John Woo’s birth chart
Born 22 September 1946, in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Virgo Sun · Leo Moon
John Woo’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
John Woo was born in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, on 22 September 1946, a Sunday. That makes them a Virgo, with the Moon in Leo. They turn 80 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is five air, three fire, one earth and one water. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is four, four and two. Four planets stand together in Libra: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune. Three planets stand together in Leo: Moon, Saturn and Pluto. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Mars and Jupiter: a conjunction, about 1.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Every planet was moving direct. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 22 September, among them Andrea Bocelli, Thiago Silva and Tom Felton.
See the sky the day John Woo was born: the stars over Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
John Woo’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Virgo
about 28° Virgo at midday
A Virgo Sun refines. John Woo is likely to notice what could be better and quietly make it so, keeping the highest standards for themselves. The art of this placement is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.
Moon sign
Leo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill John Woo 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 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, at each hour of the day.
John Woo’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for John Woo 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 22 September 1946, computed for Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:45 | Gemini rising |
| 00:45 to 03:00 | Cancer rising |
| 03:00 to 05:15 | Leo rising |
| 05:15 to 07:25 | Virgo rising |
| 07:25 to 09:40 | Libra rising |
| 09:40 to 11:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 11:55 to 14:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 14:10 to 16:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 16:10 to 17:55 | Aquarius rising |
| 17:55 to 19:25 | Pisces rising |
| 19:25 to 20:55 | Aries rising |
| 20:55 to 22:40 | Taurus rising |
| 22:40 to 24:00 | Gemini 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 22 September 1946, 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 | 28° Virgo 30' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Leo |
| Mercury | 4° Libra 26' |
| Venus | 13° Scorpio 53' |
| Mars | 28° Libra 16' |
| Jupiter | 29° Libra 19' |
| Saturn | 5° Leo 49' |
| Uranus | 21° Gemini 47' |
| Neptune | 7° Libra 59' |
| Pluto | 12° Leo 43' |
| North Node | 15° Gemini 12' |
| South Node | 15° Sagittarius 12' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
John Woo’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about John Woo’s private life.
A Virgo Sun finds purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and John Woo's energy tends to stay steady as long as there is a task worth doing well. Rest is the hard part, because it can feel undeserved until everything is fixed. Typically a piece of work is still being adjusted long after everyone else would call it finished.
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 Woo faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small John Woo did.
Mercury in Libra thinks by weighing both sides, and John Woo tends to communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. Settling on an opinion can take so long that the moment for it passes. They may change their mind in the middle of a conversation because the other point had merit.
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and John Woo is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
In John Woo'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 Libra
29° Libra 19' at midday
growth and excess
In John Woo's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
Saturn in Leo builds discipline around self-expression, and in John Woo's chart this placement often starts with a fear of being laughed at or overlooked. The doubt tends to show as playing down achievements before anyone else can. The confidence this placement builds is hard-won and unshowy, and it tends to arrive once the waiting for permission stops.
Uranus in Gemini
21° Gemini 47' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by John Woo and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Libra
7° Libra 59' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, John Woo 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
12° Leo 43' 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 Woo, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in John Woo’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.
Mars conjunction Jupiter
about 1.1° at midday
Mars conjunct Jupiter lends John Woo's drive a bold confidence, and they tend to act on a big goal before doubt has a chance to catch up. Momentum is the gift here; pacing is the skill, so that the energy lasts beyond the first burst of enthusiasm.
Venus square Pluto
about 1.2° at midday
Where Venus squares Pluto, the desire for closeness can get tangled with control, and the aspect is associated with jealousy, possessiveness or testing a partner's loyalty. Whenever John Woo chooses trust over control, that intensity becomes a strength instead of a strain.
Mercury sextile Saturn
about 1.4° at midday
Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because John Woo's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.
Saturn sextile Neptune
about 2.2° at midday
John Woo's ideas tend to take a workable, grounded shape without losing their spark, a result of the gentle alliance between discipline and imagination in this sextile. It is a quiet, practical creativity, and it usually produces something people can use and not just admire.
Mercury conjunction Neptune
about 3.5° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Neptune, John Woo's thinking is likely to be imaginative and impressionistic, working through images and instinct as much as straight logic. It is a creative and intuitive strength, at its best when a compelling idea has been held up against the facts before being embraced.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 5.9° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, John Woo'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.
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 4.7°
- Mars trine Uranusabout 6.5°
- Jupiter square Saturnabout 6.5°
- Sun square Uranusabout 6.7°
- Saturn conjunction Plutoabout 6.9°
Virgo Sun and Leo Moon, like John Woo
Also born on 22 September
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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