The new season of Mad Men premieres today – what is it about this show that strikes a chord with so many? Like so many things, at least part of the show’s success may have been written in the stars! After all, actors bring little pieces of themselves to every role. Let’s see how the charts of a few of Mad Men’s stars stack up to inform their characters!

Jon Hamm (Don Draper)

The name Don Draper has become synonymous with style, sex appeal and, most of all, secrets…What is it specifically that allows Jon Hamm (born March 10, 1971 in Saint Louis), to capture our hearts and fascinate our minds despite the fact that his actions often turn our stomachs? He’s handsome, sure, with his classic features and manly frame, but it’s more than that! With the Sun and Mercury in artistic Pisces at the time of his birth, and a Virgo Moon anchoring his emotional center, Hamm is naturally able to understand the calculated precision Draper exhibits in every move he makes, while imbuing him with the sensitivity of a creative soul – which makes for a devastatingly deadly combination.

Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway)

Christina Hendricks’ portrayal of Sterling Cooper’s resident siren Joan Holloway not only brought curves back to primetime, but stopped audiences in their tracks with its searing honesty. Commanding and indispensable in the office, Joan wants nothing more than a husband – until she scores a (resident) surgeon and learns that her perfect life is not everything she thought it would be. So what gives Hendricks (and, in turn, Holloway), her intense and earthy sensuality? Taurus! The scorching hot bull played host to the Sun as well as expression-ruling Mercury when Christina was born (on May 3, 1975 in Knoxville, TN), and though it may have taken this breakthrough role to showcase it, this bombshell’s probably been heating things up ever since!

Are you a fan? Who is your fave character?