John Goodman’s birth chart
Born 20 June 1952, in Affton, Missouri, at 10:32 (Rodden A).
Gemini Sun · Gemini Moon · Leo rising
John Goodman’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
20 June 1952 was a Friday: the day John Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri. That makes John a Gemini, with the Moon in Gemini and Leo rising. John turns 74 in 2026. The birth time, 10:32, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was given from memory by the person or someone close to them.
Air carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against water three, fire one and earth one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is four, three and three. Gemini holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Moon and Venus. The tightest aspect is Mercury conjunction Uranus, 0.7° from exact. One planet was retrograde: Neptune. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 20 June, among them Nicole Kidman, Frank Lampard and Martin Landau. Vikram Seth was born on the very same day.
See the sky the night John was born: the stars over Affton, Missouri at 10:32, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
John Goodman’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Gemini
29° Gemini 13'
A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and John Goodman probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.
Moon sign
Gemini
9° Gemini 40'
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For John, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Rising sign
Leo
28° Leo 56'
Leo rising comes across as warm and impossible to miss. People assume confidence whether or not it is felt, and John's presence can change the temperature of a room.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 10:32 on 20 June 1952, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 29° Gemini 13' | House 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 9° Gemini 40' | House 10 |
| Mercury | 12° Cancer 35' | House 11 |
| Venus | 28° Gemini 02' | House 10 |
| Mars | 1° Scorpio 52' | House 3 |
| Jupiter | 11° Taurus 47' | House 9 |
| Saturn | 8° Libra 16' | House 2 |
| Uranus | 13° Cancer 15' | House 11 |
| Neptune | 18° Libra 57'℞ | House 2 |
| Pluto | 19° Leo 40' | House 12 |
| North Node | 22° Aquarius 55' | House 6 |
| South Node | 22° Leo 55' | House 12 |
John Goodman’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about John Goodman’s private life.
For John Goodman, the Sun in Gemini means vitality that comes from variety, and purpose that feels most real when they are learning or explaining something new. What suffers is focus, with energy scattered across too many half-finished things at once. Several projects and three hobbies on the go at the same time would be in character.
The Sun in the eleventh house means John finds themselves through friendships and the causes they throw their weight behind, more than through solitary achievement. John is at their best inside a group with a shared purpose, and being cut off from that kind of company can dim their spark.
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and John is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
With the Moon in the tenth house, John's emotional security may be tangled up with how work is going and whether it is respected. A setback at work can land harder on someone with this placement than it appears to from the outside.
Mercury in Cancer thinks in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and John probably communicates best when there is emotional trust in the room. Mood can colour how a fact gets delivered or received. Years after the details have faded, this is a mind that remembers exactly how a conversation felt.
Mercury in the eleventh house means John 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 John's best thinking happens.
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. John 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.
Venus in the tenth house brings John's charm and diplomacy into public life, and is linked with being easy to work alongside. Work that lets them create, connect or beautify something is likely to suit them far better than work built on pure competition.
In John'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.
Mars in the third house makes words come out fast, with a sharp edge under frustration, and John probably enjoys a good, direct debate more than most. Directness is how they communicate by default, even when a gentler approach might land better.
Jupiter in Taurus
11° Taurus 47' · ninth house
growth and excess
In John'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.
The ninth house is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions excite John more than almost anything else. Someone with this placement is often the first to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious course of study.
For John, 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.
With Saturn in the second house, John takes what they own and what they value seriously, and a person with this placement can be more anxious about having enough than the situation calls for. Security, for them, comes from building something slowly and seeing exactly what it rests on.
Uranus in Cancer
13° Cancer 15' · eleventh house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to John 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.
Uranus in the eleventh house gathers an unusual, wide-ranging group of friends around John, who feels most alive contributing to causes that set out to change something. Belonging matters to them, but strictly on their own terms, and they resist any group that asks them to blend in.
Neptune in Libra
18° Libra 57' ℞ · second house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, John 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.
Neptune in the second house holds material things loosely, and what John owns probably matters less to them than what it means. The placement leans towards intangible values, the kind that are hard to set out in a list and easier to recognise in practice.
Pluto in Leo
19° Leo 40' · twelfth 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 John, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Pluto in the twelfth house suggests a great deal going on beneath the surface for John, with growth coming from facing what is hidden within instead of avoiding it. Solitude can be the setting for the biggest changes, more than any single outside event.
Aspects in John Goodman’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mercury conjunction Uranus
0.7° applying
John Goodman's thinking is likely to be quick, original and a step ahead of convention, with insights that arrive suddenly rather than through slow reasoning. Mercury conjunct Uranus makes for inventive thinking, and the courtesy worth learning is explaining the leap so that other people can follow it too.
Mercury sextile Jupiter
0.8° separating
John's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
Sun conjunction Venus
1.2° applying
Who John is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
Moon trine Saturn
1.4° separating
John is likely to manage difficult emotions with maturity and without much drama, because feeling and discipline support each other here. The steadiness of a Moon-Saturn trine is a strength, especially under pressure, and it is often the quality people trust most.
Jupiter sextile Uranus
1.5° applying
This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so John 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.
Sun trine Mars
2.7° applying
Confidence and drive move in the same direction for John, so they are likely to act on their goals with very little inner resistance. The energy of a Sun-Mars trine is uncomplicated, and other people notice it and often want to be near 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 Pluto0.7°
- Venus trine Mars3.8°
- Mercury square Saturn4.3°
- Saturn square Uranus5.0°
- Uranus square Neptune5.7°
- Mercury square Neptune6.4°
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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 (From memory). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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