Muhammad Ali’s birth chart
Born 17 January 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, at 18:35 (Rodden AA).
Capricorn Sun · Aquarius Moon · Leo rising
Muhammad Ali’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
17 January 1942 was a Saturday: the day Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. That made Muhammad a Capricorn, with the Moon in Aquarius and Leo rising. Muhammad died on 3 June 2016, aged 74. The birth time, 18:35, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Earth carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against air four, fire one and water none. By modality the count is seven fixed, two mutable and one cardinal. Moon, Mercury and Venus all fall in Aquarius. Three planets stand together in Taurus: Mars, Saturn and Uranus. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Moon and Jupiter, 0.5° from exact. Six planets were retrograde: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 26 other people born on 17 January, among them Jim Carrey, Betty White and Eartha Kitt.
See the sky the night Muhammad was born: the stars over Louisville, Kentucky at 18:35, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Muhammad Ali’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
27° Capricorn 17'
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Muhammad Ali up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Aquarius
12° Aquarius 25'
An Aquarius Moon feels from a step back. Muhammad is likely to understand an emotion better than they inhabit it, and to need space and ideas to process. For this Moon, friends are family and freedom is security.
Rising sign
Leo
19° Leo 32'
Leo rising comes across as warm and impossible to miss. People assume confidence whether or not it is felt, and Muhammad's presence can change the temperature of a room.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 18:35 on 17 January 1942, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 27° Capricorn 17' | House 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 12° Aquarius 25' | House 6 |
| Mercury | 13° Aquarius 30' | House 6 |
| Venus | 20° Aquarius 40'℞ | House 7 |
| Mars | 3° Taurus 03' | House 9 |
| Jupiter | 11° Gemini 57'℞ | House 10 |
| Saturn | 21° Taurus 39'℞ | House 10 |
| Uranus | 26° Taurus 28'℞ | House 10 |
| Neptune | 29° Virgo 48'℞ | House 2 |
| Pluto | 4° Leo 48'℞ | House 12 |
| North Node | 14° Virgo 15' | House 2 |
| South Node | 14° Pisces 15' | House 8 |
Muhammad Ali’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Muhammad Ali’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, Muhammad Ali 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.
Muhammad's identity, with the Sun in the sixth house, comes through the work they do every day and the small routines that keep them steady when everything else feels uncertain. Being useful is not a chore with this placement; it is part of how they know who they are and what they are for.
An Aquarius Moon processes daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and Muhammad is likely to need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The temptation is to analyse a feeling instead of simply having it. Even after a good day with people, this Moon needs time alone to recover.
The Moon in the sixth house ties the sense that all is well to daily routine, and an unpredictable schedule can leave Muhammad more rattled than the problem itself warrants. Small, dependable habits, kept even loosely, calm them faster than anything else.
In Muhammad'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.
Muhammad 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 Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Muhammad may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
In the seventh house, Venus points to a knack for making a relationship feel balanced, fair and warm, and in Muhammad'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 Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times Muhammad may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
With Mars in the ninth house, Muhammad is likely to pursue new ideas, travel and beliefs with restless energy, and a good debate about philosophy or politics can fire them up for hours. They would rather go out and find the answer than sit and wait for it to arrive.
Jupiter in Gemini
11° Gemini 57' ℞ · tenth house
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. Muhammad 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.
Jupiter in the tenth house is associated with generosity and fairness at work, and in Muhammad's chart it points to patience about letting a reputation build over time. The placement is also linked with optimism about working life and a readiness to take on more.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Muhammad is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Saturn in the tenth house is associated with taking the long road in working life, and Muhammad is inclined to trust sustained effort over shortcuts. Saturn here goes with a reliability that shows long before any confidence in their own standing among their peers.
Uranus in Taurus
26° Taurus 28' ℞ · tenth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Muhammad shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Muhammad's working life may look less linear than most, because they prefer work that lets them innovate to work that follows an established script. Uranus in the tenth house would rather be known for being different than for fitting an existing mould.
Neptune in Virgo
29° Virgo 48' ℞ · second house
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Muhammad shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Neptune in the second house holds material things loosely, and what Muhammad owns probably matters less to them than what it means. The placement leans towards intangible values, the kind that are hard to set out in a list and easier to recognise in practice.
Pluto in Leo
4° Leo 48' ℞ · twelfth house
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 Muhammad, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Pluto in the twelfth house suggests a great deal going on beneath the surface for Muhammad, with growth coming from facing what is hidden within instead of avoiding it. Solitude can be the setting for the biggest changes, more than any single outside event.
Aspects in Muhammad Ali’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon trine Jupiter
0.5° separating
Feelings and optimism reinforce each other under a Moon-Jupiter trine, which gives Muhammad Ali a buoyant emotional life that recovers well from setbacks. Time in Muhammad's company tends to comfort other people, even on days when little has been said.
Sun trine Uranus
0.8° separating
Being original feels easy rather than effortful with this aspect, because Muhammad's sense of self and need for freedom sit comfortably together. They are likely to gravitate towards places that let them be exactly who they are without much friction.
Venus square Saturn
1.0° separating
Venus square Saturn can pair the desire for closeness with a fear of not being quite enough to keep it. For Muhammad that may mean self-doubt in relationships that have given no reason for it, and the fear can ease each time they let themselves be loved without first having to deserve it.
Moon conjunction Mercury
1.1° applying
With the Moon conjunct Mercury, feelings and thoughts are closely linked, so Muhammad is likely to think out loud about how they feel and to feel strongly about what they think. It makes for quick emotional intelligence, and telling a passing mood from a considered opinion is the useful skill to build.
Mercury trine Jupiter
1.6° separating
Muhammad'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.
Mars square Pluto
1.7° applying
With Mars square Pluto, Muhammad's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
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.
- Sun trine Neptune2.5°
- Uranus trine Neptune3.3°
- Saturn conjunction Uranus4.8°
- Sun trine Saturn5.6°
- Sun square Mars5.8°
- Venus square Uranus5.8°
- Mercury conjunction Venus7.2°
- Sun opposition Pluto7.5°
- Moon opposition Pluto7.6°
- Moon conjunction Venus8.2°
Capricorn Sun and Aquarius Moon, like Muhammad Ali
Also born on 17 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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