James Dean’s birth chart
Born 8 February 1931, in Marion, Indiana, at 09:00 (Rodden AA).
Aquarius Sun · Scorpio Moon · Aries rising
James Dean’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
James Dean was born on Sunday, 8 February 1931, in Marion, Indiana. Their zodiac sign was Aquarius, with the Moon in Scorpio and Aries rising. James died on 30 September 1955, aged 24. The birth time, 09:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is four earth, three water, two fire and one air. Cardinal signs hold six, fixed signs three and mutable signs one. Capricorn holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mercury, Venus and Saturn. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Uranus: a square, 0.8° from exact. Mars, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 8 February, among them Mauricio Macri, Jack Lemmon and John Grisham.
See the sky the night James was born: the stars over Marion, Indiana at 09:00, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
James Dean’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
18° Aquarius 53'
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in James Dean's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Scorpio
5° Scorpio 43'
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
Aries
12° Aries 13'
With Aries rising, James is likely to come across as direct, quick and ready. People tend to sense energy before they know what James thinks, and the usual entrance is that of someone about to start something.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 09:00 on 8 February 1931, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 18° Aquarius 53' | House 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 5° Scorpio 43' | House 7 |
| Mercury | 26° Capricorn 01' | House 10 |
| Venus | 2° Capricorn 12' | House 9 |
| Mars | 2° Leo 24'℞ | House 5 |
| Jupiter | 11° Cancer 36'℞ | House 4 |
| Saturn | 18° Capricorn 09' | House 10 |
| Uranus | 12° Aries 26' | House 1 |
| Neptune | 4° Virgo 50'℞ | House 6 |
| Pluto | 19° Cancer 12'℞ | House 4 |
| North Node | 16° Aries 08' | House 1 |
| South Node | 16° Libra 08' | House 7 |
James Dean’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about James Dean’s private life.
James Dean's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
The Sun in the eleventh house means James finds themselves through friendships and the causes they throw their weight behind, more than through solitary achievement. James is at their best inside a group with a shared purpose, and being cut off from that kind of company can dim their spark.
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.
With the Moon in the seventh house, James is likely to feel most themselves inside a close partnership, reading the emotional temperature of a relationship constantly and by instinct. Too long alone can leave them unmoored, even when nothing is wrong.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and James tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. James will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
With Mercury in the tenth house, James 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.
For James, 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.
With Venus in the ninth house, James finds beauty in other cultures, in travel and in big, sweeping ideas about how the world works. A shared love of exploring somewhere new can be part of what attracts them to someone, and learning together can appeal deeply.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for James its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
With Mars in the fifth house, James 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 Cancer
11° Cancer 36' ℞ · fourth house
growth and excess
For James, 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.
With Jupiter in the fourth house, James probably likes a home with room in it, for more people, more projects and the warmth visitors feel on coming through the door. A generous, welcoming household may matter more to James than a tidy or impressive one.
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 James, 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.
Saturn in the tenth house is associated with taking the long road in working life, and James is inclined to trust sustained effort over shortcuts. Saturn here goes with a reliability that shows long before any confidence in their own standing among their peers.
Uranus in Aries
12° Aries 26' · first house
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so James shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
With Uranus in the first house, James is likely to come across as unconventional and hard to define, even by their own account, with labels fitting loosely at best. The placement goes with a presence that shifts the energy of a room by being unpredictable in a way people cannot quite place.
Neptune in Virgo
4° Virgo 50' ℞ · sixth house
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.
With Neptune in the sixth house, a daily routine works best when it includes something restful or quietly meaningful, and rigid, uninspired work wearies James in a way that is hard to explain. Being of service to someone often feeds James more than the task itself does.
Pluto in Cancer
19° Cancer 12' ℞ · fourth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates James 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.
James tends to protect what they build at home fiercely and without much compromise, once it is theirs. Pluto in the fourth house is a placement of intensity around home, where inherited family patterns can take deliberate work to understand and reshape.
Aspects in James Dean’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Jupiter square Uranus
0.8° separating
An appetite for growth can turn erratic under Jupiter square Uranus, with sudden changes of direction that leave earlier plans unfinished. The instinct for change this square gives James Dean is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.
Moon sextile Neptune
0.9° separating
James's feelings and imagination work gently together, so empathy and intuition are close to hand. Reading a room accurately, without anyone having to explain it, probably comes easily, and the sensitivity behind that is soft and likeable rather than overwhelming.
Saturn opposition Pluto
1.1° applying
James may be torn between maintaining careful control and a deeper need to let something be transformed, even at the price of some of the structure they built. Allowing change without treating it as failure tends to resolve more than holding on tighter.
Venus trine Neptune
2.6° applying
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.
Moon square Mars
3.3° separating
Feeling and the impulse to act can clash when the Moon is square Mars, and the result is quick reactions that James may later have to walk back. A breath between feeling and acting turns all that energy into something more useful.
Moon sextile Venus
3.5° separating
Warmth and emotional generosity are likely to come naturally to James, because feeling and affection get along in this aspect. There is a gentle, likeable tenderness in it, the sort that makes people comfortable saying how they feel.
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.
- Saturn square Uranus5.7°
- Moon trine Jupiter5.9°
- Mercury opposition Mars6.4°
- Jupiter opposition Saturn6.6°
- Uranus square Pluto6.8°
- Mercury opposition Pluto6.8°
- Jupiter conjunction Pluto7.6°
- Mercury conjunction Saturn7.9°
Aquarius Sun and Scorpio Moon, like James Dean
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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; 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 (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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