
Gavin Hood
Johannesburg, South Africa
May 12, 1963
May 12, 1963
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Sun
Taurus
20°
Moon
Capricorn*
1°
Mercury
Taurus
29°
Venus
Aries
21°
Mars
Leo
19°
Jupiter
Aries
8°
Saturn
Aquarius
22°
Uranus
Virgo
1°
Neptune
Scorpio
14°
Pluto
Virgo
9°
N. Node
Cancer
23°
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Gavin Hood is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter and producer known for directing the Academy Award–winning Tsotsi and films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Rendition, Ender's Game and Eye in the Sky. His work spans socially engaged dramas and large-scale studio features, earning international recognition for blending intimate character storytelling with political and ethical themes.
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Your Core Signs shape your core self, while the Inner and Outer Planets shape your personal traits and collective influences.
Sun in Taurus
Degree: 20°
Loyal, patient, and grounded, Gavin Hood has a calming presence that puts everyone at ease. He's naturally resourceful and knows how to manage what he has, but he's also deeply tied to his comforts and possessions — mess with either and the bull comes out. Once he sets his mind on something, he'll see it through to the end.
Moon in Capricorn*
Degree: 1°
Gavin Hood tends to lead with his head over his heart, which helps him make clear-eyed decisions but can leave him emotionally detached when others need empathy. His mood is closely tied to whether he feels respected and on track with his goals — when those slip, low moods can creep in. Having a safe emotional outlet is important, because those feelings will surface whether he invites them or not.
Aspects describe the angles between planets in your chart, highlighting where there is harmony or tension in your life. The orb degree determines how strongly an aspect will affect you, with smaller orbs indicating a stronger influence.
Venus Sextile Saturn
Orb: 0.7°
Gavin Hood has a grounded, mature approach to love and beauty that serves him well over time. He understands that the best things are worth working for, and his relationships tend to get stronger the longer they last because he invests in them thoughtfully.
Moon Trine Uranus
Orb: 0.8°
Gavin Hood's emotional life has a spark of originality that keeps it vibrant. He's comfortable with change and novelty in his inner world — he embraces unusual feelings and unconventional emotional connections with a curiosity that makes his life richer.
Venus Trine Mars
Orb: 2.2°
Gavin Hood has a natural gift for combining passion with grace. Romance, creativity, and self-expression flow easily for him, and he tends to attract others without even trying. There's a confident warmth to how he moves through the world that people find irresistible.
Sun Sextile North Node
Orb: 2.8°
There's a natural opening between Gavin Hood's identity and his life purpose that makes self-expression feel like growth. Opportunities to step into leadership or creative visibility come his way — and when he takes them, everything clicks into place.
Mercury Sextile North Node
Orb: 5.7°
Gavin Hood's mind and communication skills are quiet allies on his life path. When he shares ideas, writes, or learns something new, he often finds himself pulled closer to his purpose. Intellectual curiosity is a doorway to destiny for him.
Moon Trine Pluto
Orb: 7.6°
Gavin Hood has an effortless access to deep emotional truth. Intensity doesn't scare him — he can sit with heavy feelings, navigate complex emotional terrain, and transform pain into wisdom with a grace that most people have to work much harder to develop.
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Sun Square Mars
Orb: 1.2°
Gavin Hood has a powerful drive, but it doesn't always cooperate with his plans. There's an internal battle between patience and impulse that can make him frustrated or combative at times — but when he learns to channel that fire, he becomes unstoppable.
Mercury Square Uranus
Orb: 1.7°
Gavin Hood's mind can be brilliantly erratic — he has flashes of genius, but his thoughts can also scatter in too many directions at once. Learning to harness this mental electricity rather than letting it overwhelm him is the key, and when he does, his ideas are genuinely ahead of the curve.
Venus Square North Node
Orb: 1.7°
What Gavin Hood loves and what he's meant to become don't always align easily. Relationships, comfort, and pleasure can sometimes distract from his path, or his growth may ask him to redefine what he values. This tension ultimately refines his heart.
Sun Square Saturn
Orb: 1.8°
Gavin Hood has had to earn everything the hard way, and it shows. There's an ongoing tension between wanting to shine and feeling held back by doubt or responsibility — but this struggle builds real character, and he tends to come into his power later in life with incredible strength.
Mars Opposition Saturn
Orb: 2.9°
Gavin Hood experiences a push-pull between his desire to act freely and a sense of duty or limitation that holds him in check. This can manifest as stop-and-start energy or tension with authority figures. But this dynamic ultimately teaches him how to be both bold and disciplined.
Mars Square Neptune
Orb: 5.7°
Gavin Hood's energy and motivation can feel elusive — he may struggle with knowing what he really wants or find that his efforts get diluted by too many directions. The key is learning to trust his intuition without losing focus, and to fight for his dreams without losing himself in them.
Moon Square Jupiter
Orb: 6.7°
Gavin Hood feels everything in a big way, and his emotional responses can sometimes be out of proportion to the situation. He may overindulge or overcommit when he's feeling generous — but this same expansiveness gives him an enormous capacity for joy, faith, and emotional resilience.
Mercury Square Saturn
Orb: 6.7°
Gavin Hood may be harder on his own thinking than anyone else is — self-doubt or mental rigidity can sometimes hold him back from sharing his ideas. But this internal pressure also builds incredible intellectual discipline, and the ideas he does put forward tend to be thoroughly considered and deeply credible.
Sun Opposition Neptune
Orb: 6.9°
Gavin Hood may sometimes feel like he loses himself in others or in idealized visions of how life should be. There's a tension between grounding in reality and dissolving into dreams — but this polarity gives him a unique ability to bridge the practical and the transcendent.
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The zodiac signs are categorized into two categories: Elements and Modalities. The higher the percentage you have of each, the more you embody that trait.
Fire (30%)
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earth (56%)
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Air (7%)
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Water (7%)
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Cardinal (33%)
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed (52%)
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Mutable (15%)
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces







