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Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant’s birth chart

Born August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, birth time not public.

Virgo Sun · Taurus Moon · Earth · Mutable

Sun

Virgo

0° Virgo 09'

You refine. You notice what could be better and quietly make it so, and your standards are highest for yourself. The art of a Virgo Sun is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.

Moon

Taurus

8° Taurus 39'

You feel through your body and your surroundings. Good food, familiar places and slow evenings restore you, and sudden change lands hard. Once you feel safe, you are the steadiest person in the room.

Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.

Rising

Kobe Bryant’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.
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Placements

Sun 0° Virgo 09'
Moon 8° Taurus 39'
Mercury 21° Leo 53'
Venus 16° Libra 08'
Mars 12° Libra 08'
Jupiter 27° Cancer 28'
Saturn 3° Virgo 28'
Uranus 12° Scorpio 47'
Neptune 15° Sagittarius 32'
Pluto 14° Libra 52'
North Node 27° Virgo 01'
South Node 27° Pisces 01'

Kobe Bryant's full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

  1. Sun in Virgo

    0° Virgo 09'

    purpose and vitality

    They find purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and their energy is steady as long as there is a task worth doing well. The tension is feeling like they have not earned rest until everything is fixed. It shows up in the way they keep tweaking something long after everyone else would call it finished.

  2. Moon in Taurus

    8° Taurus 39'

    needs and habits

    They need routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. Sudden schedule changes unsettle they more than they let on. It shows up in how much a good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.

  3. Mercury in Leo

    21° Leo 53'

    mind and voice

    They think in confident, story-shaped terms and communicate with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. The tension is being more persuasive than accurate when Kobe is attached to being right. It shows up as turning a simple update into something closer to a performance.

  4. Venus in Libra

    16° Libra 08'

    love and values

    They love with an instinct for balance and partnership, and they value harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The tension is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. It shows up as compromising on their own preference before anyone has even asked they to.

  5. Mars in Libra

    12° Libra 08'

    drive and anger

    They act diplomatically and prefer negotiation to confrontation, and their anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. The tension is avoiding conflict so consistently that resentment builds underneath the calm surface. It shows up as agreeing to something they actually minded, then feeling it later.

  6. Jupiter in Cancer

    27° Cancer 28'

    growth and excess

    They grow through nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The overreach is overprotecting the people they love past the point they need it. It shows up as generosity that shows up as home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.

  7. Saturn in Virgo

    3° Virgo 28'

    discipline and doubt

    They build discipline around competence, often driven by a fear that they have not yet done enough to deserve rest. The doubt shows up as feeling like a fraud even when their actual track record says otherwise. It shows up as becoming genuinely, quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.

  8. Uranus in Scorpio

    12° Scorpio 47'

    freedom, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms power, secrecy and shared resources, often living through major upheavals in institutions once considered permanent. Personally, it can show up as a low tolerance for hidden agendas.

  9. Neptune in Sagittarius

    15° Sagittarius 32'

    imagination, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that dreams in terms of grand belief systems and utopian journeys. Personally, it can show up as a hopeful faith that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.

  10. Pluto in Libra

    14° Libra 52'

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of partnership, justice and social contracts. Personally, it can show up as an intense need for relationships to be fundamentally fair.

Aspects

How the planets in Kobe Bryant's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

  1. Venus sextile Neptune

    0.6° separating

    Their affections and their imagination cooperate gently, giving they easy access to romance and creative warmth. This is soft, pleasant tenderness rather than intense longing, the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.

  2. Neptune sextile Pluto

    0.7° applying

    Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.

  3. Venus conjunction Pluto

    1.3° separating

    Their capacity for love is deep and all-consuming, and they tend toward intensity rather than casual affection. This gives they real depth in relationships, and the edge is trusting a connection without needing to test it to prove it is real.

  4. Mars conjunction Pluto

    2.7° applying

    Their drive is intense and relentless, and once they commit to something they tend to see it through no matter the cost. This gives they real staying power, and the edge is choosing their battles so this intensity does not get spent on ones that do not deserve it.

  • Sun conjunction Saturn3.3°
  • Mars sextile Neptune3.4°
  • Venus conjunction Mars4.0°
  • Moon opposition Uranus4.1°
  • Moon trine Saturn5.2°
  • Mercury trine Neptune6.3°
  • Sun conjunction Mercury8.3°

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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

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