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Cult movies · The Shawshank Redemption

Andy Dufresne: zodiac sign and birth chart

Andy Dufresne has no canon birthday. Canon gives none. Read from his personality, he's a Taurus: Sun, rising and Venus in the same sign, the quiet banker who plays the long game, a little every night, for years. Cancer Moon and Mars give him a lot of heart under the calm.

  • SunTaurus
  • MoonCancer
  • RisingTaurus
  • VenusTaurus
  • MarsCancer
Which movie character are you?

SourceNo canon birthday: neither the film nor the story it's based on gives Andy a date. The chart is NEBO's take, read from his personality.

Birth chart

Andy's chart at a glance

No canon birthday, so this is NEBO's take, read from his character.

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  • Fire0
  • Earth3
  • Air0
  • Water2
  • Mostly earth. 3 of his 5 placements are earth signs.
  • About 1 in 37 birthdays get Andy in the app's Cult movies world.
  • Other Tauruss here: Lisbeth Salander.

NEBO's take

No birthday in canon. His personality says Taurus.

We ran Andy through the same model that matches people to characters in the app, and looked at which chart gets him most often. It reads him as earth first: patient, steady and willing to wait.

Canon

No canon birthdayNever given in the film or the story

NEBO's take

Taurus SunRead from his personality
  • Sun CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeTaurus

    Taurus works with a slow, steady hand. Andy does a little each night and is never in a hurry.

  • Moon CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeCancer

    Cancer Moon builds a home anywhere. He turns a dusty storeroom into the prison library.

  • Rising CanonNo birth timeNEBO's takeTaurus

    No birth time in canon. First impression: a quiet man in prison gray on his first day, saying almost nothing.

  • Mercury CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeNo clear pick

  • Venus CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeTaurus

    Taurus Venus loves beautiful things: a hand-carved chess set, a poster of Rita Hayworth. Small beauty in a gray place.

  • Mars CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeCancer

    Cancer Mars protects its own. He offers the guards advice about money in return for beer for his friends.

What canon does give: an innocent man in a prison built to wear everyone down. Taurus answers by refusing to be moved.

How he shows up

Why he's like this

Taurus is the sign of patience, steadiness and taking your time. Andy hits every one of them, in scenes fans know by heart.

  • In a fightMars in Cancer

    Beer for the crew

    Working on the roof, Andy overhears a guard complaining about taxes on his inheritance and offers advice. In return he asks for a few cold beers for his friends.

    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  • FeelingsCancer Moon

    Builds a home from a storeroom

    Andy keeps writing letters until the state sends funds for a prison library. He turns a damp storeroom into a real library.

    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  • LoveVenus in Taurus

    Small beautiful things

    He asks Red to find him a rock hammer, and later a poster of Rita Hayworth. He carves chess pieces out of stone, too.

    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  • CoreTaurus Sun

    A little every night

    The rock hammer and the poster turn out to hide a plan years in the making: a tunnel dug a little at a time.

    The Shawshank Redemption (1994) · spoiler

Your turn

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Pick your birthday. Your Sun sign gives a first answer right here, then the app reads your whole chart.

Chemistry

Who Andy clicks with, and who he clashes with

Read from the charts on their pages. The plot may disagree.

Pick a side

Are you more Andy or Tony?

Your birthday settles it. The app reads your whole chart and tells you who you really get.

Similar charts

Who else has Andy's chart

Famous Taurus with his placements

Their charts line up with NEBO's take on Andy. A chart match only: none of them is connected to this page.

Andy in real life

The app's Andys are Chris Hansen (Virgo), Brad Pitt (Sagittarius) and Bo Burnham (Leo). None is a Taurus, but Chris Hansen's Virgo is another earth sign.

Characters like him in other worlds

Same chart pattern in our model, different universe.

Game of ThronesTywin LannisterCold, patient and plays a long game.Find out Elden RingMessmerCalm and certain, with a plan he keeps to himself.Find out Throne of GlassChaolDisciplined and loyal, and slow to show how much he feels.Find out 

Cult movies

Characters like Andy

Closest charts first: shared signs, same elements.

Which movie character are you?

Add your birthday and the app finds your cult movie character and how close you are to Andy.

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Questions

Andy's zodiac sign: what people ask

What zodiac sign is Andy Dufresne?

Canon never says. Neither the film nor the story gives Andy a birthday. By personality, NEBO's take is Taurus.

When is Andy Dufresne's birthday?

It isn't given anywhere in canon.

Is Andy Dufresne a Taurus?

By personality, yes: patient, steady and happy to wait. It's NEBO's take, not canon, because no birthday exists.

What element is Andy?

Earth. Taurus is an earth sign, and 3 of his 5 placements are earth too.

Who is Andy most compatible with?

By chart, Arthur Fleck, Amélie and Forrest Gump. Cancer Moon and Pisces Moon: they calm down the same way, no translation needed.

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