Birth Chart
Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel Peckinpah
Sun Pisces
Moon Aquarius
Ascendant Cancer
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Pisces - 02°47' - in house 9
↣ Moon in Aquarius - 17°03' - in house 8
↣ Mercury in Aquarius - 23°25' - in house 8
↣ Venus in Aquarius - 17°25' - in house 8
↣ Mars in Taurus - 10°37' - in house 11
↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 14°16' - in house 7
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 14°19' - in house 5
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 20°25' - in house 9
↣ Neptune in Leo - 20°53' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 11°36' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Leo - 13°43' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Cancer - 20°59' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aries - 05°46' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Cancer - 04°52'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 9
↣ Moon in house 8
↣ Mercury in house 8
↣ Venus in house 8
↣ Mars in house 11
↣ Jupiter in house 7
↣ Saturn in house 5
↣ Uranus in house 9
↣ Neptune in house 2
↣ Pluto in house 1
↣ North Node in house 2
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (9°23' applying)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°04' separating)
↣ Moon and Mercury conjunction (6°22' applying) parallel
↣ Moon and Venus conjunction (0°22' applying) parallel
↣ Moon and Mars square (6°26' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Saturn square (2°44' separating)
↣ Moon and Neptune opposition (3°51' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and North Node opposition (3°20' separating) antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (5°59' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Mars antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Neptune opposition (2°31' separating) antiparallel
↣ Mercury and North Node antiparallel
↣ Venus and Mars antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn square (3°06' separating)
↣ Venus and Neptune opposition (3°28' applying)
↣ Venus and North Node opposition (3°42' separating) antiparallel
↣ Mars and Jupiter trine (3°39' applying)
↣ Mars and Saturn opposition (3°42' applying)
↣ Mars and Neptune parallel
↣ Mars and Pluto sextile (1°00' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node square (3°07' applying) parallel
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (5°45' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (0°03' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (2°40' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (9°24' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant opposition (6°43' separating) antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (2°43' separating)
↣ Saturn and North Node square (0°36' separating)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (0°34' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node conjunction (7°10' applying)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (6°45' applying)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant conjunction (9°22' separating) parallel
↣ Pluto and Midheaven square (5°50' applying)
Birth data
- Original name
- David Samuel Peckinpah
- Chart date
- 21/02/1925
- Chart time
- 14:15
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Fresno (CA), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 36°45' North · 119°46' West
- Time zone
- 08:00 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Sam Peckinpah was an American director, screenwriter, and producer known for renewing the Western and action cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of Paiute and a graduate in Dramatic Arts, he began as a television writer on series such as Gunsmoke and The Rifleman before moving prominently into film. His central work treats violence not as gratuitous spectacle but as an aesthetic and moral device to examine individual choices and social change.
His most emblematic film, The Wild Bunch (Meu ódio será sua herança, 1969), earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and cemented his reputation by combining harsh realism, slow‑motion choreographies of violence, and a critical view of the decay of Old West myths. Over his career he directed notable titles such as Straw Dogs, The Getaway, and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.
Peckinpah left a controversial yet influential legacy: he influenced generations of filmmakers through formal daring and the ethical questioning in his narratives, imposing a vision of modern cinema that confronts myths, technology, and the human costs of social change.
