Celeb Birthdays: June 17

Tennis tornado Venus Williams is 26. And in case you were wondering, Venus is conjunct her Sun and is her chart ruler, as she has Libra on the Ascendant...but her Venus is retrograde! I'm not exactly sure what significance it has to be named after a retrograde planet, but it seems to me it can't be good. I welcome your comments. See Venus Williams's birth chart (Astrotheme)

You just know it can't be encouraging to SNL's Will Forte, 36 today, to know that he shares a birthday with Joe Piscopo, 55.

Perenially underrated hottie Jason Patric is 40. See Joe Piscopo's birth chart (Astrotheme)See Jason Patric's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Square-headed Greg Kinnear, who really, really gets on my nerves on a visceral level for reasons I can't fully explain, is 43. See Greg Kinnear's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Happy 45th to Thomas Haden Church. He may have been all acclaimed for Sideways, but I feel that his finest work was in 1995's Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, one of my fave movies ever.

Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra is 48. See Jello Biafra's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Poop humor auteur Bobby Farrelly turns 48.

Mark Linn-Baker, a.k.a. Cousin Larry, turns 52.

Veteran Gemini double-talker Newt Gingrich turns 63. See Newt Gingrich's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Veteran Gemini songwriter Barry Manilow is also 63 today. Interestingly, he and Newt have opposite rising signs, so they're a sort of study in contrasts. See Barry Manilow's birth chart (Astrotheme)

The courageous Rep. John Murtha turns 74 today.

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or—especially appreciated!—exact birth times.