James Gunn’s birth chart
Born 5 August 1966, in St. Louis, Missouri. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Pisces or Aries
James Gunn’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
James Gunn was born on Friday, 5 August 1966, in St. Louis, Missouri. Their zodiac sign is Leo. The Moon was in Pisces until about 11:15 and in Aries afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. James turns 60 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for James, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Water carries the most weight: five of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against fire two, earth two and air none. By modality the count is three cardinal, three fixed and three mutable. Venus, Mars and Jupiter all fall in Cancer. The tightest aspect is Mars sextile Pluto, exact to a tenth of a degree. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Mercury and Saturn. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 11 other people born on 5 August, among them Kajol, John Huston and Gavi.
See the sky the day James was born: the stars over St. Louis, Missouri, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
James Gunn’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 12° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For James Gunn that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Pisces or Aries
Pisces until about 11:15, then Aries (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 11:15: Moon in Pisces
With the Moon in Pisces, James may well pick up the mood of a whole room. Music, water, sleep and imagination tend to restore them, and it matters whose moods they carry home. The empathy of this Moon is a gift that needs a door.
Born after about 11:15: Moon in Aries
With the Moon in Aries, James is likely to feel fast and forgive fast. Anger comes up quickly and passes just as quickly, and feeling needs a physical outlet. This is a Moon soothed by action, not by talking it over.
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 St. Louis, Missouri, at each hour of the day.
James Gunn’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 5 August 1966, computed for St. Louis, Missouri.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Taurus rising |
| 00:50 to 02:45 | Gemini rising |
| 02:45 to 05:10 | Cancer rising |
| 05:10 to 07:40 | Leo rising |
| 07:40 to 10:05 | Virgo rising |
| 10:05 to 12:35 | Libra rising |
| 12:35 to 15:05 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:05 to 17:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 17:25 to 19:20 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:20 to 20:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:50 to 22:05 | Pisces rising |
| 22:05 to 23:20 | Aries rising |
| 23:20 to 24:00 | Taurus 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 5 August 1966, 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 | 12° Leo 48' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Pisces until about 11:15, then Aries |
| Mercury | 0° Leo 36'℞ |
| Venus | 18° Cancer 03' |
| Mars | 17° Cancer 02' |
| Jupiter | 20° Cancer 01' |
| Saturn | 29° Pisces 09'℞ |
| Uranus | 17° Virgo 42' |
| Neptune | 19° Scorpio 24' |
| Pluto | 16° Virgo 59' |
| North Node | 21° Taurus 19' |
| South Node | 21° Scorpio 19' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
James Gunn’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about James Gunn’s private life.
Purpose for James Gunn is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
Moon in Pisces or Aries
Pisces until about 11:15, then Aries
needs and habits
Born before about 11:15: Moon in Pisces
The Moon in Pisces makes for a porous daily mood, one that picks up the emotional temperature of a room without choosing to. Quiet, music or time near water probably restores James more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
Born after about 11:15: Moon in Aries
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For James, comfort probably comes from action rather than discussion. The instinct of this Moon is to pace the room or go for a walk rather than sit with a feeling until it passes on its own.
Mercury in Leo gives James a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make James more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for James that suggests valuing emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. Old hurts tend to linger here long after the person who caused them has changed. This is a Venus that feeds people, checks on people and quietly keeps score of who has shown up in return.
Mars in Cancer acts to protect the people and things that matter, and its anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The habit to watch, for James, may be going quiet or indirect instead of naming the upset. Other people tend to notice a shift of mood and take a while to trace it back to its cause.
Jupiter in Cancer
20° Cancer 01' at midday
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.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For James, 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.
Uranus in Virgo
17° Virgo 42' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in James's chart Uranus in Virgo describes an age group as much as a single person. It is a generation that changes how work and daily routine are done, through new methods and new technology. In one person it can be an instinct to question inherited routines.
Neptune in Scorpio
19° Scorpio 24' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that James shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Pluto in Virgo
16° Virgo 59' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by James and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in James Gunn’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.
Mars sextile Pluto
about 0.0° at midday
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to James Gunn without constant conflict. James is likely to handle pressure better than most, and at a lower cost than expected, largely because a fight is rarely needed to prove the point.
Venus sextile Uranus
about 0.4° at midday
An independent streak and a warm heart get along in this sextile, which tends to give James's relationships room to breathe without cooling them. The freedom involved is easy and low on drama: enough to keep a relationship interesting, never so much that it feels unstable.
Jupiter trine Neptune
about 0.6° at midday
Optimism and imagination tend to flow together for James, and what comes of it is an inspired, generous vision of what is possible. Hope and creativity tend to serve them well under this trine, especially when both are allowed to guide a project and neither is second-guessed.
Mars sextile Uranus
about 0.7° at midday
Bold, original action comes to James without much friction, because drive and independence are on good terms in this sextile. It is useful initiative with little drama attached, the sort that tries something new without making a big production of it.
Venus conjunction Mars
about 1.0° at midday
With Venus conjunct Mars, affection and drive are closely linked, so, for James, wanting something and going after it are likely to feel like one impulse. The aspect brings plenty of romantic and creative energy; its test is letting the wanting outlast the first chase.
Venus sextile Pluto
about 1.1° at midday
This sextile promises intimacy without unnecessary drama, with James's affections and depth working side by side. Relationships tend to deepen at a comfortable pace, with no crisis or dramatic turning point needed to get there.
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 conjunction Plutoabout 0.7°
- Venus trine Neptuneabout 1.3°
- Mercury trine Saturnabout 1.4°
- Uranus sextile Neptuneabout 1.7°
- Venus conjunction Jupiterabout 2.0°
- Jupiter sextile Uranusabout 2.3°
- Mars trine Neptuneabout 2.4°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 2.4°
- Mars conjunction Jupiterabout 3.0°
- Jupiter sextile Plutoabout 3.0°
- Sun square Neptuneabout 6.6°
Leo Suns born within 2 years of James Gunn
Also born on 5 August
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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