James Newton Howard’s birth chart

James Newton Howard's full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

1. ☉Sun in Gemini

   ♊ 18° Gemini 07'

   purpose and vitality

   Their vitality comes from variety, and purpose feels most real when James is learning or explaining something new. The tension is scattering their energy across too many half-finished things at once. It shows up as the stack of open tabs and the three hobbies James is juggling this month.

2. ☽Moon in Leo

   ♌ 13° Leo 52'

   needs and habits

   They need warmth and acknowledgement worked into their everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing they drain they faster than a hard day with an audience. It shows up as brightening visibly the moment someone compliments something small they did.

3. ☿Mercury in Gemini

   ♊ 0° Gemini 45'

   mind and voice

   Their mind moves fast across many subjects at once, and they communicate easily in almost any setting. The tension is skimming the surface of a topic and moving on before they have gone deep enough to be sure of it. It shows up as knowing a little about a great many things.

4. ♀Venus in Leo

   ♌ 2° Leo 42'

   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.

5. ♂Mars in Gemini

   ♊ 13° Gemini 26'

   drive and anger

   They act through words, argument and quick maneuvering rather than force, and their anger tends to come out sharp and verbal. The tension is winning a point without actually resolving the conflict underneath it. It shows up as debating their way through a disagreement long after the other person just wants it to end.

6. ♃Jupiter in Aries

   ♈ 9° Aries 33'

   growth and excess

   They grow through bold, direct action and taking the first step before they feel fully ready. The overreach is starting more than they can realistically finish. It shows up as a burst of confidence that gets a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is fully in place.

7. ♄Saturn in Virgo

   ♍ 25° Virgo 39'

   discipline and doubt

   They build discipline around competence, often driven by a fear that they have not yet done enough to deserve rest. The doubt shows up as feeling like a fraud even when their actual track record says otherwise. It shows up as becoming genuinely, quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.

8. ♅Uranus in Cancer

   ♋ 8° Cancer 20'

   freedom, generational

   Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures their own parents grew up inside. Personally, it can show up as a pull to build family life differently.

9. ♆Neptune in Libra

   ♎ 16° Libra 50' ℞

   imagination, generational

   Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.

10. ♇Pluto in Leo

    ♌ 17° Leo 47'

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.

Aspects

How the planets in James Newton Howard's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

1. Sun sextile Pluto

   0.3° separating

   Their identity and their depth cooperate, giving they acces to real resilience without constant upheaval. They handle intensity better than most people, and it costs they les than it might look like from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.

2. Moon sextile Mars

   0.4° separating

   Their feelings and their drive cooperate, making it easier to act on an emotional instinct without much overthinking. This is a useful, everyday kind of emotional courage that shows up most in the small moments nobody else notices.

3. Neptune sextile Pluto

   0.9° separating

   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.

4. Jupiter square Uranus

   1.2° separating

   Their appetite for growth can turn erratic, leading to sudden changes of direction that leave earlier plans unfinished. The lesson is channeling a genuinely good instinct for change into fewer, more deliberate moves that actually get to see the finish line.

• Sun trine Neptune1.3°
• Mercury sextile Venus2.0°
• Moon sextile Neptune3.0°
• Mars trine Neptune3.4°
• Mars sextile Jupiter3.9°
• Moon conjunction Pluto3.9°
• Sun sextile Moon4.2°
• Moon trine Jupiter4.3°
• Mars sextile Pluto4.4°
• Sun conjunction Mars4.7°
• Mercury trine Saturn5.1°
• Venus trine Jupiter6.8°
• Jupiter opposition Neptune7.3°
• Sun square Saturn7.5°