Michael Jordan’s birth chart
Born 17 February 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, at 13:40 (Rodden AA).
Aquarius Sun · Sagittarius Moon · Cancer rising
Michael Jordan’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Michael Jordan was born on Sunday, 17 February 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. The Sun was in Aquarius, so Aquarius is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Sagittarius and Cancer rising. Michael turns 63 in 2026. The birth time, 13:40, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Of the ten planets, three are in earth signs, three in air, two in fire and two in water. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is one, five and four. Aquarius holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Saturn. The tightest aspect is Moon trine Mars, 0.1° from exact. Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 25 other people born on 17 February, among them Paris Hilton, Mo Yan and Ed Sheeran. Larry the Cable Guy and Jensen Huang were born on the very same day.
See the sky the night Michael was born: the stars over Brooklyn, New York at 13:40, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Michael Jordan’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
28° Aquarius 22'
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Michael Jordan's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Sagittarius
10° Sagittarius 00'
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Michael, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
Rising sign
Cancer
13° Cancer 05'
With Cancer rising, Michael tends to come across as approachable and a little guarded. People often confide in a Cancer rising early and find that they are noticed in return; the shell opens on its own schedule.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 13:40 on 17 February 1963, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 28° Aquarius 22' | House 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 10° Sagittarius 00' | House 6 |
| Mercury | 2° Aquarius 39' | House 8 |
| Venus | 13° Capricorn 11' | House 7 |
| Mars | 9° Leo 57'℞ | House 2 |
| Jupiter | 19° Pisces 05' | House 9 |
| Saturn | 15° Aquarius 31' | House 8 |
| Uranus | 3° Virgo 28'℞ | House 3 |
| Neptune | 15° Scorpio 39'℞ | House 5 |
| Pluto | 11° Virgo 11'℞ | House 3 |
| North Node | 29° Cancer 17' | House 1 |
| South Node | 29° Capricorn 17' | House 7 |
Michael Jordan’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Michael Jordan’s private life.
Sun in Aquarius
28° Aquarius 22' · ninth house
purpose and vitality
Michael Jordan's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
The Sun in the ninth house lets travel, ideas and a bigger philosophy of life shape the person Michael is becoming, more than any single job or role could. They need room to explore new places and new questions, or they start to feel smaller and duller than they are.
Moon in Sagittarius
10° Sagittarius 00' · sixth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Michael edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
The Moon in the sixth house ties the sense that all is well to daily routine, and an unpredictable schedule can leave Michael more rattled than the problem itself warrants. Small, dependable habits, kept even loosely, calm them faster than anything else.
Mercury in Aquarius
2° Aquarius 39' · eighth house
mind and voice
In Michael'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.
Mercury in the eighth house can draw Michael's mind to what is hidden, complicated or left unsaid, and small talk may bore them within minutes. Someone with this placement is often the one who asks the question everyone else in the room was avoiding out of politeness.
Venus in Capricorn
13° Capricorn 11' · seventh house
love and values
For Michael, Venus in Capricorn means loving in a measured, committed way and valuing stability, ambition and someone to build a life with. The trap is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. With this Venus, love comes out more easily as providing and planning than as words said out loud.
In the seventh house, Venus points to a knack for making a relationship feel balanced, fair and warm, and in Michael's chart it suggests partnership is where their charm shows most. Committed pairing tends to appeal more than casual or short-term connection.
Mars in Leo
9° Leo 57' ℞ · second house
drive and anger
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Michael its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
With Mars in the second house, Michael goes after what they want with visible drive, and a firm sense of their own worth fuels that determination. Patience with slow, gradual progress is unlikely to be their strong suit, and waiting around frustrates them quickly.
Jupiter in Pisces
19° Pisces 05' · ninth house
growth and excess
For Michael, Jupiter in Pisces means finding growth in compassion, imagination and a willingness to trust things that cannot be fully explained. The overreach is an idealism about people or situations that the facts do not quite support. Others lean on this generosity of spirit more than they let on.
The ninth house is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions excite Michael more than almost anything else. Someone with this placement is often the first to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious course of study.
Saturn in Aquarius
15° Aquarius 31' · eighth house
discipline and doubt
With Saturn in Aquarius, Michael's discipline probably gathers around belonging to a group on their own terms; it is the placement of the one-time outsider. The doubt means holding back the stranger ideas until there is no risk of mockery. The outsider often ends up as a trusted voice in exactly the kind of community that once seemed unlikely to accept them.
Saturn in the eighth house points to trust that builds slowly, and Michael is inclined to take time before letting anyone close. Once that trust is in place, the placement suggests a wish to keep what is shared for a long time.
Uranus in Virgo
3° Virgo 28' ℞ · third house
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in Michael's chart Uranus in Virgo describes an age group as much as a single person. It is a generation that changes how work and daily routine are done, through new methods and new technology. In one person it can be an instinct to question inherited routines.
Uranus in the third house works in sudden leaps rather than tidy steps, and Michael often says the thing nobody expected, in exactly the way nobody expected. New ideas excite them far more than familiar ones, and hearing the same thought twice bores them fast.
Neptune in Scorpio
15° Scorpio 39' ℞ · fifth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Michael 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.
For Michael, romance and creativity may carry a dreamlike, sometimes idealised quality, and Neptune in the fifth house can fall for a fantasy as easily as for an actual person. Artistic expression, in whatever form, probably gives Michael's imagination somewhere solid to go.
Pluto in Virgo
11° Virgo 11' ℞ · third house
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Michael 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.
With Pluto in the third house, Michael's mind is drawn to what lies underneath a conversation, and they rarely settle for the tidy, surface version of an explanation. Words can be a way of exposing what other people would rather leave hidden, even when that makes things briefly uncomfortable.
Aspects in Michael Jordan’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon trine Mars
0.1° separating
Michael Jordan is likely to act on emotional instinct with confidence and little hesitation, because feeling and drive back each other up. There is a natural courage in a Moon-Mars trine, the kind that makes other people look to them when a fast decision is needed.
Saturn square Neptune
0.1° applying
Practical sense and idealism can pull against each other in this square, and for Michael that may mean either an uninspired routine or a dream with no realistic plan behind it. The way through is to build the structure and protect the dream at the same time, without sacrificing one for the other.
Moon square Pluto
1.2° applying
Control can creep into emotional life when the Moon is square Pluto, which may mean testing people's loyalty or holding on to old hurts longer than is useful. Whenever Michael releases rather than grips, this intensity becomes a strength instead of a weight.
Venus trine Pluto
2.0° separating
With Venus trine Pluto, affection and the capacity for change tend to strengthen each other in Michael's chart, the kind of pairing that gives relationships staying power through hard times. Depth can arrive here without constant upheaval, and that is rarer, and more durable, than the intensity some people mistake for closeness.
Venus sextile Neptune
2.5° applying
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Michael, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
Jupiter trine Neptune
3.4° separating
Optimism and imagination tend to flow together for Michael, 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.
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 Pluto4.5°
- Sun opposition Uranus5.1°
- Moon sextile Saturn5.5°
- Mars opposition Saturn5.6°
- Mars square Neptune5.7°
- Moon square Uranus6.5°
- Mercury opposition Mars7.3°
- Uranus conjunction Pluto7.7°
- Jupiter opposition Pluto7.9°
Aquarius Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Michael Jordan
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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; 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.
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