Alex Ferguson’s birth chart
Born 31 December 1941, in Glasgow, Scotland, at 16:30 (Rodden AA).
Capricorn Sun · Gemini Moon · Cancer rising
Alex Ferguson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
31 December 1941 was a Wednesday: the day Alex Ferguson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Their zodiac sign is Capricorn, with the Moon in Gemini and Cancer rising. Alex turns 85 in 2026. The birth time, 16:30, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is five earth, three air, two fire and no water. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, four and three. The tightest aspect is Moon trine Venus, 0.9° from exact. Four planets were retrograde: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 31 December, among them Anthony Hopkins, Psy and Ben Kingsley.
See the sky the night Alex was born: the stars over Glasgow, Scotland at 16:30, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Alex Ferguson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
9° Capricorn 35'
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Alex Ferguson up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Gemini
17° Gemini 23'
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Alex, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Rising sign
Cancer
6° Cancer 41'
With Cancer rising, Alex tends to come across as approachable and a little guarded. People often confide in a Cancer rising early and find that they are noticed in return; the shell opens on its own schedule.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 16:30 on 31 December 1941, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 9° Capricorn 35' | House 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 17° Gemini 23' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 15° Capricorn 13' | House 7 |
| Venus | 18° Aquarius 18' | House 9 |
| Mars | 24° Aries 40' | House 11 |
| Jupiter | 13° Gemini 27'℞ | House 12 |
| Saturn | 22° Taurus 06'℞ | House 12 |
| Uranus | 26° Taurus 50'℞ | House 12 |
| Neptune | 29° Virgo 52' | House 5 |
| Pluto | 5° Leo 10'℞ | House 2 |
| North Node | 15° Virgo 54' | House 4 |
| South Node | 15° Pisces 54' | House 10 |
Alex Ferguson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Alex Ferguson’s private life.
Sun in Capricorn
9° Capricorn 35' · seventh house
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Capricorn, Alex Ferguson is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
The Sun in the seventh house brings a person into focus through one-to-one relationships, and Alex may see themselves most clearly through someone close. Partnership can seem less optional to Alex than to others, and a long stretch alone can feel like half a conversation.
Moon in Gemini
17° Gemini 23' · twelfth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Alex is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and Alex may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
Mercury in Capricorn
15° Capricorn 13' · seventh house
mind and voice
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Alex tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. Alex will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Mercury in the seventh house is associated with thinking best out loud with another person, and Alex may need to talk an idea through with someone before it feels settled. Negotiation and dialogue may come more naturally than solitary decisions, which rarely sit comfortably for long.
Venus in Aquarius
18° Aquarius 18' · ninth house
love and values
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Alex may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
With Venus in the ninth house, Alex finds beauty in other cultures, in travel and in big, sweeping ideas about how the world works. A shared love of exploring somewhere new can be part of what attracts them to someone, and learning together can appeal deeply.
Mars in Aries
24° Aries 40' · eleventh house
drive and anger
For Alex, Mars in Aries points to acting immediately and decisively, with anger that tends to flare fast, hot and honest before it clears. The downside is acting before a situation has been thought all the way through. The argument or the project tends to start the second the impulse arrives, with little patience for waiting.
Mars in the eleventh house puts energy into friendships and causes, and Alex is often the one who gets a whole group moving. Friction in a group probably does not scare them off, and they would rather push through a disagreement than step around it.
Jupiter in Gemini
13° Gemini 27' ℞ · twelfth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Alex may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Alex probably carries a quiet trust that things make sense, and solitude is apt to bring them insight rather than loneliness. With Jupiter in the twelfth house, that trust tends to hold even in the moments when the whole picture cannot yet be seen.
Saturn in Taurus
22° Taurus 06' ℞ · twelfth house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Alex is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Saturn in the twelfth house puts a quiet discipline into Alex's private life, and solitude can feel like a duty before it slowly becomes a source of strength. Saturn here makes facing what is unresolved within slow work, and the peace it brings is likely to be hard-won.
Uranus in Taurus
26° Taurus 50' ℞ · twelfth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Alex shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Uranus in the twelfth house brings sudden insight in quiet or solitude, often surprising even Alex with where it comes from. Their inner world is apt to hold ideas that run ahead of language, waiting for the right moment to surface.
Neptune in Virgo
29° Virgo 52' · fifth house
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Alex shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
For Alex, romance and creativity may carry a dreamlike, sometimes idealised quality, and Neptune in the fifth house can fall for a fantasy as easily as for an actual person. Artistic expression, in whatever form, probably gives Alex's imagination somewhere solid to go.
Pluto in Leo
5° Leo 10' ℞ · second house
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Alex, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Pluto in the second house means Alex holds their values with intensity; the placement is associated with rebuilding a sense of what matters from the ground up. Security comes from the inside for them and not from anything they own, and what they value they value completely.
Aspects in Alex Ferguson’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon trine Venus
0.9° applying
Feeling and affection move together for Alex Ferguson, which makes for a warm, generous emotional life. Others are likely to feel cared for around them without Alex having to try very hard, which is part of why people keep coming back.
Venus square Saturn
3.8° applying
Venus square Saturn can pair the desire for closeness with a fear of not being quite enough to keep it. For Alex that may mean self-doubt in relationships that have given no reason for it, and the fear can ease each time they let themselves be loved without first having to deserve it.
Moon conjunction Jupiter
3.9° separating
With the Moon conjunct Jupiter, Alex's emotional life is likely to be generous and expansive, with feelings that carry a built-in sense of hope. It tends to make them warm and reassuring company, and the one caution is not to promise more comfort than they can deliver.
Saturn conjunction Uranus
4.7° separating
With discipline and the need for independence fused, Alex tends to build structure their own way instead of inheriting someone else's. Saturn conjunct Uranus makes them an original builder, and the challenge is letting a good structure stay flexible and not harden into another rule.
Venus trine Jupiter
4.9° separating
Affection and a sense of plenty reinforce each other in Alex's chart, and the result is a warm, easy generosity in relationships. With this trine, goodwill in love and friendship tends to be given freely and returned in kind, without much forcing on either side.
Sun conjunction Mercury
5.6° separating
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Alex's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Uranus trine Neptune3.0°
- Mercury trine Saturn6.9°
Capricorn Sun and Gemini Moon, like Alex Ferguson
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (Quoted BC/BR). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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