Broadcaster, Naturalist · Taurus · born May 8, 1926 in Isleworth, London, England

David Attenborough has been making natural history programmes since the 1950s, and the format he settled on — patient observation, plainly narrated — became the template the rest of the genre still uses. His later work turned increasingly to what is being lost.

Their Taurus side

Taurus persistence measured in decades: the same subject, the same care, for seventy years.

Notable works

• Life on Earth
• The Blue Planet
• Planet Earth
• A Life on Our Planet

Achievements

• BAFTA awards in black and white, colour, HD and 3D
• Knighted for services to broadcasting
• The Life series, spanning four decades
• Order of Merit

In their words

• “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement, beauty and interest that the world can possibly provide.”
• “It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of visual beauty.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Taurus
• Moon sign: Pisces or Aries (the Moon changed signs on their birth date; the exact birth time would settle it)
• Chinese zodiac: Fire Tiger
• Life path number: 22 (master number) — The Master Builder (Master 22)
• Born on a Saturday

Taurus compatibility

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