James Horner’s birth chart
Born 14 August 1953, in Los Angeles, California. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Libra Moon
James Horner’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
James Horner was born on Friday, 14 August 1953, in Los Angeles, California. That made James a Leo, with the Moon in Libra. James died on 22 June 2015, aged 61. No verified birth time is on file for James; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the ten planets, four are in fire signs, four in air and two in water; none is in earth. By modality the count is five cardinal, four fixed and one mutable. Four planets stand together in Leo: Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto. Moon, Saturn and Neptune all fall in Libra. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Sun and Neptune, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 14 August, among them Halle Berry, Mila Kunis and Magic Johnson.
See the sky the day James was born: the stars over Los Angeles, California, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
James Horner’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 21° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For James Horner 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
Libra
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle James, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
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 Los Angeles, California, at each hour of the day.
James Horner’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 14 August 1953, computed for Los Angeles, California.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:20 | Taurus rising |
| 00:20 to 02:15 | Gemini rising |
| 02:15 to 04:35 | Cancer rising |
| 04:35 to 07:00 | Leo rising |
| 07:00 to 09:20 | Virgo rising |
| 09:20 to 11:45 | Libra rising |
| 11:45 to 14:10 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:10 to 16:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 16:30 to 18:25 | Capricorn rising |
| 18:25 to 20:00 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:00 to 21:20 | Pisces rising |
| 21:20 to 22:40 | Aries rising |
| 22:40 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 14 August 1953, 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 | 21° Leo 40' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra |
| Mercury | 2° Leo 57' |
| Venus | 12° Cancer 13' |
| Mars | 10° Leo 17' |
| Jupiter | 20° Gemini 54' |
| Saturn | 22° Libra 41' |
| Uranus | 20° Cancer 47' |
| Neptune | 21° Libra 35' |
| Pluto | 22° Leo 52' |
| North Node | 3° Aquarius 07' |
| South Node | 3° Leo 07' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
James Horner’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about James Horner’s private life.
Purpose for James Horner 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.
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off James's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
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 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.
Jupiter in Gemini
20° Gemini 54' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. James may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
For James, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Uranus in Cancer
20° Cancer 47' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to James alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
21° Libra 35' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, James among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
22° Leo 52' 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 Horner’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.
Sun sextile Neptune
about 0.1° at midday
Creativity and empathy are there when James Horner makes room for them, because identity and imagination work gently together in this aspect. The sensitivity is soft, and people notice it without it having to be announced.
Saturn sextile Pluto
about 0.2° at midday
No crisis is needed to bring out James's resilience, because discipline and depth are on working terms in this sextile. Long, steady effort tends to be rewarded in ways that build quietly over time, not all at once.
Jupiter trine Neptune
about 0.7° 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.
Sun sextile Jupiter
about 0.8° at midday
Optimism is part of who James is, and it tends to show them open doors, provided they are willing to walk through. With some deliberate effort behind it, the outlook of a Sun-Jupiter sextile becomes momentum that carries past the first burst of enthusiasm.
Sun sextile Saturn
about 1.0° at midday
Steady, unglamorous effort is likely to feel worthwhile to James rather than draining, because it fits their sense of who they are. Consistency probably comes more easily to them than they give themselves credit for, especially once they stop waiting for permission to claim it.
Saturn conjunction Neptune
about 1.1° at midday
James tends to give a vague dream a workable shape, because Saturn conjunct Neptune ties discipline closely to imagination. It makes them unusually able to turn inspiration into something lasting, provided doubt is not allowed to talk them out of an idea before it has been tested.
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 square Neptuneabout 0.8°
- Sun conjunction Plutoabout 1.2°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 1.3°
- Jupiter trine Saturnabout 1.8°
- Saturn square Uranusabout 1.9°
- Jupiter sextile Plutoabout 2.0°
- Mercury conjunction Marsabout 7.3°
Leo Sun and Libra Moon, like James Horner
Also born on 14 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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