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Paul Mescal's birth chart: Cancer rising by eight arc-minutes
He gave his time in a TikTok while signing autographs: 1:15. His certificate confirms the Dublin hospital. The rising sign sits on a knife edge.
Photo: Sam Jotham Sutharson / Burst
At a glance
12°59′ Aquarius Sun, 19°48′ Cancer Moon, 0°08′ Cancer rising.
- Born
- February 2, 19961:15 PM, Dublin, Ireland
- Sun
- 12°59′ Aquarius8th house
- Moon
- 19°48′ Cancer1st house
- Rising
- 0°08′ Cancer1 min in, 153 min to go
- Chart ruler
- Moon in Cancer1st house
- Data rating
- Rodden Aa named source
Compare your chart with Paul's0°08′ Cancer rising, 1 minutes from the nearest sign line.
1:15 PM
A fan, a TikTok and a Dublin certificate
At 1:15 PM it is Cancer rising. At 1:14 PM it was Gemini.
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Astro-Databank: Paul MescalWhy your rising sign differs between apps
Paul Mescal's birth time came out in the nicest possible way. While he was signing autographs, a fan told him she was born on the same day and year, and gave her time. He answered with his: 1:15. The clip went up on TikTok, and Astro-Databank rates the time A, from his own memory.
The archive also has his birth certificate, which, as it dryly notes, records no time. It does fix the date, February 2, 1996, and the place: the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, not Maynooth, which media profiles often give.
At 1:15 PM Dublin time the ascendant was at 0°08′ Cancer, eight arc-minutes past the Gemini line. On our computation, one minute earlier it was still Gemini. So: Cancer rising on the time he said, with the honest footnote that a rounded "1:15" could make him a Gemini.
The sky behind it
1996-02-02 13:15 UTC, 53n20, 6w15. Only 1 minute earlier it was still Gemini. Method on the hub.
Aquarius, Cancer, Cancer
Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Cancer, Cancer rising
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The Aquarius Sun at 12°59′ is in the eighth house with Mars and Uranus, a three-planet Aquarius stellium. Aquarius is the independent, idealistic sign; the eighth house is intimacy and intensity. Astrologers would read that combination as someone who brings a cool head to emotionally heavy material.
The Cancer Moon at 19°48′ is in the first house, in its own sign, and Cancer rising makes the Moon his chart ruler. That is a strong, central Moon: tender, protective, rooted in family and home. It opposes Mercury in Capricorn within a tenth of a degree, the tightest Moon aspect on our whole list, read as head and heart in constant conversation.
On the stated time, Cancer rising with the Moon right there makes it a very lunar chart.
The sky behind it
Waxing Gibbous, 156.8°. Fire 1 · Earth 3 · Air 3 · Water 3; cardinal 4 · fixed 3 · mutable 3.
Moon, chart ruler
Venus on Saturn in Pisces, and a 2025 Saturn return
The single tightest aspect in the chart is Venus conjunct Saturn in Pisces, six-hundredths of a degree apart, in the ninth house. Venus is love and beauty; Saturn is time, weight and seriousness. In the tradition, Venus-Saturn is the aspect of the slow-burn romance, love that feels old-fashioned and heavy with meaning. A reading, not a review of his roles.
There is also a Capricorn trio: Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune in the seventh house.
That Pisces Saturn came back to its birth position on March 13, 2025, his first Saturn return. In 2026 Saturn is in Aries, his tenth house of career, and Jupiter in Leo is crossing his second house.
The sky behind it
Tightest aspects (orb): Venus conjunct Saturn 0.06°; Moon opposite Mercury 0.10°; Uranus sextile Pluto 1.56°; Moon trine Venus 2.39°; Moon trine Saturn 2.45°. Stelliums (3+ planets in a sign): Aquarius (Sun, Mars, Uranus); Capricorn (Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune).
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Rising sign: 0°08′ Cancer.
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2026-2027
Paul, Aries Saturn, Leo Jupiter
Saturn: 10th house. Jupiter: 2nd, then Virgo (3rd) from December 31, 2027. First Saturn return: on March 13, 2025, done.
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Rating A
Rodden A: Mescal himself, in a video (birth certificate confirms date and hospital, no time)
Irish actor who rose to fame in the BBC and Hulu series Normal People (2020) and whose accolades include two BAFTA Awards. Why we stop at A is on the hub.
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10 bodies, 10 aspects
Cancer is the 1st house here (whole sign).
| Body | Position | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 12°59′ Aquarius | 8th |
| Moon | 19°48′ Cancer | 1st |
| Mercury | 19°42′ Capricorn | 7th |
| Venus | 22°12′ Pisces | 9th |
| Mars | 19°46′ Aquarius | 8th |
| Jupiter | 6°35′ Capricorn | 7th |
| Saturn | 22°16′ Pisces | 9th |
| Uranus | 1°15′ Aquarius | 8th |
| Neptune | 25°54′ Capricorn | 7th |
| Pluto | 2°49′ Sagittarius | 6th |
| Ascendant | 0°08′ Cancer | 1st |
| Midheaven | 22°10′ Aquarius | |
| North Node (mean) | 20°43′ Libra | 4th |
| Aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Venus conjunct Saturn | 0.06° |
| Moon opposite Mercury | 0.10° |
| Uranus sextile Pluto | 1.56° |
| Moon trine Venus | 2.39° |
| Moon trine Saturn | 2.45° |
| Mercury sextile Venus | 2.50° |
| Mercury sextile Saturn | 2.56° |
| Saturn sextile Neptune | 3.64° |
| Venus sextile Neptune | 3.70° |
| Uranus conjunct Neptune | 5.34° |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Date and time | February 2, 1996, 1:15 PM (UTC+0) |
| Place | Dublin, Ireland (53n20, 6w15) |
| Source | Mescal himself, in a video (birth certificate confirms date and hospital, no time) |
| Astro-Databank prints | Sun 12°59′, Moon 19°48′, Asc 00°08′ |
| Saturn return | March 13, 2025 |
All times are UTC. In the Americas the local date can be a day earlier; in Asia and Australia a day later.
Quick answers
What is Paul Mescal's birth chart?
February 2, 1996, 1:15 PM, Dublin, Ireland: Sun 12°59′ Aquarius, Moon 19°48′ Cancer, Venus 22°12′ Pisces, Mars 19°46′ Aquarius, rising 0°08′ Cancer.
What is Paul Mescal's rising sign?
Cancer, at 0°08′, from the 1:15 PM time he gave in a TikTok clip (Astro-Databank rating A). One minute earlier it was Gemini, so it depends on the exact minute.
Where was Paul Mescal born?
At the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, according to the birth certificate Astro-Databank quotes. Media profiles that say Maynooth give his home town, not his birthplace.
What time was Paul Mescal born?
1:15 PM, UTC+0; A (from memory or the person's own statement).
