John Lennon’s birth chart
Born 9 October 1940, at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Moon in Capricorn or Aquarius
John Lennon’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
John Lennon was born at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, England, on 9 October 1940, a Wednesday. Their zodiac sign was Libra. The Moon was in Capricorn until about 11:45 and in Aquarius afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. John died on 8 December 1980, aged 40. StarMap has no verified birth time for John, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is five earth, two air, one fire and one water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, five and two. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. They are slow planets, so the grouping is shared with people born around the same time. The tightest aspect is Uranus trine Neptune, about 0.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from first quarter to waxing gibbous.
StarMap's dataset holds 13 other people born on 9 October, among them Guillermo del Toro, France Gall and Bella Hadid. Wikidata links John with one person in the dataset: Yoko Ono (married from 1969 until 1980).
John Lennon’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 16° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape John Lennon's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Capricorn or Aquarius
Capricorn until about 11:45, then Aquarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 11:45: Moon in Capricorn
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, John may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
Born after about 11:45: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. John 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.
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 Liverpool Maternity Hospital, England, at each hour of the day.
John Lennon’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 9 October 1940, computed for Liverpool Maternity Hospital, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:15 | Cancer rising |
| 00:15 to 03:05 | Leo rising |
| 03:05 to 06:00 | Virgo rising |
| 06:00 to 08:55 | Libra rising |
| 08:55 to 11:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 11:50 to 14:25 | Sagittarius rising |
| 14:25 to 16:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 16:05 to 17:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 17:10 to 18:00 | Pisces rising |
| 18:00 to 18:50 | Aries rising |
| 18:50 to 19:50 | Taurus rising |
| 19:50 to 21:35 | Gemini rising |
| 21:35 to 24:00 | Cancer 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 9 October 1940, 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 | 16° Libra 00' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Capricorn until about 11:45, then Aquarius |
| Mercury | 8° Scorpio 12' |
| Venus | 2° Virgo 54' |
| Mars | 2° Libra 29' |
| Jupiter | 13° Taurus 43'℞ |
| Saturn | 13° Taurus 13'℞ |
| Uranus | 25° Taurus 33'℞ |
| Neptune | 26° Virgo 01' |
| Pluto | 4° Leo 11' |
| North Node | 11° Libra 01' |
| South Node | 11° Aries 01' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
John Lennon’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about John Lennon’s private life.
Sun in Libra
16° Libra 00' at midday
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Libra, John Lennon's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
Moon in Capricorn or Aquarius
Capricorn until about 11:45, then Aquarius
needs and habits
Born before about 11:45: Moon in Capricorn
With the Moon in Capricorn, John's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
Born after about 11:45: Moon in Aquarius
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and John 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.
Mercury in Scorpio
8° Scorpio 12' at midday
mind and voice
With Mercury in Scorpio, John tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
Venus in Virgo
2° Virgo 54' at midday
love and values
With Venus in Virgo, John 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.
Mars in Libra
2° Libra 29' at midday
drive and anger
In John's chart, Mars in Libra acts diplomatically and prefers negotiation to confrontation, and its anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. Avoided consistently, conflict leaves resentment building underneath the calm surface. The pattern is saying yes to something that rankled, then feeling it later.
Jupiter in Taurus
13° Taurus 43' at midday ℞
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.
Saturn in Taurus
13° Taurus 13' at midday ℞
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and John 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 Taurus
25° Taurus 33' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that John shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
26° Virgo 01' 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 Leo
4° Leo 11' 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 John, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in John Lennon’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.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn
about 0.5° at midday
Growth and discipline are unusually well matched when Jupiter is conjunct Saturn, so John Lennon's optimism tends to come with a realistic plan attached. It is an effective combination for building things that last, with vision balanced by the patience to see it through.
Mars sextile Pluto
about 1.7° at midday
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to John without constant conflict. John 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 Pluto
about 4.0° at midday
A simple disagreement can turn into something more charged when Mercury is square Pluto, as John looks for motives that may not be there. The lesson is trusting a straightforward answer when the evidence supports one, rather than assuming the deeper explanation is always the true one.
Mercury opposition Saturn
about 5.0° at midday
Under Mercury opposite Saturn, a doubt can creep into John's thinking about whether it is good enough to share. Speaking the imperfect version out loud matters more than waiting for the polished one.
Mercury opposition Jupiter
about 5.5° at midday
With Mercury opposite Jupiter, John's own considered opinion has to compete with other people's big claims and grand theories, and it is easy to get swept into someone else's certainty. For John, trusting their own careful thinking usually works better than borrowing that confidence.
Mars conjunction Neptune
about 6.5° at midday
Drive is idealistic and imaginative where Mars meets Neptune, and John is likely to act most powerfully in the service of something they believe in. The energy is inspired. What it wants is a big vision grounded in a plan specific enough to carry out.
One more aspect, listed without a reading. It is between two of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, whose aspects hold for years at a time, so everyone born while it holds shares it.
- Uranus trine Neptuneabout 0.5°
John Lennon in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Libra Suns born within 2 years of John Lennon
Also born on 9 October
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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