Jim Courier’s birth chart
Born 17 August 1970, in Sanford, Florida. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Aquarius or Pisces
Jim Courier’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
17 August 1970 was a Monday: the day Jim Courier was born in Sanford, Florida. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo is their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Aquarius until about 09:00 and in Pisces afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Jim turns 56 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is three earth, two fire, two air and two water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Fixed signs hold five, cardinal signs two and mutable signs two. The tightest aspect is Mercury trine Saturn, about 0.7° 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. Over the course of the day the Moon went from full to waning gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 17 August, among them Robert De Niro, Thierry Henry and Sean Penn.
See the sky the day Jim was born: the stars over Sanford, Florida, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Jim Courier’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 24° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Jim Courier 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
Aquarius or Pisces
Aquarius until about 09:00, then Pisces (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 09:00: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. Jim is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
Born after about 09:00: Moon in Pisces
With the Moon in Pisces, Jim 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.
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 Sanford, Florida, at each hour of the day.
Jim Courier’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Jim 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 17 August 1970, computed for Sanford, Florida.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Taurus rising |
| 00:50 to 02:50 | Gemini rising |
| 02:50 to 05:05 | Cancer rising |
| 05:05 to 07:25 | Leo rising |
| 07:25 to 09:45 | Virgo rising |
| 09:45 to 12:00 | Libra rising |
| 12:00 to 14:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:20 to 16:40 | Sagittarius rising |
| 16:40 to 18:35 | Capricorn rising |
| 18:35 to 20:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:15 to 21:40 | Pisces rising |
| 21:40 to 23:05 | Aries rising |
| 23:05 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 17 August 1970, 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 | 24° Leo 19' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aquarius until about 09:00, then Pisces |
| Mercury | 21° Virgo 39' |
| Venus | 9° Libra 49' |
| Mars | 19° Leo 28' |
| Jupiter | 0° Scorpio 16' |
| Saturn | 22° Taurus 20' |
| Uranus | 6° Libra 28' |
| Neptune | 28° Scorpio 07' |
| Pluto | 26° Virgo 00' |
| North Node | 2° Pisces 47' |
| South Node | 2° Virgo 47' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Jim Courier’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Jim Courier’s private life.
Purpose for Jim Courier 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 Aquarius or Pisces
Aquarius until about 09:00, then Pisces
needs and habits
Born before about 09:00: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and Jim is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
Born after about 09:00: 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 Jim more than talking things out. It can be easy for them to miss how much of what they feel belongs to someone else.
For Jim, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Jim probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Jim may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Jim 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 Scorpio
0° Scorpio 16' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Jim, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Jim is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Uranus in Libra
6° Libra 28' at midday
freedom, generational
Jim holds Uranus in Libra in common with many people born in the same stretch of years. Together that generation reshapes ideas of partnership, fairness and how relationships are arranged. Its personal side is a readiness to question traditional roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.
Neptune in Scorpio
28° Scorpio 07' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Jim 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
26° Virgo 00' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Jim 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 Jim Courier’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.
Mercury trine Saturn
about 0.7° at midday
Jim Courier's thinking has discipline behind it, which gives them a clear, methodical way of working through ideas. With Mercury trine Saturn, conclusions can be trusted because they have usually been tested already, often more thoroughly than anyone nearby realises.
Sun square Saturn
about 2.0° at midday
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Jim pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mars square Saturn
about 2.9° at midday
Jim's drive can meet resistance, from outside obstacles or from private doubt, and frustration builds when progress feels blocked. Under this square, every stretch of steady work done anyway turns that resistance into competence, the kind that is there when it is needed most.
Venus conjunction Uranus
about 3.4° at midday
Affection runs independent and a little unpredictable with Venus conjunct Uranus, and Jim is likely to be drawn to people and situations that keep them interested more than settled. There is romantic excitement in that. The difficulty is letting closeness deepen without the urge to bolt from it.
Saturn trine Pluto
about 3.7° at midday
Discipline and the capacity for transformation work together under Saturn trine Pluto, so Jim can rebuild after a setback with a strength that outlasts the difficulty. Such endurance is quiet and formidable, and other people tend to notice it only in hindsight, once the hard period has passed.
Sun square Neptune
about 3.8° at midday
A Sun-Neptune square can blur Jim's sense of who they are under the pull of an ideal, a cause or someone else's story, until it is unclear where they end and the dream begins. The task is staying inspired without losing their own outline.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 2.1°
- Mercury conjunction Plutoabout 4.4°
- Sun conjunction Marsabout 4.9°
- Saturn opposition Neptuneabout 5.8°
Leo Suns born within 2 years of Jim Courier
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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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