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Cuba Gooding Jr.’s birth chart
Born January 2, 1968 in New York City, birth time not public.
Capricorn Sun · Aquarius Moon · Earth · Cardinal
Sun
♑Capricorn
11° Capricorn 22'
You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon
♒Aquarius
14° Aquarius 42'
You feel from a step back. You understand emotions better than you inhabit them, and you need space and ideas to process. Friends are your family; freedom is your security.
Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.
Rising
Cuba Gooding Jr.’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♑ 11° Capricorn 22' | |
| ☽ | Moon | ♒ 14° Aquarius 42' | |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♑ 14° Capricorn 10' | |
| ♀ | Venus | ♐ 0° Sagittarius 54' | |
| ♂ | Mars | ♒ 24° Aquarius 46' | |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♍ 5° Virgo 37'℞ | |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♈ 6° Aries 10' | |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♍ 29° Virgo 12' | |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♏ 25° Scorpio 41' | |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♍ 22° Virgo 50'℞ | |
| ☊ | North Node | ♈ 24° Aries 26' | |
| ☋ | South Node | ♎ 24° Libra 26' |
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s full reading
Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Capricorn
♑ 11° Capricorn 22'
purpose and vitality
They find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast they, and their vitality is steady rather than showy. The tension is measuring their worth by output alone. It shows up as working through the tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
☽Moon in Aquarius
♒ 14° Aquarius 42'
needs and habits
They proces daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and they need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The tension is intellectualising a feeling instead of simply having it. It shows up as needing time alone to recover even after a good day with people.
☿Mercury in Capricorn
♑ 14° Capricorn 10'
mind and voice
They think methodically and communicate in a measured, practical way that people tend to trust. The tension is being so focused on the useful conclusion that they dismis ideas that have not yet proven their worth. It shows up as getting straight to the point in a conversation that other people expected to be casual.
♀Venus in Sagittarius
♐ 0° Sagittarius 54'
love and values
They love with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and they value a partner who gives they room to roam. The tension is confusing freedom with distance when things get serious. It shows up as planning their next trip together before they have settled into the one Cuba is on.
♂Mars in Aquarius
♒ 24° Aquarius 46'
drive and anger
They act on principle, and their anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. The tension is detaching from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. It shows up as arguing the issue with real heat while staying strangely calm about the relationship itself.
♃Jupiter in Virgo
♍ 5° Virgo 37' ℞
growth and excess
They grow through mastering a craft in genuine, unglamorous detail, one small correction at a time. The overreach is perfectionism that turns growth into an endless list of corrections. It shows up as being trusted with more responsibility than they think they have earned, largely because they actually have.
♄Saturn in Aries
♈ 6° Aries 10'
discipline and doubt
They build discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse, and the doubt shows up as second-guessing whether they moved too fast or not fast enough. It shows up as a slow-earned confidence in their own initiative that finally arrives once they stop rushing every decision.
♅Uranus in Virgo
♍ 29° Virgo 12'
freedom, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that transforms work and health through new methods and new technology. Personally, it can show up as an instinct to question inherited routines around productivity and wellbeing.
♆Neptune in Scorpio
♏ 25° Scorpio 41'
imagination, generational
Shared across this generation, this placement marks people whose collective imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, often through a wider cultural fascination with secrets and endings. Personally, it can show up as being pulled toward mystery for its own sake.
♇Pluto in Virgo
♍ 22° Virgo 50' ℞
power, generational
Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people who live through deep transformation of work, health systems and daily life itself. Personally, it can show up as intensity around control, order and what a body or a system can actually handle.
Aspects
How the planets in Cuba Gooding Jr.'s chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Mars square Neptune
0.9° applying
Their drive can dissolve into confusion or self-doubt just when clarity matters most, especially around goals that involve other people's expectations. The lesson is separating the actual plan from the feeling of overwhelm around it.
Venus sextile Uranus
1.7° separating
Their affections and their independent streak get along, giving their relationships room to breathe without losing warmth. This is an easy, low-drama kind of freedom that keeps a relationship interesting without ever making it feel unstable.
Sun conjunction Mercury
2.8° separating
Their sense of self and the way they think are fused, so their opinions feel like statements of who Cuba is. They speak their mind readily, and separating a passing thought from their identity takes practice worth doing.
Neptune sextile Pluto
2.8° separating
Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.
- Uranus sextile Neptune3.5°
- Venus square Jupiter4.7°
- Sun square Saturn5.2°
- Venus conjunction Neptune5.2°
- Venus trine Saturn5.3°
- Sun trine Jupiter5.7°
- Venus square Mars6.1°
- Uranus conjunction Pluto6.4°
- Saturn opposition Uranus7.0°
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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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