James Caan’s birth chart
Born 26 March 1940, in The Bronx, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aries Sun · Scorpio Moon
James Caan’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
James Caan was born in The Bronx, New York, on 26 March 1940, a Tuesday. That made James an Aries, with the Moon in Scorpio. James died on 6 July 2022, aged 82. StarMap has no verified birth time for James, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Earth carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against fire three, water two and air none. By modality the count is six fixed, two cardinal and two mutable. Taurus holds a stellium, four planets in one sign: Venus, Mars, Saturn and Uranus. The tightest aspect is Saturn square Pluto, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Mercury, Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 26 March, among them Richard Dawkins, Keira Knightley and Larry Page.
See the sky the day James was born: the stars over The Bronx, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
James Caan’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aries
about 5° Aries at midday
An Aries Sun starts things. For James Caan that points to energy that is direct and impatient with delay, and to feeling most like themselves when there is something to go first at. The work of this placement is finishing what the spark began.
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 James 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 The Bronx, New York, at each hour of the day.
James Caan’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for James 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 26 March 1940, computed for The Bronx, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 01:10 to 03:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 03:05 to 04:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 04:30 to 05:40 | Pisces rising |
| 05:40 to 06:50 | Aries rising |
| 06:50 to 08:20 | Taurus rising |
| 08:20 to 10:10 | Gemini rising |
| 10:10 to 12:35 | Cancer rising |
| 12:35 to 15:05 | Leo rising |
| 15:05 to 17:40 | Virgo rising |
| 17:40 to 20:10 | Libra rising |
| 20:10 to 22:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 22:45 to 24:00 | Sagittarius 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 26 March 1940, 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 | 5° Aries 53' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio |
| Mercury | 17° Pisces 07'℞ |
| Venus | 20° Taurus 16' |
| Mars | 25° Taurus 58' |
| Jupiter | 17° Aries 56' |
| Saturn | 0° Taurus 44' |
| Uranus | 19° Taurus 27' |
| Neptune | 23° Virgo 49'℞ |
| Pluto | 0° Leo 40'℞ |
| North Node | 20° Libra 01' |
| South Node | 20° Aries 01' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
James Caan’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about James Caan’s private life.
With the Sun in Aries, James Caan's sense of purpose tends to come alive when there is a clear start line. They probably feel most like themselves pushing into something new, though that energy can burn hot and fade before the finish. The typical pattern is a project launched with excitement, then handed off once the routine sets in.
For James, 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 Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and James is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in James's chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.
Mars in Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times James may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
Jupiter in Aries
17° Aries 56' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. James'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 Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and James is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Uranus in Taurus
19° Taurus 27' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that James 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.
Neptune in Virgo
23° Virgo 49' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so James 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.
Pluto in Leo
0° Leo 40' 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 James, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in James Caan’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.
Saturn square Pluto
about 0.1° at midday
Saturn square Pluto sets the need for control against the instinct for transformation, and James Caan may grip a structure most tightly at the very moment it needs to change. Each old form that is let go leaves a strength behind that is more real than the grip was.
Venus conjunction Uranus
about 0.8° at midday
Affection runs independent and a little unpredictable with Venus conjunct Uranus, and James is likely to be drawn to people and situations that keep them interested more than settled. There is romantic excitement in that. The difficulty is letting closeness deepen without the urge to bolt from it.
Mars trine Neptune
about 2.1° at midday
An inspired, almost effortless way of pursuing creative or compassionate goals belongs to Mars trine Neptune, which puts James's drive and imagination in step. Energy and vision arrive together, so starting a meaningful project is likely to feel far less daunting than it looks from outside.
Mercury sextile Uranus
about 2.3° at midday
Fresh angles on ordinary problems come easily to James, because thinking and originality are friends here. Inventiveness takes little effort with this aspect, and it makes routine problems more interesting than they first appear.
Mercury sextile Venus
about 3.2° at midday
Thinking and affection are easy companions in James'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.
Venus trine Neptune
about 3.5° at midday
James is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
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.
- Uranus trine Neptuneabout 4.4°
- Sun trine Plutoabout 5.2°
- Venus conjunction Marsabout 5.7°
- Mars conjunction Uranusabout 6.5°
- Mercury opposition Neptuneabout 6.7°
Aries Sun and Scorpio Moon, like James Caan
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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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