Bobby McFerrin’s birth chart
Born 11 March 1950, in Manhattan, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Pisces Sun · Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
Bobby McFerrin’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Bobby McFerrin was born on Saturday, 11 March 1950, in Manhattan, New York. That makes Bobby a Pisces. The Moon left Sagittarius for Capricorn at about 15:05 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Bobby turns 76 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Bobby, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, four are in air signs, three in water, one in fire and one in earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, three and three. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Neptune and Pluto, about 0.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Four planets were retrograde: Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. Over the course of the day the Moon went from last quarter to waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 11 March, among them Douglas Adams, Rupert Murdoch and Didier Drogba.
See the sky the day Bobby was born: the stars over Manhattan, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Bobby McFerrin’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
about 20° Pisces at midday
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Bobby McFerrin the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 15:05, then Capricorn (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 15:05: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Bobby, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
Born after about 15:05: Moon in Capricorn
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, Bobby may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Manhattan, New York, at each hour of the day.
Bobby McFerrin’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Bobby yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 11 March 1950, computed for Manhattan, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 02:10 to 04:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 04:05 to 05:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 05:30 to 06:40 | Pisces rising |
| 06:40 to 07:55 | Aries rising |
| 07:55 to 09:20 | Taurus rising |
| 09:20 to 11:15 | Gemini rising |
| 11:15 to 13:35 | Cancer rising |
| 13:35 to 16:10 | Leo rising |
| 16:10 to 18:40 | Virgo rising |
| 18:40 to 21:10 | Libra rising |
| 21:10 to 23:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 23:45 to 24:00 | Sagittarius rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 11 March 1950, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 20° Pisces 33' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius until about 15:05, then Capricorn |
| Mercury | 6° Pisces 18' |
| Venus | 9° Aquarius 17' |
| Mars | 6° Libra 16'℞ |
| Jupiter | 22° Aquarius 49' |
| Saturn | 15° Virgo 41'℞ |
| Uranus | 0° Cancer 56' |
| Neptune | 16° Libra 39'℞ |
| Pluto | 16° Leo 15'℞ |
| North Node | 7° Aries 34' |
| South Node | 7° Libra 34' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Bobby McFerrin’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Bobby McFerrin’s private life.
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Bobby McFerrin's vitality tends to ebb and flow with their surroundings. The thing to watch is losing their own direction inside someone else's story. There may be days when they feel unstoppable, and others when they need to disappear for a while.
Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn
Sagittarius until about 15:05, then Capricorn
needs and habits
Born before about 15:05: Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Bobby edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Born after about 15:05: Moon in Capricorn
With the Moon in Capricorn, Bobby's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Bobby is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Bobby 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.
In Bobby's chart, Mars in Libra acts diplomatically and prefers negotiation to confrontation, and its anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. Avoided consistently, conflict leaves resentment building underneath the calm surface. The pattern is saying yes to something that rankled, then feeling it later.
Jupiter in Aquarius
22° Aquarius 49' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Bobby may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Bobby may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Uranus in Cancer
0° Cancer 56' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Bobby alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
16° Libra 39' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Bobby among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
16° Leo 15' at midday ℞
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 Bobby, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Bobby McFerrin’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Venus trine Mars
about 3.0° at midday
Bobby McFerrin is likely to have a warm, confident way of going after what, and who, they want, since affection and drive back each other up. Romance and creative work tend to come without strain under this trine, in a manner other people find refreshingly straightforward.
Sun opposition Saturn
about 4.9° at midday
With the Sun opposite Saturn, Bobby is likely to find that asserting who they are brings them up against the caution, rules or authority figures that seem to stand in the way. Working through that tension builds a confidence that does not need everyone's approval to hold steady.
Mars square Uranus
about 5.3° at midday
This square can make drive turn abrupt, leading to sudden decisions or breaks that surprise Bobby as much as they surprise everyone nearby. A brief pause before the impulsive move keeps the courage and loses the recklessness.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 5.4° at midday
Insight is likely to come to Bobby fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
Jupiter trine Neptune
about 6.2° at midday
Optimism and imagination tend to flow together for Bobby, and what comes of it is an inspired, generous vision of what is possible. Hope and creativity tend to serve them well under this trine, especially when both are allowed to guide a project and neither is second-guessed.
Jupiter opposition Pluto
about 6.6° at midday
In this opposition, the urge to expand outward meets a need to control the process so tightly that it limits the very growth being sought. When Bobby loosens their grip on the outcome, the opportunity itself tends to get through.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 0.4°
- Venus opposition Plutoabout 7.0°
Pisces Suns born within 2 years of Bobby McFerrin
Also born on 11 March
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; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their 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. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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