Bon Scott’s birth chart
Born 9 July 1946, in Forfar, Scotland. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Cancer Sun · Scorpio Moon
Bon Scott’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
9 July 1946 was a Tuesday: the day Bon Scott was born in Forfar, Scotland. That made Bon a Cancer, with the Moon in Scorpio. Bon died on 19 February 1980, aged 33. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is three fire, three air, three water and one earth. Cardinal signs hold four, fixed signs four and mutable signs two. Leo holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mercury, Venus and Pluto. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Jupiter and Uranus, about 1.0° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Every planet was moving direct. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 9 July, among them Tom Hanks, Donald Rumsfeld and Courtney Love.
See the sky the day Bon was born: the stars over Forfar, Scotland, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Bon Scott’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Cancer
about 16° Cancer at midday
A Cancer Sun protects. For Bon Scott, home, memory and the people they have decided are theirs tend to sit at the centre of things, and they probably read a room before anyone speaks. Care is the strength of this Sun, and their task is to include themselves in it.
Moon sign
Scorpio
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Bon that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
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 Forfar, Scotland, at each hour of the day.
Bon Scott’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Bon 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 9 July 1946, computed for Forfar, Scotland.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:05 | Pisces rising |
| 00:05 to 00:45 | Aries rising |
| 00:45 to 01:40 | Taurus rising |
| 01:40 to 03:20 | Gemini rising |
| 03:20 to 06:00 | Cancer rising |
| 06:00 to 09:00 | Leo rising |
| 09:00 to 12:05 | Virgo rising |
| 12:05 to 15:10 | Libra rising |
| 15:10 to 18:10 | Scorpio rising |
| 18:10 to 20:50 | Sagittarius rising |
| 20:50 to 22:30 | Capricorn rising |
| 22:30 to 23:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 23:25 to 24:00 | Pisces 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 9 July 1946, 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 | 16° Cancer 37' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio |
| Mercury | 12° Leo 18' |
| Venus | 24° Leo 57' |
| Mars | 11° Virgo 03' |
| Jupiter | 18° Libra 20' |
| Saturn | 26° Cancer 53' |
| Uranus | 19° Gemini 18' |
| Neptune | 5° Libra 58' |
| Pluto | 10° Leo 39' |
| North Node | 20° Gemini 38' |
| South Node | 20° Sagittarius 38' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Bon Scott’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Bon Scott’s private life.
With the Sun in Cancer, Bon Scott is likely to feel most alive when caring for people and places that matter to them, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. Feeling unneeded is the sore spot for this placement, and it can be taken personally. The whole day may go better after checking in on someone they love.
For Bon, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
Mercury in Leo gives Bon a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Bon more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For Bon, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Bon is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Libra
18° Libra 20' at midday
growth and excess
In Bon's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
Emotional security is where Bon's Saturn in Cancer builds discipline; it is a placement often associated with learning early to be the steady one. Asking for care tends to be difficult with this Saturn, even when care is clearly needed. Over time, people with this placement often become the dependable anchor for others, including some who never quite return the favour.
Uranus in Gemini
19° Gemini 18' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Bon and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Libra
5° Libra 58' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Bon 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
10° Leo 39' 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 Bon, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Bon Scott’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.
Jupiter trine Uranus
about 1.0° at midday
Jupiter trine Uranus gives Bon Scott a knack for spotting unconventional opportunities before other people do, which is what a sense of possibility and originality produce together. Growth arrives through new directions, ones a more cautious approach would probably have missed.
Mercury conjunction Pluto
about 1.6° at midday
Bon's thinking is likely to be probing and intense, drawn to what lies underneath a surface explanation. With Mercury conjunct Pluto, getting to the bottom of things comes naturally, and the caution is not to assume a hidden motive where an ordinary one will do.
Sun square Jupiter
about 1.7° at midday
Ambition can outpace what time and energy will realistically support, and with this aspect Bon may promise more than can be delivered and then walk it back. The lesson of a Sun-Jupiter square is scaling a good instinct to a size that holds.
Sun sextile Mars
about 5.6° at midday
Bon's identity and energy work together, giving them an easy confidence that is there when they decide to use it. With this aspect, taking the initiative comes more naturally than might be expected, especially when the stakes are theirs to own.
One more aspect, listed without a reading. It is between two of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, whose aspects hold for years at a time, so everyone born while it holds shares it.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 4.7°
Cancer Sun and Scorpio Moon, like Bon Scott
Also born on 9 July
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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