Jack Nicholson’s birth chart
Born 22 April 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey, at 11:00 (Rodden A).
Taurus Sun · Virgo Moon · Leo rising
Jack Nicholson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Jack Nicholson was born in Neptune City, New Jersey, on 22 April 1937, a Thursday. The Sun was in Taurus, so Taurus is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Virgo and Leo rising. Jack turns 89 in 2026. The birth time, 11:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was given from memory by the person or someone close to them.
Earth carries the most weight: six of the ten planets, against fire two, water two and air none. Mutable signs hold four, cardinal signs three and fixed signs three. Taurus holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Uranus. The tightest aspect is Jupiter opposition Pluto, exact to a tenth of a degree. Venus, Mars and Neptune were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 22 April, among them Kaká, Amber Heard and David Luiz. Wikidata links Jack with two people in the dataset: Anjelica Huston (listed as partners from 1973) and Lara Flynn Boyle (listed as partners, 1999 to 2004).
See the sky the night Jack was born: the stars over Neptune City, New Jersey at 11:00, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Jack Nicholson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
2° Taurus 05'
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Jack Nicholson than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Virgo
29° Virgo 03'
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Jack is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Rising sign
Leo
1° Leo 42'
Leo rising comes across as warm and impossible to miss. People assume confidence whether or not it is felt, and Jack's presence can change the temperature of a room.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 11:00 on 22 April 1937, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 2° Taurus 05' | House 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 29° Virgo 03' | House 3 |
| Mercury | 21° Taurus 38' | House 10 |
| Venus | 24° Aries 45'℞ | House 10 |
| Mars | 5° Sagittarius 07'℞ | House 5 |
| Jupiter | 26° Capricorn 30' | House 6 |
| Saturn | 29° Pisces 42' | House 9 |
| Uranus | 9° Taurus 08' | House 10 |
| Neptune | 16° Virgo 30'℞ | House 2 |
| Pluto | 26° Cancer 31' | House 12 |
| North Node | 16° Sagittarius 00' | House 5 |
| South Node | 16° Gemini 00' | House 11 |
Jack Nicholson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Jack Nicholson’s private life.
Sun in Taurus
2° Taurus 05' · tenth house
purpose and vitality
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Jack Nicholson's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
The Sun in the tenth house ties Jack's sense of self to career and public standing, whether or not that is admitted plainly. The placement points to wanting a name attached to something visible and worth being proud of, and to a readiness to work at it for years.
Moon in Virgo
29° Virgo 03' · third house
needs and habits
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Jack's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Jack's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
The Moon in the third house suggests someone who talks or writes a feeling through until it makes sense, and Jack may find silence around an unspoken worry deeply unsettling. A conversation with the right person at the right moment is often how Jack finds their footing again.
Mercury in Taurus
21° Taurus 38' · tenth house
mind and voice
With Mercury in Taurus, Jack is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
With Mercury in the tenth house, Jack is apt to think strategically about reputation and the next move at work, and to turn a plan over privately long before anyone else knows it exists. Clear, well-timed communication may be the skill this placement leans on most.
Venus in Aries
24° Aries 45' ℞ · tenth house
love and values
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Jack that suggests an interest that can fade once the chase is over. The pattern is to fall fast and to need a relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.
Venus in the tenth house brings Jack's charm and diplomacy into public life, and is linked with being easy to work alongside. Work that lets them create, connect or beautify something is likely to suit them far better than work built on pure competition.
Mars in Sagittarius
5° Sagittarius 07' ℞ · fifth house
drive and anger
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Jack may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
With Mars in the fifth house, Jack is apt to go after what excites them without much hesitation, and creative and romantic pursuits can carry intensity. The placement brings competition and passion alive in this part of life, and is rarely satisfied by a half-hearted effort.
Jupiter in Capricorn
26° Capricorn 30' · sixth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Jack would probably rather build slowly and properly than quickly. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. The authority this Jupiter brings is slow and hard-won, the kind people tend to trust more the longer they know someone.
Jack finds meaning in routines that others would call dull, and brings optimism to work every day. With Jupiter in the sixth house, growth comes by steady, patient improvement rather than by one dramatic leap.
Saturn in Pisces
29° Pisces 42' · ninth house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Jack, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
With Saturn in the ninth house, Jack takes a more serious, structured approach to ideas, education and travel than people who treat those things lightly. A rigorous education or a well-tested philosophy probably matters more with this placement than any quick, easy answer.
Uranus in Taurus
9° Taurus 08' · tenth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Jack shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Jack's working life may look less linear than most, because they prefer work that lets them innovate to work that follows an established script. Uranus in the tenth house would rather be known for being different than for fitting an existing mould.
Neptune in Virgo
16° Virgo 30' ℞ · second house
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Jack shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Neptune in the second house holds material things loosely, and what Jack owns probably matters less to them than what it means. The placement leans towards intangible values, the kind that are hard to set out in a list and easier to recognise in practice.
Pluto in Cancer
26° Cancer 31' · twelfth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Jack to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Pluto in the twelfth house suggests a great deal going on beneath the surface for Jack, with growth coming from facing what is hidden within instead of avoiding it. Solitude can be the setting for the biggest changes, more than any single outside event.
Aspects in Jack Nicholson’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Jupiter opposition Pluto
0.0° applying
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 Jack Nicholson loosens their grip on the outcome, the opportunity itself tends to get through.
Moon opposition Saturn
0.7° applying
Under the Moon opposite Saturn, the wish for emotional closeness comes with a wariness that can keep Jack guarded, even with people who have shown they can be trusted. Letting the guard down gradually, rather than all at once, tends to work better than either extreme.
Venus square Jupiter
1.7° separating
Under this square, Jack's generosity can run past what is sustainable, whether in time, affection or promises made in a warm moment. The warmth is sincere; the work is matching it to a scale that can be kept up over the months that follow the excitement, not only the first one.
Venus square Pluto
1.8° separating
Where Venus squares Pluto, the desire for closeness can get tangled with control, and the aspect is associated with jealousy, possessiveness or testing a partner's loyalty. Whenever Jack chooses trust over control, that intensity becomes a strength instead of a strain.
Moon sextile Pluto
2.5° separating
Jack's feelings can draw on their depth without constant upheaval, which makes for a steady kind of emotional resilience. They probably recover from hard feelings more easily than might be expected, and often faster than the people watching.
Moon trine Jupiter
2.6° separating
Feelings and optimism reinforce each other under a Moon-Jupiter trine, which gives Jack a buoyant emotional life that recovers well from setbacks. Time in Jack's company tends to comfort other people, even on days when little has been said.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Saturn trine Pluto3.2°
- Jupiter sextile Saturn3.2°
- Mercury trine Jupiter4.9°
- Mercury sextile Pluto4.9°
- Mercury trine Neptune5.1°
- Mars trine Saturn5.4°
- Sun square Pluto5.6°
- Sun square Jupiter5.6°
- Sun conjunction Uranus7.0°
- Sun conjunction Venus7.3°
- Moon trine Mercury7.4°
Jack Nicholson in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Taurus Sun and Virgo Moon, like Jack Nicholson
Also born on 22 April
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (From memory). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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