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Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson’s birth chart

Born 4 October 1989, in Austin, Texas. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.

Libra Sun · Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius

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Dakota Johnson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

Dakota Johnson was born on Wednesday, 4 October 1989, in Austin, Texas. The Sun was in Libra, so Libra is their zodiac sign. The Moon changed sign at about 04:30, from Scorpio to Sagittarius; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Dakota turns 37 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Dakota, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.

Earth carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against water three, air two and fire none. Cardinal signs hold six, fixed signs two and mutable signs one. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all fall in Capricorn. They are slow planets, so the grouping is shared with people born around the same time. Closest of the aspects is the square between Mars and Jupiter, about 0.1° 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 a waxing crescent.

StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 4 October, among them Susan Sarandon, Charlton Heston and Christoph Waltz. Wikidata links Dakota with one person in the dataset: Chris Martin (listed as partners, 2017 to 2025).

Dakota Johnson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Libra

about 11° Libra at midday

A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Dakota Johnson's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.

Moon sign

Scorpio or Sagittarius

Scorpio until about 04:30, then Sagittarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.

Born before about 04:30: Moon in Scorpio

The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Dakota 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.

Born after about 04:30: Moon in Sagittarius

A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Dakota, 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.

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 Austin, Texas, at each hour of the day.

Dakota Johnson’s rising sign, by birth time

StarMap has not verified a birth time for Dakota 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 4 October 1989, computed for Austin, Texas.

Rising sign by time of birth, local time
Born around (local time)Rising sign
00:00 to 02:00Cancer rising
02:00 to 04:20Leo rising
04:20 to 06:40Virgo rising
06:40 to 08:55Libra rising
08:55 to 11:20Scorpio rising
11:20 to 13:35Sagittarius rising
13:35 to 15:35Capricorn rising
15:35 to 17:15Aquarius rising
17:15 to 18:35Pisces rising
18:35 to 20:00Aries rising
20:00 to 21:40Taurus rising
21:40 to 23:35Gemini rising
23:35 to 24:00Cancer rising

Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.

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The chart wheel

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Drawn for midday on 4 October 1989, 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

Dakota Johnson’s planets by sign
Sun11° Libra 26'
MoonScorpio until about 04:30, then Sagittarius
Mercury25° Virgo 47'
Venus25° Scorpio 32'
Mars9° Libra 48'
Jupiter9° Cancer 55'
Saturn7° Capricorn 44'
Uranus1° Capricorn 35'
Neptune9° Capricorn 39'
Pluto13° Scorpio 48'
North Node24° Aquarius 36'
South Node24° Leo 36'

Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.

Dakota Johnson’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Dakota Johnson’s private life.

  1. Sun in Libra

    11° Libra 26' at midday

    purpose and vitality

    With the Sun in Libra, Dakota Johnson's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.

  2. Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius

    Scorpio until about 04:30, then Sagittarius

    needs and habits

    Born before about 04:30: Moon in Scorpio

    For Dakota, 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.

    Born after about 04:30: 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 Dakota edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.

  3. Mercury in Virgo

    25° Virgo 47' at midday

    mind and voice

    For Dakota, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.

  4. Venus in Scorpio

    25° Scorpio 32' at midday

    love and values

    Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Dakota is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.

  5. Mars in Libra

    9° Libra 48' at midday

    drive and anger

    In Dakota'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.

  6. Jupiter in Cancer

    9° Cancer 55' at midday

    growth and excess

    For Dakota, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.

  7. Saturn in Capricorn

    7° Capricorn 44' at midday

    discipline and doubt

    Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for Dakota, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.

  8. Uranus in Capricorn

    1° Capricorn 35' at midday

    freedom, generational

    Many people within a few years of Dakota's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.

  9. Neptune in Capricorn

    9° Capricorn 39' at midday

    imagination, generational

    Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Dakota and about fourteen years of births. The imagination of the generation questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by wide disillusionment with institutions. The personal version may be an uneasy relationship with conventional success.

  10. Pluto in Scorpio

    13° Scorpio 48' at midday

    power, generational

    Pluto is at home in Scorpio, and the generation born with it lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Dakota's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.

Aspects in Dakota Johnson’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.

  1. Mars square Jupiter

    about 0.1° at midday

    Drive can outrun capacity under Mars square Jupiter, and Dakota Johnson may overextend on a project or on a promise made in a burst of confidence. The enthusiasm is sound. It needs matching to a pace that can be sustained.

  2. Mars square Neptune

    about 0.2° at midday

    Under this square, drive can dissolve into confusion or self-doubt just when clarity matters most, especially around goals that involve other people's expectations. It helps Dakota to separate the plan itself from the feeling of overwhelm that surrounds it.

  3. Mercury sextile Venus

    about 0.2° at midday

    Thinking and affection are easy companions in Dakota's chart, which gives them a natural charm in how they communicate. With Mercury sextile Venus, expressing appreciation and finding the right words go together, especially in moments when they want someone to feel noticed.

  4. Jupiter opposition Neptune

    about 0.3° at midday

    The choice, as this opposition frames it for Dakota, is between pursuing a real opportunity and getting lost chasing an idealised version that does not quite exist. Testing an exciting idea against the plain facts protects the optimism; it does not undermine it.

  5. Sun square Jupiter

    about 1.5° at midday

    Ambition can outpace what time and energy will realistically support, and with this aspect Dakota 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.

  6. Sun conjunction Mars

    about 1.6° at midday

    With the Sun conjunct Mars, Dakota's will and identity are fused, which makes for strong, immediate drive and a low tolerance for sitting still. They probably act on impulse more often than most, and aiming that energy at a goal of their own serves them better than using it up on the first thing in front of them.

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.

  • Sun square Neptuneabout 1.8°
  • Saturn conjunction Neptuneabout 1.9°
  • Mars square Saturnabout 2.1°
  • Jupiter opposition Saturnabout 2.2°
  • Sun square Saturnabout 3.7°
  • Jupiter trine Plutoabout 3.9°
  • Neptune sextile Plutoabout 4.1°
  • Mercury square Uranusabout 5.8°
  • Saturn conjunction Uranusabout 6.2°

Dakota Johnson in couples

Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.

Libra Suns born within 2 years of Dakota Johnson

Also born on 4 October

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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