973 – Dec 23, 1974 · 360 days
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Sunslow
- Neptune square Sunslow
- Saturn trine Mercuryslow
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Jupiter trine Moonfast
Editorial note · Neptune square Sun
Arriving 95 days after their divorce, Neptune square Sun in the 12th house deepened the sense of disillusionment and dissolved lingering illusions of their shared identity.
Richard Burton
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow
- Jupiter trine Sunfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Richard Burton, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Pluto square Venus
Pluto formed a square to Venus 11 days before the divorce, marking a period of intense emotional upheaval and the painful unraveling of their iconic partnership.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor marry
6 passages · 2 charts
Transit detailCollapse
Aug 19 – Dec 1, 1975 · 104 days
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Marsslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Sunslow
- Jupiter conjunction Venusfast
Editorial note · Neptune square Sun
Neptune square the twelfth-house Sun 49 days before their reunion marriage cast an intoxicating, romantic haze over the impending vows.
Richard Burton
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Chiron opposition Marsslow
- Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Richard Burton, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Neptune conjunction Mercury
Forty-nine days before their second wedding, Neptune conjunct Mercury cast a haze of romantic nostalgia and idealistic promises over their renewed dialogue.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor divorce
7 passages · 2 charts
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Apr 1 – Nov 25, 1976 · 238 days
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune conjunction Ascendantslow
- Chiron sextile Marsslow
- Uranus trine Marsslow
- North Node trine Mercuryfast
- North Node trine Sunfast
Editorial note · Neptune conjunction Ascendant
Neptune met the Ascendant in the 12th house 119 days after the divorce, dissolving old public identities during a powerful window of quiet, inward release.
Richard Burton
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Uranus sextile Venusslow
- Saturn trine Mercuryslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Richard Burton, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Uranus sextile Venus
Occurring 69 days before the divorce, Uranus sextile Venus signaled an awakening toward personal freedom and a mutual release from relational ties.
Frequently asked
Are Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton astrologically compatible?
Their charts make 8 cross-aspects, the tightest at 0.46° and 0.54°. 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 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 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. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have 3 square contacts between them, more than any other type.
Sources & further reading
Tight contact, mixed valence
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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.