Birth chart

James Dean

Actors1931 – 1955Born 8 February 1931 · Mariontime unknown

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Time unknown — no reliable birth time, so houses and the Ascendant are left out and the Moon is shown as a range.

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Sun

Aquarius

Moon

Scorpio

Rising

Unknown

The Ascendant needs an exact birth time, which we don't have for this chart.

Chart wheel

Sun sextile North Node · orb 2°53′Sun trine South Node · orb 2°53′Sun square Chiron · orb 4°53′Venus trine Neptune · orb 2°30′Jupiter square Uranus · orb 0°51′Jupiter square North Node · orb 4°32′Jupiter square South Node · orb 4°32′Jupiter sextile Chiron · orb 2°32′Jupiter trine Lilith · orb 1°28′Saturn opposite Pluto · orb 1°03′Saturn square North Node · orb 2°02′Saturn square South Node · orb 2°02′Saturn trine Chiron · orb 4°02′Uranus conjunct North Node · orb 3°41′Uranus opposite South Node · orb 3°41′Neptune opposite Lilith · orb 5°18′Pluto square North Node · orb 3°05′Pluto square South Node · orb 3°05′Sun — Aquarius 19°01′ · +1.01°/day19°01′Mercury — Capricorn 26°11′ · +1.35°/day26°11′Venus — Capricorn 2°20′ · +1.05°/day2°20′Mars — Leo 2°22′ ℞ · −0.34°/day2°22′Jupiter — Cancer 11°35′ ℞ · −0.08°/day11°35′Saturn — Capricorn 18°10′ · +0.11°/day18°10′Uranus — Aries 12°27′ · +0.04°/day12°27′Neptune — Virgo 4°49′ ℞ · −0.03°/day4°49′Pluto — Cancer 19°12′ ℞ · −0.02°/day19°12′North Node — Aries 16°08′ · +0.01°/day16°08′South Node — Libra 16°08′ · +0.01°/day16°08′Chiron — Taurus 14°07′ · +0.02°/day14°07′Lilith — Pisces 10°07′ · +0.11°/day10°07′
AspectsAngles (ASC/MC)· Hover a planet or aspect for details

Positions from a Swiss-ephemeris engine · houses & angles omitted (time unknown)

Reading the placements

These notes describe the chart, not the person — a lens for reflection.

Sun in Aquarius

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is the self you're growing toward, and in Aquarius it comes alive through independence and ideas about how things could be. There's a pull to think for yourself, question the given, and care about the group as much as the individual. Others often read this as original and principled, sometimes as detached or contrarian. The theme worth exploring is the distance you keep: the same perspective that lets you see the whole system clearly can hold you a step apart from it. That distance can sharpen your vision and it can leave you lonely — sometimes both in the same afternoon; the quiet pull worth honoring is toward belonging, not only watching.

Moon in Scorpio

Astrologers read the Moon in Scorpio as a deep, private well. Your feelings run stronger than you usually show, and safety means trust that has been earned, not assumed. You soothe yourself through intensity and truth — a bond where nothing has to be hidden, a subject you can sink all the way into. This is a focused placement, not a doomed one. Its theme is control: how much to reveal, when to let someone all the way in, how to feel deeply without going under. The question of the season is less about guarding the gate and more about which door might safely open. Someone in your life has likely earned more trust than you've let them hold, and the well loses none of its depth for letting one more person near it.

The astronomy

The raw computed positions behind this chart — the same numbers any ephemeris would give.

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunAquarius 19°01′
MercuryCapricorn 26°11′
VenusCapricorn 2°20′
MarsLeo 2°22′
JupiterCancer 11°35′
SaturnCapricorn 18°10′
UranusAries 12°27′
NeptuneVirgo 4°49′
PlutoCancer 19°12′
North NodeAries 16°08′
South NodeLibra 16°08′
ChironTaurus 14°07′
LilithPisces 10°07′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 1°03′
  • 0°51′
  • 2°53′
  • 4°53′
  • 2°53′
  • 1°28′
  • 2°02′
  • 2°02′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth43%
Fire20%
Air20%
Water17%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Cardinal60%
Fixed33%
Mutable7%

Leading: Cardinal

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