Celebrity StarMap · Actor

James Gandolfini’s birth chart
Born September 18, 1961 in Westwood at 10:21.
Virgo Sun · Capricorn Moon · Scorpio rising · Earth · Mutable
Sun
♍Virgo
25° Virgo 25'
You refine. You notice what could be better and quietly make it so, and your standards are highest for yourself. The art of a Virgo Sun is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.
Moon
♑Capricorn
4° Capricorn 58'
You feel responsibly. You hold yourself together for other people and can be hard on yourself when you cannot. You are restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person you let see you tired.
Rising
♏Scorpio
8° Scorpio 07'
You come across as intense and self-contained. People sense that there is more going on than you are saying, and they are right.
Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♍ 25° Virgo 25' | House 11 |
| ☽ | Moon | ♑ 4° Capricorn 58' | House 2 |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♎ 19° Libra 38' | House 12 |
| ♀ | Venus | ♌ 23° Leo 52' | House 10 |
| ♂ | Mars | ♎ 21° Libra 08' | House 12 |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♑ 27° Capricorn 21'℞ | House 3 |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♑ 23° Capricorn 18'℞ | House 3 |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♌ 27° Leo 59' | House 10 |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♏ 9° Scorpio 27' | House 1 |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♍ 8° Virgo 28' | House 10 |
| ☊ | North Node | ♌ 26° Leo 52' | House 10 |
| ☋ | South Node | ♒ 26° Aquarius 52' | House 4 |
James Gandolfini's full reading
Each planet by sign and house. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Virgo
♍ 25° Virgo 25' · eleventh house
purpose and vitality
They find purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and their energy is steady as long as there is a task worth doing well. The tension is feeling like they have not earned rest until everything is fixed. It shows up in the way they keep tweaking something long after everyone else would call it finished.
They find themselves through their friendships and the causes they throw their weight behind, more than through solitary achievement. Belonging to a group with a shared purpose brings out their best qualities, and being cut off from that kind of community can dim their spark.
☽Moon in Capricorn
♑ 4° Capricorn 58' · second house
needs and habits
Their comfort comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave they oddly unsettled even on holiday. They keep their harder feelings for when James is alone. It shows up as tidying, organising or finishing one more task before they allow themselves to rest.
They feel secure through steady resources and a clear, settled sense of their own values, not through sudden windfalls or big risky moves. When their finances or their sense of what matters feels shaky, their whole mood tends to follow right along with it.
☿Mercury in Libra
♎ 19° Libra 38' · twelfth house
mind and voice
They think by weighing both sides, and they communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. The tension is taking so long to land on an opinion that the moment for it passes. It shows up as genuinely changing their mind mid conversation because the other point had merit.
Their mind works in the background, turning things over quietly long before any conclusions rise to the surface where others can see them. They often understand something intuitively well before they can fully explain, even to themselves, how they actually got there.
♀Venus in Leo
♌ 23° Leo 52' · tenth house
love and values
They love generously and openly, and they value being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else they could offer they. The tension is needing steady reassurance that James is still adored. It shows up as grand, thoughtful gestures and a genuine hurt when they go unnoticed.
They bring charm and diplomacy to their public life, and people tend to genuinely enjoy working alongside they rather than merely tolerating they. A career that lets they create, connect or beautify something suits their temperament far better than one built on pure competition.
♂Mars in Libra
♎ 21° Libra 08' · twelfth house
drive and anger
They act diplomatically and prefer negotiation to confrontation, and their anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. The tension is avoiding conflict so consistently that resentment builds underneath the calm surface. It shows up as agreeing to something they actually minded, then feeling it later.
Their drive often works behind the scenes, and frustration they cannot easily name can build up if they do not find a private, physical outlet for it. Solitary activity, done away from an audience, helps release tension that they rarely let other people see directly.
♃Jupiter in Capricorn
♑ 27° Capricorn 21' ℞ · third house
growth and excess
They grow through long-term discipline, and their gains tend to arrive later than they would like but tend to hold once they do. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. It shows up as a slow, earned authority that people trust more the longer they know they.
James is naturally curious and genuinely enjoy learning new things, and their ideas tend to spread easily because they communicate them with real, contagious enthusiasm. Teaching and sharing what they know suits they well, and they rarely hoard information for its own sake.
♄Saturn in Capricorn
♑ 23° Capricorn 18' ℞ · third house
discipline and doubt
Saturn is at home here, and they build discipline as naturally as breathing, often carrying responsibility earlier than most people their age. The doubt shows up as never quite believing they have achieved enough to relax. It shows up as an authority that others recognise well before James is willing to claim it themselves.
They may have felt held back in communication early on, perhaps feeling unheard or overly careful with their words, and speaking up freely took real, deliberate practice. What they say now tends to carry genuine weight, because they choose their words with real care.
♅Uranus in Leo
♌ 27° Leo 59' · tenth house
freedom, generational
Shared across this generation, this placement marks people who redefine self-expression and individuality, often through new forms of creativity and visibility unavailable to earlier generations. Personally, it can show up as comfort being seen in ways older relatives find unfamiliar.
Their career path may look considerably less linear than most, and James is likely drawn to work that lets they innovate rather than simply follow an established script. Public recognition may come through being genuinely different, rather than through fitting neatly into an existing mold.
♆Neptune in Scorpio
♏ 9° Scorpio 27' · first house
imagination, generational
Shared across this generation, this placement marks people whose collective imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, often through a wider cultural fascination with secrets and endings. Personally, it can show up as being pulled toward mystery for its own sake.
They may come across as a little hard to pin down, carrying a dreamy or elusive quality that other people sense but cannot quite name or explain. Their sense of self can shift noticeably depending on who they happen to be with at the time.
♇Pluto in Virgo
♍ 8° Virgo 28' · tenth house
power, generational
Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people who live through deep transformation of work, health systems and daily life itself. Personally, it can show up as intensity around control, order and what a body or a system can actually handle.
Their career may involve real reinvention at some point along the way, and James is drawn to positions of genuine influence rather than mere surface status. Public power interests they considerably more than public popularity, even though the two often get confused by others.
Aspects
How the planets in James Gandolfini's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Neptune sextile Pluto
1.0° applying
Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.
Mercury conjunction Mars
1.5° applying
Their thinking and their drive to act are closely linked, so ideas turn into words and decisions almost immediately. This makes they quick and direct in conversation, and the edge is letting a thought settle before they say it out loud.
Sun trine Jupiter
1.9° applying
Their sense of self and their instinct for growth support each other effortlessly, giving they a warm, expansive confidence. Opportunities tend to find they, and they tend to make the most of them without forcing anything.
Sun trine Saturn
2.1° separating
Their sense of self and their capacity for discipline reinforce each other, so effort and identity feel like the same project. They build things that last because their ambition and their patience are already in agreement.
- Mars square Saturn2.2°
- Venus sextile Mars2.7°
- Moon trine Pluto3.5°
- Mercury square Saturn3.7°
- Jupiter conjunction Saturn4.1°
- Venus conjunction Uranus4.1°
- Mercury sextile Venus4.2°
- Moon sextile Neptune4.5°
- Mars square Jupiter6.2°
- Moon trine Uranus7.0°
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Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Confidence AA. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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