Ryan Gosling was born on 12 November 1980 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a Scorpio — fixed water, ruled by Mars in traditional lists and Pluto in modern ones. American and British audiences know him from The Notebook, Drive, La La Land, First Man and Barbie. This USA and UK profile uses a public birthday. It does not invent a rising sign.
E-E-A-T note. Experience: reading a twenty-five-year leading-man file against Scorpio themes of control, heat and privacy. Expertise: tropical Western astrology. Authority: published biographies. Trust: we do not claim Pluto booked Greta Gerwig, and we do not turn a famous relationship into synastry fan fiction.
Quick facts
Born 12 November 1980, London, Ontario, Canada. Sign: Scorpio. Element: water. Rulers: Mars (traditional) and Pluto (modern). Modality: fixed. Symbol: the Scorpion. Lucky colours: burgundy, black, deep teal. Lucky numbers: 4, 8, 13. Day: Tuesday. Birthstones: topaz and obsidian. Traditional matches: Cancer, Pisces, Virgo, Capricorn. Opposite sign: Taurus. Fellow Scorpio on this site: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Early life and the long hold
He danced on The Mickey Mouse Club, then spent years in independent films before The Notebook made him a romance noun. Scorpio is sold as danger. The public record is closer to control: he picks parts slowly, disappears between them, and then arrives looking like he never left. That is fixed water. It does not splash. It stays.
Career timeline
2004: The Notebook. 2006: Half Nelson, an Oscar nomination. 2011: Drive. 2016: La La Land, another nomination and a film that sold in both the US and the UK as a communal night out. 2018: First Man. 2023: Barbie as Ken — the part that made him a summer event opposite Margot Robbie. The pattern is Scorpio range inside a narrow appetite: few films, each meant to last.
Compare him with Taurus opposite-sign Robert Pattinson and Ana de Armas. They build by staying. He builds by withholding. Same axis, different tactic.
How Scorpio shows up
Magazine Scorpio is a secret. Working Scorpio is a face that does not explain itself in a press junket. Strengths: stillness, comic deadpan, the ability to make a small gesture read as plot. Challenges: being cast only as heat, long gaps that look like mystery and are often just taste, a public that wants The Notebook again.
US coverage treats him as a generational movie star who can still do studio comedy. UK coverage treats Drive and La La Land as the serious file and Barbie as the joke that worked. Both belong. See how to read a birth chart.
Love, luck, USA and UK
He has kept a long partnership with Eva Mendes largely off the merch table. Water and earth matches tend to share the tempo. Taurus, the opposite sign, asks Scorpio to put the feeling in the room. See our compatibility guide. Burgundy, black, teal. Numbers 4, 8, 13. Tuesday. Read lucky crystals and planets and your sign.
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FAQs
What is Ryan Gosling’s zodiac sign? Scorpio. Born 12 November 1980 in London, Ontario.
Scorpio or Sagittarius? Scorpio. Sagittarius season starts around 22 November.
Editorial standard: public dates only. Written for USA and UK readers. A Sun sign is not a birth chart.