Jim Morrison’s birth chart
Born 8 December 1943, in Melbourne, Florida, at 11:55 (Rodden AA).
Sagittarius Sun · Taurus Moon · Aquarius rising
Jim Morrison’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
8 December 1943 was a Wednesday: the day Jim Morrison was born in Melbourne, Florida. Their zodiac sign was Sagittarius, with the Moon in Taurus and Aquarius rising. Jim died on 3 July 1971, aged 27. The birth time, 11:55, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Air carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against fire three, earth two and water one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, four and four. Gemini holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mars, Saturn and Uranus. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Mercury and Venus, 0.5° from exact. Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 8 December, among them Nicki Minaj, Kim Basinger and Maximilian Schell.
See the sky the night Jim was born: the stars over Melbourne, Florida at 11:55, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Jim Morrison’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
15° Sagittarius 41'
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Jim Morrison forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Taurus
9° Taurus 13'
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Jim, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
Rising sign
Aquarius
12° Aquarius 50'
With Aquarius rising, Jim tends to come across as friendly, unusual and slightly detached. People remember an Aquarius rising as the one who thought differently, and who kept the crowd at arm's length while liking it.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 11:55 on 8 December 1943, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 15° Sagittarius 41' | House 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 9° Taurus 13' | House 3 |
| Mercury | 0° Capricorn 53' | House 11 |
| Venus | 0° Scorpio 22' | House 9 |
| Mars | 11° Gemini 39'℞ | House 4 |
| Jupiter | 27° Leo 01' | House 7 |
| Saturn | 23° Gemini 44'℞ | House 5 |
| Uranus | 6° Gemini 27'℞ | House 4 |
| Neptune | 4° Libra 00' | House 8 |
| Pluto | 8° Leo 34'℞ | House 6 |
| North Node | 8° Leo 12' | House 6 |
| South Node | 8° Aquarius 12' | House 12 |
Jim Morrison’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Jim Morrison’s private life.
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Jim Morrison's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
The Sun in the tenth house ties Jim's sense of self to career and public standing, whether or not that is admitted plainly. The placement points to wanting a name attached to something visible and worth being proud of, and to a readiness to work at it for years.
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Jim more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
The Moon in the third house suggests someone who talks or writes a feeling through until it makes sense, and Jim may find silence around an unspoken worry deeply unsettling. A conversation with the right person at the right moment is often how Jim finds their footing again.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Jim tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. Jim will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Mercury in the eleventh house means Jim thinks in terms of the whole group, coming up with ideas for the causes and communities they care about rather than only for themselves. Brainstorming with friends, informally and without pressure, is probably where much of Jim's best thinking happens.
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Jim is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
With Venus in the ninth house, Jim finds beauty in other cultures, in travel and in big, sweeping ideas about how the world works. A shared love of exploring somewhere new can be part of what attracts them to someone, and learning together can appeal deeply.
With Mars in Gemini, Jim 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.
Mars in the fourth house puts a lot of energy into home and family, and in Jim's chart it points to a protective instinct towards the people close to them. The placement is also linked with an urge to build, repair and rearrange, so that home is rarely a place that stands still.
Jupiter in Leo
27° Leo 01' · seventh house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Jim the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
With Jupiter in the seventh house, Jim is apt to find that their relationships broaden their world, often through new people, places or ideas that a trusted partner brings. Generosity can flow easily in both directions with the people close to them, rarely forced or measured out.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Jim that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Saturn in the fifth house can make self-expression and romance feel risky or quietly judged, so that for Jim playfulness is something to be practised rather than something that comes easily. Creative confidence is likely to be something grown into over time, arriving later than it does for most people.
Uranus in Gemini
6° Gemini 27' ℞ · fourth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Jim and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Uranus in the fourth house goes with an unconventional idea of home, and Jim may well need more independence within a household than most people do. Stability, with this placement, probably includes room to be different rather than a fixed routine imposed from outside.
Neptune in Libra
4° Libra 00' · eighth house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Jim 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.
With Neptune in the eighth house, intimacy can feel like dissolving the usual boundaries with another person, for better and sometimes for worse, and Jim can be unusually sensitive to what goes unsaid. Trust may ask them to keep their feet on the ground rather than merge completely and lose their own outline.
Pluto in Leo
8° Leo 34' ℞ · sixth house
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 Jim, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Daily work gets Jim's full intensity, and a role or a routine is often transformed completely once they commit themselves to it. With Pluto in the sixth house, a job is hard to do by halves, so rest may be something Jim has to choose on purpose.
Aspects in Jim Morrison’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mercury sextile Venus
0.5° separating
Thinking and affection are easy companions in Jim Morrison's chart, which gives them a natural charm in how they communicate. With Mercury sextile Venus, expressing appreciation and finding the right words go together, especially in moments when they want someone to feel noticed.
Moon square Pluto
0.6° separating
Control can creep into emotional life when the Moon is square Pluto, which may mean testing people's loyalty or holding on to old hurts longer than is useful. Whenever Jim releases rather than grips, this intensity becomes a strength instead of a weight.
Mars sextile Pluto
3.1° applying
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to Jim without constant conflict. Jim 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.
Mercury square Neptune
3.1° applying
Wishful assumptions, or a compelling but unverified story, can blur thinking when Mercury is square Neptune. What helps Jim is pairing imagination with a habit of checking the details before repeating the story as though it were settled fact.
Jupiter sextile Saturn
3.3° separating
A workable, grounded kind of optimism comes from this sextile, in which Jim's sense of possibility and sense of structure assist each other. The plans they make tend to hold together, even under the sort of pressure that scatters looser ones.
Venus sextile Jupiter
3.4° separating
Warmth and generosity come naturally to Jim and stop short of overextending, because affection and optimism work together in this sextile. Call it comfortable, unforced goodwill, the kind that makes people feel welcome without any performance being needed.
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 sextile Pluto2.1°
- Uranus trine Neptune2.4°
- Mercury trine Jupiter3.9°
- Sun opposition Mars4.0°
- Neptune sextile Pluto4.6°
- Mars conjunction Uranus5.2°
- Venus trine Saturn6.6°
- Sun trine Pluto7.1°
- Mercury opposition Saturn7.1°
- Sun opposition Saturn8.1°
- Moon opposition Venus8.8°
Sagittarius Sun and Taurus Moon, like Jim Morrison
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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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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