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Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer’s birth chart

Born 21 August 1952, in Ankara, Turkey. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.

Leo Sun · Virgo Moon

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Joe Strummer’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

21 August 1952 was a Thursday: the day Joe Strummer was born in Ankara, Turkey. Their zodiac sign was Leo, with the Moon in Virgo. Joe died on 22 December 2002, aged 50. 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 fire, three earth, two air and two water. By modality the count is five fixed, three cardinal and two mutable. Three planets stand together in Leo: Sun, Mercury and Pluto. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Pluto: a square, about 1.0° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. One planet was retrograde: Mercury. Over the course of the day the Moon went from new to waxing crescent.

StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 21 August, among them Robert Lewandowski, Mohammed VI of Morocco and Sergey Brin.

See the sky the day Joe was born: the stars over Ankara, Turkey, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.

Joe Strummer’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Leo

about 28° Leo at midday

A Leo Sun shines. For Joe Strummer 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.

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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, Joe 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.

Everyone with the Moon in Virgo

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 Ankara, Turkey, at each hour of the day.

Joe Strummer’s rising sign, by birth time

StarMap has not verified a birth time for Joe 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 21 August 1952, computed for Ankara, Turkey.

Rising sign by time of birth, local time
Born around (local time)Rising sign
00:00 to 00:25Gemini rising
00:25 to 02:50Cancer rising
02:50 to 05:20Leo rising
05:20 to 07:50Virgo rising
07:50 to 10:20Libra rising
10:20 to 12:55Scorpio rising
12:55 to 15:15Sagittarius rising
15:15 to 17:10Capricorn rising
17:10 to 18:35Aquarius rising
18:35 to 19:50Pisces rising
19:50 to 21:00Aries rising
21:00 to 22:30Taurus rising
22:30 to 24:00Gemini rising

Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.

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The chart wheel

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Drawn for midday on 21 August 1952, 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

Joe Strummer’s planets by sign
Sun28° Leo 16'
MoonVirgo
Mercury14° Leo 59'℞
Venus14° Virgo 04'
Mars26° Scorpio 16'
Jupiter20° Taurus 22'
Saturn12° Libra 07'
Uranus16° Cancer 49'
Neptune19° Libra 37'
Pluto21° Leo 25'
North Node21° Aquarius 33'
South Node21° Leo 33'

Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.

Joe Strummer’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Joe Strummer’s private life.

  1. Sun in Leo

    28° Leo 16' at midday

    purpose and vitality

    Purpose for Joe Strummer 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.

  2. Moon in Virgo

    Virgo, all day

    needs and habits

    The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Joe's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Joe's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.

  3. Mercury in Leo

    14° Leo 59' at midday ℞

    mind and voice

    Mercury in Leo gives Joe 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 Joe more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.

  4. Venus in Virgo

    14° Virgo 04' at midday

    love and values

    With Venus in Virgo, Joe is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.

  5. Mars in Scorpio

    26° Scorpio 16' at midday

    drive and anger

    In Joe's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.

  6. Jupiter in Taurus

    20° Taurus 22' at midday

    growth and excess

    In Joe's chart, Jupiter in Taurus grows through patience, and what it builds tends to come together slowly and steadily rather than in one leap. Taken too far, that can become excess: holding on to more comfort or more stuff than serves them. They are probably generous with food, gifts and shared pleasures, and now and then generosity tips into indulgence.

  7. Saturn in Libra

    12° Libra 07' at midday

    discipline and doubt

    For Joe, 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.

  8. Uranus in Cancer

    16° Cancer 49' at midday

    freedom, generational

    Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Joe 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.

  9. Neptune in Libra

    19° Libra 37' at midday

    imagination, generational

    A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Joe 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.

  10. Pluto in Leo

    21° Leo 25' 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 Joe, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.

Aspects in Joe Strummer’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.

  1. Jupiter square Pluto

    about 1.0° at midday

    Ambition can turn into a struggle for control under this square, over outcomes that were never fully Joe Strummer's to control. The considerable drive involved is better aimed at transformation than at domination, which tends to produce a result that lasts.

  2. Sun square Mars

    about 2.0° at midday

    Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between Joe's sense of self and their drive to act. With the Sun square Mars, a pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into determination they can use.

  3. Venus sextile Uranus

    about 2.7° at midday

    An independent streak and a warm heart get along in this sextile, which tends to give Joe's relationships room to breathe without cooling them. The freedom involved is easy and low on drama: enough to keep a relationship interesting, never so much that it feels unstable.

  4. Mercury sextile Saturn

    about 2.9° at midday

    Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Joe's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.

  5. Jupiter sextile Uranus

    about 3.6° at midday

    This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so Joe can take up a fresh opportunity without much disruption. Think of it as innovation at low cost, the kind that improves something without first tearing it down.

  6. Mercury sextile Neptune

    about 4.6° at midday

    Joe's thinking and imagination cooperate gently, so creative and intuitive ideas are within easy reach. The inventiveness is soft and pleasant rather than analytical, useful for easing a difficult conversation without losing the point of it.

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 1.8°
  • Uranus square Neptuneabout 2.8°
  • Saturn square Uranusabout 4.7°
  • Mars square Plutoabout 4.8°
  • Mercury square Jupiterabout 5.4°
  • Mars opposition Jupiterabout 5.9°
  • Venus trine Jupiterabout 6.3°
  • Mercury conjunction Plutoabout 6.4°
  • Sun conjunction Plutoabout 6.8°
  • Saturn conjunction Neptuneabout 7.5°

Leo Sun and Virgo Moon, like Joe Strummer

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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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