Jean Giraud’s birth chart
Born 8 May 1938, in Nogent-sur-Marne, France. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Virgo Moon
Jean Giraud’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
8 May 1938 was a Sunday: the day Jean Giraud was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, France. Their zodiac sign was Taurus, with the Moon in Virgo. Jean died on 10 March 2012, aged 73. StarMap has no verified birth time for Jean, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is four earth, three air, two fire and one water. Mutable signs hold four, cardinal signs three and fixed signs three. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Venus and Mars: a conjunction, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Neptune was retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 8 May, among them Enrique Iglesias, David Attenborough and John Michael Talbot.
See the sky the day Jean was born: the stars over Nogent-sur-Marne, France, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Jean Giraud’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 17° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Jean Giraud than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Virgo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Jean is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
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 Nogent-sur-Marne, France, at each hour of the day.
Jean Giraud’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Jean 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 8 May 1938, computed for Nogent-sur-Marne, France.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:40 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:40 to 02:50 | Aquarius rising |
| 02:50 to 03:50 | Pisces rising |
| 03:50 to 04:45 | Aries rising |
| 04:45 to 06:00 | Taurus rising |
| 06:00 to 07:50 | Gemini rising |
| 07:50 to 10:20 | Cancer rising |
| 10:20 to 13:05 | Leo rising |
| 13:05 to 15:45 | Virgo rising |
| 15:45 to 18:30 | Libra rising |
| 18:30 to 21:15 | Scorpio rising |
| 21:15 to 23:45 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:45 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 8 May 1938, 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 | 17° Taurus 11' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo |
| Mercury | 25° Aries 33' |
| Venus | 10° Gemini 20' |
| Mars | 10° Gemini 04' |
| Jupiter | 29° Aquarius 17' |
| Saturn | 12° Aries 47' |
| Uranus | 13° Taurus 54' |
| Neptune | 18° Virgo 29'℞ |
| Pluto | 28° Cancer 00' |
| North Node | 26° Scorpio 55' |
| South Node | 26° Taurus 55' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Jean Giraud’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Jean Giraud’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Jean Giraud's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Jean's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Jean's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Mercury in Aries suggests that Jean thinks in quick, decisive strokes and says what they mean without much preamble. Sometimes the words arrive before the thought is fully formed, which can come across sharper than intended. It is a mind that finishes other people's sentences and prefers a fast decision to a long meeting.
Venus in Gemini loves through conversation, wit and mental connection, and tends to find a dull partner harder to stay with than a challenging one. Jean probably values variety and being kept interested. Attention may wander with this Venus, and that can be treated as more serious than it is. Banter is the natural way to flirt here, more than anything more direct.
With Mars in Gemini, Jean is likely to act through words, argument and quick manoeuvring rather than force, and anger to come out sharp and verbal. Arguments can be won without the conflict underneath ever being resolved. A disagreement can still be under debate long after the other person just wants it to end.
Jupiter in Aquarius
29° Aquarius 17' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Jean may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Saturn in Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For Jean, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
Uranus in Taurus
13° Taurus 54' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Jean shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
18° Virgo 29' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Jean shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Cancer
28° Cancer 00' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Jean 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 Jean Giraud’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.
Venus conjunction Mars
about 0.3° at midday
With Venus conjunct Mars, affection and drive are closely linked, so, for Jean Giraud, 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.
Sun trine Neptune
about 1.3° at midday
Jean's identity and imagination flow together easily, giving them an intuitive, artistic quality that feels natural rather than performed. With the Sun trine Neptune, compassion comes without much effort, and other people often sense it before a word has been said.
Mercury square Pluto
about 2.4° at midday
A simple disagreement can turn into something more charged when Mercury is square Pluto, as Jean looks for motives that may not be there. The lesson is trusting a straightforward answer when the evidence supports one, rather than assuming the deeper explanation is always the true one.
Venus sextile Saturn
about 2.5° at midday
This sextile tends to lend a workable, grounded steadiness to Jean's relationships, since affection and a sense of structure get along. Once Jean decides a commitment is right, it usually comes naturally, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 2.7° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and Jean has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
Sun conjunction Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
Independence is central to Jean's identity with the Sun conjunct Uranus, along with a resistance to being defined by anyone else's idea of them. It makes them original and hard to predict, and the catch is a restlessness with routines that could serve them well.
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.
- Mercury sextile Jupiterabout 3.7°
- Uranus trine Neptuneabout 4.6°
Taurus Sun and Virgo Moon, like Jean Giraud
Also born on 8 May
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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