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James Garner

James Garner’s birth chart

Born 7 April 1928, in Norman, Oklahoma. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.

Aries Sun · Scorpio Moon

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James Garner’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

7 April 1928 was a Saturday: the day James Garner was born in Norman, Oklahoma. Their zodiac sign was Aries, with the Moon in Scorpio. James died on 19 July 2014, aged 86. StarMap has no verified birth time for James, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.

Fire carries the most weight: five of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against water four, earth none and air none. Cardinal signs hold four, mutable signs three and fixed signs two. Aries holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Jupiter and Uranus. The tightest aspect is Mercury conjunction Venus, about 0.6° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Saturn and Neptune. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.

StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 7 April, among them Jackie Chan, Russell Crowe and Francis Ford Coppola. Alan J. Pakula was born on the very same day.

See the sky the day James was born: the stars over Norman, Oklahoma, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.

James Garner’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Aries

about 17° Aries at midday

An Aries Sun starts things. For James Garner 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.

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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.

Everyone with the Moon in Scorpio

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 Norman, Oklahoma, at each hour of the day.

James Garner’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 7 April 1928, computed for Norman, Oklahoma.

Rising sign by time of birth, local time
Born around (local time)Rising sign
00:00 to 00:40Sagittarius rising
00:40 to 02:40Capricorn rising
02:40 to 04:10Aquarius rising
04:10 to 05:30Pisces rising
05:30 to 06:45Aries rising
06:45 to 08:20Taurus rising
08:20 to 10:15Gemini rising
10:15 to 12:35Cancer rising
12:35 to 15:00Leo rising
15:00 to 17:25Virgo rising
17:25 to 19:50Libra rising
19:50 to 22:15Scorpio rising
22:15 to 24:00Sagittarius rising

Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.

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The chart wheel

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Placements

James Garner’s planets by sign
Sun17° Aries 39'
MoonScorpio
Mercury24° Pisces 45'
Venus25° Pisces 18'
MarsAquarius until about 08:25, then Pisces
Jupiter16° Aries 49'
Saturn19° Sagittarius 03'℞
Uranus4° Aries 11'
Neptune26° Leo 37'℞
Pluto15° Cancer 00'
North Node10° Gemini 36'
South Node10° Sagittarius 36'

Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.

James Garner’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about James Garner’s private life.

  1. Sun in Aries

    17° Aries 39' at midday

    purpose and vitality

    With the Sun in Aries, James Garner'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.

  2. Moon in Scorpio

    Scorpio, all day

    needs and habits

    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.

  3. Mercury in Pisces

    24° Pisces 45' at midday

    mind and voice

    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.

  4. Venus in Pisces

    25° Pisces 18' at midday

    love and values

    Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and James probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.

  5. Mars in Aquarius or Pisces

    Aquarius until about 08:25, then Pisces

    drive and anger

    Born before about 08:25: Mars in Aquarius

    Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. James can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.

    Born after about 08:25: Mars in Pisces

    With Mars in Pisces, James is likely to act indirectly, often through avoidance or quiet withdrawal rather than confrontation, and anger can turn into sadness before it has even been named as anger. The habit is to absorb conflict rather than address it. Often they need to leave a tense room before they can work out what they feel.

  6. Jupiter in Aries

    16° Aries 49' 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.

  7. Saturn in Sagittarius

    19° Sagittarius 03' at midday ℞

    discipline and doubt

    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, James 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.

  8. Uranus in Aries

    4° Aries 11' at midday

    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.

  9. Neptune in Leo

    26° Leo 37' at midday ℞

    imagination, generational

    Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of James alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.

  10. Pluto in Cancer

    15° Cancer 00' at midday

    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.

Aspects in James Garner’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.

  1. Mercury conjunction Venus

    about 0.6° at midday

    Mercury conjunct Venus ties James Garner's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.

  2. Sun conjunction Jupiter

    about 0.8° at midday

    James's identity carries a natural optimism and a generous sense of scale, so they tend to think bigger than the room requires. Confidence comes easily with the Sun conjunct Jupiter, and the discipline worth building is matching that optimism with follow-through.

  3. Sun trine Saturn

    about 1.4° at midday

    Effort and identity feel like the same project under a Sun-Saturn trine, because James's sense of self and capacity for discipline reinforce each other. What they build tends to last, since ambition and patience are already in agreement.

  4. Jupiter square Pluto

    about 1.8° at midday

    Ambition can turn into a struggle for control under this square, over outcomes that were never fully James's to control. The considerable drive involved is better aimed at transformation than at domination, which tends to produce a result that lasts.

  5. Jupiter trine Saturn

    about 2.2° at midday

    Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets James 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.

  6. Sun square Pluto

    about 2.7° at midday

    With this aspect, James's identity can get entangled in struggles over control, whether inwardly or with people who challenge them. Whenever James chooses to change rather than to dominate, the friction turns into hard-won strength they can rely on the next time things get difficult.

The rest, listed without a reading.

  • Mars opposition Neptuneabout 3.5°
  • Mercury square Saturnabout 5.7°
  • Venus square Saturnabout 6.3°

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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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