John Michael Talbot’s birth chart
Born 8 May 1954, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Moon in Cancer or Leo
John Michael Talbot’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
8 May 1954 was a Saturday: the day John Michael Talbot was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. That makes John a Taurus. The Moon was in Cancer until about 02:30 and in Leo afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. John turns 72 in 2026. 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 earth, three air, two water and one fire, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and two mutable. Closest of the aspects is the conjunction between Sun and Mercury, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Saturn and Neptune. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 8 May, among them Enrique Iglesias, David Attenborough and Fernandel.
See the sky the day John was born: the stars over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
John Michael Talbot’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 17° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to John Michael Talbot than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 02:30, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 02:30: 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 02:30: 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 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at each hour of the day.
John Michael Talbot’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 8 May 1954, computed for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:40 | Capricorn rising |
| 01:40 to 03:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 03:10 to 04:30 | Pisces rising |
| 04:30 to 05:45 | Aries rising |
| 05:45 to 07:20 | Taurus rising |
| 07:20 to 09:15 | Gemini rising |
| 09:15 to 11:35 | Cancer rising |
| 11:35 to 14:00 | Leo rising |
| 14:00 to 16:25 | Virgo rising |
| 16:25 to 18:50 | Libra rising |
| 18:50 to 21:15 | Scorpio rising |
| 21:15 to 23:35 | Sagittarius rising |
| 23:35 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 8 May 1954, 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 | 17° Taurus 33' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 02:30, then Leo |
| Mercury | 17° Taurus 15' |
| Venus | 11° Gemini 56' |
| Mars | 7° Capricorn 14' |
| Jupiter | 26° Gemini 46' |
| Saturn | 5° Scorpio 08'℞ |
| Uranus | 19° Cancer 45' |
| Neptune | 24° Libra 04'℞ |
| Pluto | 22° Leo 32' |
| North Node | 16° Capricorn 36' |
| South Node | 16° Cancer 36' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
John Michael Talbot’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about John Michael Talbot’s private life.
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and John Michael Talbot's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 02:30, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 02:30: 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 02:30: 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.
With Mercury in Taurus, John is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
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.
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 Gemini
26° Gemini 46' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. John may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for John letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
Uranus in Cancer
19° Cancer 45' at midday
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.
Neptune in Libra
24° Libra 04' at midday ℞
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.
Pluto in Leo
22° Leo 32' 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 Michael Talbot’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.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 0.3° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, John Michael Talbot's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Mars sextile Saturn
about 2.1° at midday
Sustained effort feels manageable, not draining, when Mars and Saturn are in sextile, and John has that combination of drive and discipline. What results is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project finished while flashier approaches give out halfway.
Sun sextile Uranus
about 2.2° at midday
There is room for John to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
Mercury sextile Uranus
about 2.5° at midday
Fresh angles on ordinary problems come easily to John, because thinking and originality are friends here. Inventiveness takes little effort with this aspect, and it makes routine problems more interesting than they first appear.
Jupiter trine Neptune
about 2.7° at midday
Optimism and imagination tend to flow together for John, and what comes of it is an inspired, generous vision of what is possible. Hope and creativity tend to serve them well under this trine, especially when both are allowed to guide a project and neither is second-guessed.
Jupiter sextile Pluto
about 4.2° at midday
Meaningful growth without constant upheaval is what Jupiter sextile Pluto describes, with John's sense of possibility and depth working in concert. The opportunities that matter tend to come at a manageable pace, not all at once in a way that would be hard to absorb.
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 1.5°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 4.3°
- Sun square Plutoabout 5.0°
- Mercury square Plutoabout 5.3°
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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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