Hikaru Nakamura’s birth chart
Born 9 December 1987, in Hirakata, Japan. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sagittarius Sun · Moon in Cancer or Leo
Hikaru Nakamura’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Hikaru Nakamura was born on Wednesday, 9 December 1987, in Hirakata, Japan. That makes Hikaru a Sagittarius. The Moon left Cancer for Leo at about 13:40 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Hikaru turns 39 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, five are in fire signs, two in earth and two in water; none is in air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, two and four. Sun, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus all fall in Sagittarius. Closest of the aspects is the conjunction between Mars and Pluto, about 1.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter was retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 9 December, among them Kirk Douglas, Judi Dench and John Malkovich.
See the sky the day Hikaru was born: the stars over Hirakata, Japan, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Hikaru Nakamura’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
about 16° Sagittarius at midday
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Hikaru Nakamura forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 13:40, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 13:40: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Hikaru that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Born after about 13:40: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Hikaru up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Hirakata, Japan, at each hour of the day.
Hikaru Nakamura’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Hikaru 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 December 1987, computed for Hirakata, Japan.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Virgo rising |
| 00:50 to 03:15 | Libra rising |
| 03:15 to 05:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 05:40 to 08:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:00 to 09:55 | Capricorn rising |
| 09:55 to 11:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 11:30 to 12:50 | Pisces rising |
| 12:50 to 14:05 | Aries rising |
| 14:05 to 15:40 | Taurus rising |
| 15:40 to 17:35 | Gemini rising |
| 17:35 to 19:55 | Cancer rising |
| 19:55 to 22:25 | Leo rising |
| 22:25 to 24:00 | Virgo 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 December 1987, 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° Sagittarius 29' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 13:40, then Leo |
| Mercury | 8° Sagittarius 39' |
| Venus | 13° Capricorn 43' |
| Mars | 9° Scorpio 49' |
| Jupiter | 19° Aries 50'℞ |
| Saturn | 22° Sagittarius 46' |
| Uranus | 26° Sagittarius 16' |
| Neptune | 6° Capricorn 55' |
| Pluto | 11° Scorpio 18' |
| North Node | 28° Pisces 41' |
| South Node | 28° Virgo 41' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Hikaru Nakamura’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Hikaru Nakamura’s private life.
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Hikaru Nakamura's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 13:40, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 13:40: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Hikaru's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Born after about 13:40: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Hikaru faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Hikaru did.
Hikaru's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
For Hikaru, Venus in Capricorn means loving in a measured, committed way and valuing stability, ambition and someone to build a life with. The trap is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. With this Venus, love comes out more easily as providing and planning than as words said out loud.
In Hikaru's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
Jupiter in Aries
19° Aries 50' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Hikaru's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Hikaru is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.
Uranus in Sagittarius
26° Sagittarius 16' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Hikaru than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.
Neptune in Capricorn
6° Capricorn 55' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Hikaru 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.
Pluto in Scorpio
11° Scorpio 18' 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. Hikaru's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.
Aspects in Hikaru Nakamura’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.
Mars conjunction Pluto
about 1.5° at midday
With Mars conjunct Pluto, drive tends to be intense and relentless, and once Hikaru Nakamura is committed to something they are likely to see it through whatever the cost. There is staying power to spare, so the art is in choosing battles, and keeping that intensity away from the ones that do not deserve it.
Venus sextile Pluto
about 2.4° at midday
This sextile promises intimacy without unnecessary drama, with Hikaru's affections and depth working side by side. Relationships tend to deepen at a comfortable pace, with no crisis or dramatic turning point needed to get there.
Mars sextile Neptune
about 2.9° at midday
In Hikaru's chart, drive and imagination help each other along gently, so inspired action is possible before everything has been mapped out. The motivation is soft but workable, and it keeps a creative or compassionate project moving without forcing it.
Jupiter trine Saturn
about 2.9° at midday
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Hikaru pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
Sun trine Jupiter
about 3.3° at midday
With the Sun trine Jupiter, Hikaru's sense of self and instinct for growth support each other, which gives them a warm, expansive confidence. They are likely to be quick to see an opening and to make the most of it without forcing anything.
Saturn conjunction Uranus
about 3.5° at midday
With discipline and the need for independence fused, Hikaru 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.
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.
- Venus sextile Marsabout 3.9°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 4.4°
- Venus square Jupiterabout 6.1°
- Sun conjunction Saturnabout 6.3°
- Jupiter trine Uranusabout 6.4°
- Venus conjunction Neptuneabout 6.8°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 7.8°
Sagittarius Suns born within 2 years of Hikaru Nakamura
Also born on 9 December
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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