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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

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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.

Rising sign by time of birth, local time
Born around (local time)Rising sign
00:00 to 00:15Cancer rising
00:15 to 03:05Leo rising
03:05 to 06:00Virgo rising
06:00 to 08:55Libra rising
08:55 to 11:50Scorpio rising
11:50 to 14:25Sagittarius rising
14:25 to 16:05Capricorn rising
16:05 to 17:10Aquarius rising
17:10 to 18:00Pisces rising
18:00 to 18:50Aries rising
18:50 to 19:50Taurus rising
19:50 to 21:35Gemini rising
21:35 to 24:00Cancer rising

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

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Placements

John Lennon’s planets by sign
Sun16° Libra 00'
MoonCapricorn until about 11:45, then Aquarius
Mercury8° Scorpio 12'
Venus2° Virgo 54'
Mars2° Libra 29'
Jupiter13° Taurus 43'℞
Saturn13° Taurus 13'℞
Uranus25° Taurus 33'℞
Neptune26° Virgo 01'
Pluto4° Leo 11'
North Node11° Libra 01'
South Node11° 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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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