Marilyn Manson’s birth chart
Born 5 January 1969, in Canton, Ohio, at 20:05 (Rodden AA).
Capricorn Sun · Leo Moon · Leo rising
Marilyn Manson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Marilyn Manson was born in Canton, Ohio, on 5 January 1969, a Sunday. Their zodiac sign is Capricorn, with the Moon in Leo and Leo rising. They turn 57 in 2026. The birth time, 20:05, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
By element the count is three air, three water, two fire and two earth. Cardinal signs hold four, fixed signs four and mutable signs two. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Mercury and Uranus, 1.7° from exact. One planet was retrograde: Pluto. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 21 other people born on 5 January, among them Umberto Eco, Bradley Cooper and Hayao Miyazaki. Wikidata links them with two people in the dataset: Evan Rachel Wood (listed as partners in Wikidata) and Dita Von Teese (married in 2005, marriage ended in 2007).
See the sky the night Marilyn Manson was born: the stars over Canton, Ohio at 20:05, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Marilyn Manson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
15° Capricorn 32'
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Marilyn Manson up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Leo
10° Leo 43'
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Marilyn Manson up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
Rising sign
Leo
20° Leo 51'
Leo rising comes across as warm and impossible to miss. People assume confidence whether or not it is felt, and Marilyn Manson's presence can change the temperature of a room.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 20:05 on 5 January 1969, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 15° Capricorn 32' | House 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 10° Leo 43' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 2° Aquarius 18' | House 6 |
| Venus | 1° Pisces 21' | House 7 |
| Mars | 4° Scorpio 02' | House 3 |
| Jupiter | 5° Libra 43' | House 2 |
| Saturn | 18° Aries 55' | House 9 |
| Uranus | 4° Libra 00' | House 2 |
| Neptune | 27° Scorpio 55' | House 4 |
| Pluto | 25° Virgo 05'℞ | House 2 |
| North Node | 3° Aries 27' | House 8 |
| South Node | 3° Libra 27' | House 2 |
Marilyn Manson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Marilyn Manson’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, Marilyn Manson is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
With the Sun in the fifth house, self-expression, romance and creative play are probably where Marilyn Manson feels most alive, and holding that side back tends to leave them flat. The placement asks for a stage of some kind, even a small and informal one, or that natural warmth has nowhere to go.
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Marilyn Manson faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Marilyn Manson did.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and Marilyn Manson may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
In Marilyn Manson's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
Marilyn Manson thinks in systems and checklists, and in how to make an everyday process work a little better than it did before. With Mercury in the sixth house, analysing the small details of a routine is satisfying in itself, not a chore they merely put up with.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Marilyn Manson probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
In the seventh house, Venus points to a knack for making a relationship feel balanced, fair and warm, and in Marilyn Manson's chart it suggests partnership is where their charm shows most. Committed pairing tends to appeal more than casual or short-term connection.
In Marilyn Manson's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
Mars in the third house makes words come out fast, with a sharp edge under frustration, and Marilyn Manson probably enjoys a good, direct debate more than most. Directness is how they communicate by default, even when a gentler approach might land better.
Jupiter in Libra
5° Libra 43' · second house
growth and excess
In Marilyn Manson'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.
Open-handedness is the mark of Jupiter in the second house, and Marilyn Manson would probably rather share a good thing than guard it. Their values widen as more of the world is seen, and rarely stay fixed for long.
Saturn in Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For Marilyn Manson, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
With Saturn in the ninth house, Marilyn Manson takes a more serious, structured approach to ideas, education and travel than people who treat those things lightly. A rigorous education or a well-tested philosophy probably matters more with this placement than any quick, easy answer.
Uranus in Libra
4° Libra 00' · second house
freedom, generational
Marilyn Manson holds Uranus in Libra in common with many people born in the same stretch of years. Together that generation reshapes ideas of partnership, fairness and how relationships are arranged. Its personal side is a readiness to question traditional roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.
Marilyn Manson is unlikely to be satisfied for long by conventional measures of worth, and with Uranus in the second house, the idea of what is worth having changes over time. They place value on things that are usually overlooked, and would rather travel light than be tied down by what they own.
Neptune in Scorpio
27° Scorpio 55' · fourth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Marilyn Manson shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Marilyn Manson is likely to be sensitive to the underlying mood of a household in ways that other people in the same room often miss. With Neptune in the fourth house, home can take on an idealised or slightly hazy quality, and the sense of family is apt to be more emotional than literal.
Pluto in Virgo
25° Virgo 05' ℞ · second house
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Marilyn Manson and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Pluto in the second house means Marilyn Manson holds their values with intensity; the placement is associated with rebuilding a sense of what matters from the ground up. Security comes from the inside for them and not from anything they own, and what they value they value completely.
Aspects in Marilyn Manson’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Mercury trine Uranus
1.7° applying
Insight is likely to come to Marilyn Manson fast and without much effort, the product of thinking and originality that flow together easily. With Mercury trine Uranus, new ideas tend to arrive when they are needed, often faster than they can be written down.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus
1.7° separating
Growth comes suddenly and by unconventional routes with Jupiter conjunct Uranus, and Marilyn Manson is likely to be drawn to opportunities that break from the expected path. Openness to change is the strength. Following through on one bold idea before moving on to the next is the discipline.
Mercury square Mars
1.7° applying
With Mercury square Mars, thought and impulse can clash, and sharp words get said before Marilyn Manson has fully thought them through. The remedy is a short pause between the thought and the sentence, which changes very little except the outcome.
Venus trine Mars
2.7° applying
Marilyn Manson is likely to have a warm, confident way of going after what, and who, they want, since affection and drive back each other up. Romance and creative work tend to come without strain under this trine, in a manner other people find refreshingly straightforward.
Sun square Saturn
3.4° applying
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Marilyn Manson pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mercury trine Jupiter
3.4° applying
Marilyn Manson's thinking and sense of possibility reinforce each other, which gives them an easy, optimistic way of connecting ideas. Learning and explaining come naturally with Mercury trine Jupiter, and a good explanation of theirs tends to stay with people long after the conversation ends.
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 Pluto2.8°
- Venus square Neptune3.4°
- Mercury sextile Neptune4.4°
- Moon sextile Jupiter5.0°
- Moon square Mars6.7°
- Moon opposition Mercury8.4°
Marilyn Manson in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Capricorn Sun and Leo Moon, like Marilyn Manson
Also born on 5 January
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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