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Get full video episodes with chart visuals early, ad-free and uncensored on Patreon! In episode three of What Time Were You Born?, I read the chart of Olivier Award-winning stage icon and West End-to-Broadway powerhouse Layton Williams. A Virgo Sun who balances proactive preparation with an off-switch, a Sagittarius Rising bringing pure fire, passion, joy, and larger-than-life Jupiterian energy, and a Capricorn Moon embodying the ultimate Broadway iceberg. Timestamps: 0:00 Teaser: Dancing like Britney & meeting at Pilates 1:06 Intro: Layton Williams’ Very First Chart Reading 3:24 The Pilates Benchmark: Meeting in the Back Row & Titanique 6:17 The Moment Point: Reading a Birth Chart 9:40 Sagittarius Rising: Why the Rising Sign is the Energy You Perform With 12:20 The 11-Year-Old West End Debut: Bypassing the Rules Early 14:10 The Off-Button: Virgo Restraint vs. Sagittarian Fire 17:15 “I Live Like There’s Constantly a Camera Around”: Natural Star Quality 18:50 ADHD Diagnosis, British Hustle & The Shock of New York Work Ethic 21:40 Preparing at 80%: Why Over-Preparation Kills the Thrill of the Edge 25:30 Spontaneity Over Structure: The Power of Mutable Signs 28:36 Sagittarius as Freedom: Relationships, Space & Solo Independence 32:06 Divine Timing on Broadway: Refusing to Chase the Visa 32:51 The Tina Turner Iceberg: Camp, Joy & Winning the Olivier Award 38:50 Delusion with Purpose: Cultivating Confidence vs. Cockiness 41:20 Queerness, Black British Identity & Reclaiming the Stage 42:54 Mars in Cancer: Ancestral Roots, Lineage & Who Do You Think You Are? 47:33 Astrological Timing & Travel Windows 49:00 Capricorn Moon as Iceberg: Tina Turner Drag, Splitting & Standing Ovations 52:04 Star Quality, Faith & The Spiritual Impact of Theater 53:40 Why the Moon Sign Stays Private & Final Chart Takeaways Layton Williams is a Virgo Sun who commands the stage with the explosive, radiant fire of a Sagittarius Rising. In this episode, we unpack that alchemy: how someone who made their West End debut at 11 years old balances a relentless Virgo work ethic with an absolute refusal to live a rigid, over-prepared life. We talk about the thrill of showing up 80% ready, why New York forces you to hustle ten times harder, and how we met dying in the back of a humbling Pilates class before I saw Latyon's face on a Broadway marquee weeks later. And then we get into ancestral connection. We look at Layton's Mars in Cancer and trace what cracked open when he traveled to Jamaica for Who Do You Think You Are?, reconciling Blackness and queerness as a sacred both/and, and what it really means to embody Tina Turner as an iceberg in Titanique to standing ovations every night. Follow along on Patreon and YouTube so you don't miss what's next. This is What Time Were You Born?. People-centered Astrology, taught the way New York taught it to me.
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