Profile of a Cancer
Michael Stuhlbarg
Long Beach, California, USA
Jul 5, 1968
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Sun
Cancer
13°
Moon
Scorpio
13°
Mercury
Gemini
24°
Venus
Cancer
18°
Mars
Cancer
9°
Jupiter
Virgo
3°
Saturn
Aries
24°
Uranus
Virgo
25°
Neptune
Scorpio
23°
Pluto
Virgo
20°
N. Node
Aries
14°
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Michael Stuhlbarg is an American actor celebrated for his versatile, character-driven performances across film, television and theatre. He’s best known for roles in A Serious Man, Call Me by Your Name, The Shape of Water, and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Stuhlbarg’s nuanced portrayals and stage work have made him a respected figure influencing contemporary dramatic acting.

Your Core Signs shape your core self, while the Inner and Outer Planets shape your personal traits and collective influences.

Sun in Cancer
Degree: 13°
Michael Stuhlbarg has a borderline psychic intuition and a natural ability to make others feel at home. Deeply loyal to family and close friends, he possesses a quiet charm that draws people in, but when his mood shifts, he can retreat inward and become hard to reach. He's tough to manipulate and has a nose for dishonesty, which serves him well when he channels it alongside his creative instincts.
Moon in Scorpio
Degree: 13°
Michael Stuhlbarg tries to keep his emotions under wraps, but his intuition is razor-sharp — he sees right through people. He doesn’t scare easily and will pursue the truth even if it stings, though that bluntness can hurt others along the way. Once he truly trusts someone, his loyalty and protectiveness run incredibly deep, and betrayal is the one thing he won’t forgive.

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.

Mercury Sextile Saturn
Orb: 0.2°
Michael Stuhlbarg has a grounded, practical mind that can take abstract ideas and make them useful. His thinking is supported by discipline and patience, which gives him a quiet intellectual authority and the ability to communicate complex things in a clear, structured way.
Sun Trine Moon
Orb: 0.3°
There's an effortless harmony between Michael Stuhlbarg's emotional nature and his sense of self. He feels at home in his own skin, and his emotions support rather than undermine his goals — this inner alignment gives him a natural confidence and emotional wellbeing that others can feel.
Venus Sextile Pluto
Orb: 2.5°
Michael Stuhlbarg has a quiet magnetism and emotional depth that makes his connections with others feel meaningful. He's naturally perceptive in love — he can read between the lines and he's not afraid of the deeper, more complicated parts of intimacy.
Moon Trine Mars
Orb: 3.8°
Michael Stuhlbarg has a healthy, instinctive way of acting on his emotions. When something matters to him, he moves toward it with both feeling and courage — there's an emotional bravery in him that makes him willing to fight for what he loves without hesitation.
Sun Conjunction Mars
Orb: 4°
Michael Stuhlbarg leads with action and instinct — there's a boldness woven into who he is. He has a natural drive to assert himself, compete, and make things happen, and tends to feel most alive when he's actively pursuing something.
Sun Conjunction Venus
Orb: 4.2°
Michael Stuhlbarg's sense of self is closely tied to beauty, pleasure, and connection. He naturally radiates warmth and charm, and tends to express his identity through creativity, romance, and a desire to be appreciated.
Moon Trine Venus
Orb: 4.5°
Love and emotional comfort come easily to Michael Stuhlbarg. He has an innate sweetness and emotional grace that makes people feel cared for in his presence — his relationships, home, and creative life all benefit from this effortlessly nurturing energy.
Venus Trine Neptune
Orb: 6°
Michael Stuhlbarg experiences love as something almost sacred, and his romantic life has a poetic, ethereal quality. He's deeply empathetic and artistically gifted, and his ability to see beauty in the everyday world gives his relationships a tenderness that most people only dream of.
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Sun Square North Node
Orb: 0.3°
There's a productive tension between who Michael Stuhlbarg is and who he's becoming. Expressing his identity fully sometimes feels at odds with his growth, but that friction is what pushes him to evolve. The struggle to reconcile ego and purpose is what makes him stronger.
Mercury Square Uranus
Orb: 1.1°
Michael Stuhlbarg'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: 3.9°
What Michael Stuhlbarg 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.
Mercury Square Pluto
Orb: 4°
Michael Stuhlbarg's thinking has an obsessive, probing quality — once he latches onto something, he won't rest until he's uncovered every layer. This intensity can sometimes make conversations feel like interrogations, but when he channels it constructively, his ability to uncover truth and speak with transformative power is unmatched.
Mars Square North Node
Orb: 4.4°
Michael Stuhlbarg's drive and ambition can sometimes work against his soul's direction, pushing him toward impulsive action or battles that don't serve his growth. Learning to channel his energy toward his actual purpose — rather than every fight — is a lifelong lesson that makes him formidable.
Venus Square Saturn
Orb: 6.7°
Love doesn't always come easy for Michael Stuhlbarg — there can be feelings of unworthiness or a fear of rejection that hold him back. But this placement builds incredible resilience, and the relationships he does form tend to be deeply meaningful because he's earned every bit of trust.
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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 (7%)
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earth (22%)
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Air (11%)
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Water (59%)
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Cardinal (44%)
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed (22%)
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Mutable (33%)
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces