John Charles’s birth chart
Born 27 December 1931, in Cwmbwrla, Wales. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Capricorn Sun · Moon in Cancer or Leo
John Charles’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
27 December 1931 was a Sunday: the day John Charles was born in Cwmbwrla, Wales. Their zodiac sign was Capricorn. The Moon left Cancer for Leo at about 01:15 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. John died on 21 February 2004, aged 72. StarMap has no verified birth time for John, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, four are in earth signs, three in fire, one in air and one in water. By modality the count is five cardinal, two fixed and two mutable. Capricorn holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mars and Saturn. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Mercury and Jupiter, about 0.6° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 27 December, among them Marlene Dietrich, Salman Khan and Gérard Depardieu.
See the sky the day John was born: the stars over Cwmbwrla, Wales, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
John Charles’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
about 4° Capricorn at midday
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry John Charles up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 01:15, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 01:15: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For John that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Born after about 01:15: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill John up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Cwmbwrla, Wales, at each hour of the day.
John Charles’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for John 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 27 December 1931, computed for Cwmbwrla, Wales.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:50 | Libra rising |
| 02:50 to 05:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 05:40 to 08:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:10 to 09:55 | Capricorn rising |
| 09:55 to 11:05 | Aquarius rising |
| 11:05 to 11:55 | Pisces rising |
| 11:55 to 12:50 | Aries rising |
| 12:50 to 13:55 | Taurus rising |
| 13:55 to 15:45 | Gemini rising |
| 15:45 to 18:15 | Cancer rising |
| 18:15 to 21:05 | Leo rising |
| 21:05 to 23:55 | Virgo rising |
| 23:55 to 24:00 | Libra 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 27 December 1931, 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 | 4° Capricorn 46' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 01:15, then Leo |
| Mercury | 21° Sagittarius 34'℞ |
| Venus | 2° Aquarius 05' |
| Mars | 13° Capricorn 16' |
| Jupiter | 22° Leo 07'℞ |
| Saturn | 23° Capricorn 14' |
| Uranus | 15° Aries 26' |
| Neptune | 7° Virgo 54'℞ |
| Pluto | 21° Cancer 24'℞ |
| North Node | 0° Aries 05' |
| South Node | 0° Libra 05' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
John Charles’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about John Charles’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, John Charles is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 01:15, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 01:15: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, John's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Born after about 01:15: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain John faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small John did.
John's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. John may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in John's case its anger tends to be controlled, arriving as coldness rather than heat. The tendency is to go quiet and distant instead of saying what is wrong. A frustration is something to outwork rather than voice.
Jupiter in Leo
22° Leo 07' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For John 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.
Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for John, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.
Uranus in Aries
15° Aries 26' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so John shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Neptune in Virgo
7° Virgo 54' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so John 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
21° Cancer 24' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates John 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 John Charles’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 Jupiter
about 0.6° at midday
John Charles's thinking and sense of possibility reinforce each other, which gives them an easy, optimistic way of connecting ideas. Learning and explaining come naturally with Mercury trine Jupiter, and a good explanation of theirs tends to stay with people long after the conversation ends.
Saturn opposition Pluto
about 1.8° at midday
John may be torn between maintaining careful control and a deeper need to let something be transformed, even at the price of some of the structure they built. Allowing change without treating it as failure tends to resolve more than holding on tighter.
Mars square Uranus
about 2.2° at midday
This square can make drive turn abrupt, leading to sudden decisions or breaks that surprise John as much as they surprise everyone nearby. A brief pause before the impulsive move keeps the courage and loses the recklessness.
Sun trine Neptune
about 3.1° at midday
John'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.
Mars trine Neptune
about 5.4° at midday
An inspired, almost effortless way of pursuing creative or compassionate goals belongs to Mars trine Neptune, which puts John's drive and imagination in step. Energy and vision arrive together, so starting a meaningful project is likely to feel far less daunting than it looks from outside.
Mercury trine Uranus
about 6.1° at midday
Insight is likely to come to John fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
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 square Plutoabout 6.0°
- Jupiter trine Uranusabout 6.7°
- Sun conjunction Marsabout 8.5°
Capricorn Suns born within 2 years of John Charles
Also born on 27 December
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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