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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic’s birth chart

Born 22 May 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, at 23:25 (Rodden AA).

Gemini Sun · Aries Moon · Capricorn rising

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Novak Djokovic’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

22 May 1987 was a Friday: the day Novak Djokovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Their zodiac sign is Gemini, with the Moon in Aries and Capricorn rising. Novak turns 39 in 2026. The birth time, 23:25, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was quoted from a birth certificate or birth record.

By element the count is four fire, two earth, two air and two water. By modality the count is four cardinal, four mutable and two fixed. The tightest aspect is Jupiter trine Saturn, 0.2° from exact. Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.

StarMap's dataset holds ten other people born on 22 May, among them Charles Aznavour, Laurence Olivier and George Best. Arturo Vidal was born on the very same day.

Novak Djokovic’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Gemini

1° Gemini 15'

A Gemini Sun connects. Ideas, people and conversations are its element, and Novak Djokovic probably learns by talking things through. This placement is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.

Moon sign

Aries

5° Aries 32'

With the Moon in Aries, Novak is likely to feel fast and forgive fast. Anger comes up quickly and passes just as quickly, and feeling needs a physical outlet. This is a Moon soothed by action, not by talking it over.

Rising sign

Capricorn

16° Capricorn 02'

Capricorn rising comes across as composed and capable, and people with it tend to seem older than their age when young, then younger than their age later. Responsibility is likely to land on Novak without their asking for it.

The chart wheel

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Drawn for 23:25 on 22 May 1987, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel

Placements

Novak Djokovic’s planets by sign and house
Sun1° Gemini 15'House 4
Moon5° Aries 32'House 2
Mercury18° Gemini 11'House 5
Venus6° Taurus 32'House 3
Mars1° Cancer 08'House 6
Jupiter18° Aries 56'House 3
Saturn19° Sagittarius 07'℞House 11
Uranus25° Sagittarius 41'℞House 12
Neptune7° Capricorn 32'℞House 12
Pluto7° Scorpio 56'℞House 9
North Node10° Aries 27'House 2
South Node10° Libra 27'House 8

Novak Djokovic’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Novak Djokovic’s private life.

  1. Sun in Gemini

    1° Gemini 15' · fourth house

    purpose and vitality

    For Novak Djokovic, the Sun in Gemini means vitality that comes from variety, and purpose that feels most real when they are learning or explaining something new. What suffers is focus, with energy scattered across too many half-finished things at once. Several projects and three hobbies on the go at the same time would be in character.

    The Sun in the fourth house places home and family at the centre of a person's sense of self, and for Novak it points to roots that may matter more than any job title or public reputation. People with this placement tend to think best within four walls they have made their own.

  2. Moon in Aries

    5° Aries 32' · second house

    needs and habits

    The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For Novak, comfort probably comes from action rather than discussion. The instinct of this Moon is to pace the room or go for a walk rather than sit with a feeling until it passes on its own.

    Security, with the Moon in the second house, comes from familiar things and clearly held values, and for Novak sudden change or big leaps hold little appeal. When their sense of what matters is shaken, their whole mood follows it.

  3. Mercury in Gemini

    18° Gemini 11' · fifth house

    mind and voice

    Novak's Mercury in Gemini describes a mind that moves fast across many subjects at once and communicates easily in almost any setting. The tension is skimming the surface of a topic and moving on before going deep enough to be sure of it. The result is knowing a little about a great many things.

    Creative projects, playful banter and whatever happens to be interesting at the moment are apt to light up Novak's mind. Mercury in the fifth house flirts with ideas the way other people flirt with each other, testing an idea, turning it over and seeing whether it talks back.

  4. Venus in Taurus

    6° Taurus 32' · third house

    love and values

    Venus in Taurus loves steadily and shows it through consistency, touch and shared comfort rather than grand gestures, and in Novak's chart it is likely to value loyalty and things built to last. Because change feels like loss, this Venus can hold on to a relationship past its natural end. Months in, people with this placement tend to remember exactly how someone takes their coffee.

    Venus in the third house puts Novak's charm into conversation, with a knack for saying a difficult thing so that it lands gently. Words are often one of the clearest ways of showing affection, sometimes clearer than gestures or gifts.

  5. Mars in Cancer

    1° Cancer 08' · sixth house

    drive and anger

    Mars in Cancer acts to protect the people and things that matter, and its anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The habit to watch, for Novak, may be going quiet or indirect instead of naming the upset. Other people tend to notice a shift of mood and take a while to trace it back to its cause.

    Mars in the sixth house works with drive and stamina, and a repetitive task frustrates Novak unless there is a way to get through it fast. They like to be on the move, and physical effort is where tension from other parts of life gets used up.

  6. Jupiter in Aries

    18° Aries 56' · third house

    growth and excess

    Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Novak's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.

    With Jupiter in the third house, Novak is curious by nature and enjoys learning new things, and their ideas spread easily, shared with contagious enthusiasm. Teaching suits them well, and they rarely hoard what they know for its own sake.

  7. Saturn in Sagittarius

    19° Sagittarius 07' ℞ · eleventh house

    discipline and doubt

    Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Novak is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.

    With Saturn in the eleventh house, Novak may keep a smaller circle of friends, but holds on to those friends with loyalty over many years and without much fuss. Belonging to a group is likely to take longer to feel secure, and to be valued all the more for that.

  8. Uranus in Sagittarius

    25° Sagittarius 41' ℞ · twelfth house

    freedom, generational

    Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Novak than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.

    Uranus in the twelfth house brings sudden insight in quiet or solitude, often surprising even Novak with where it comes from. Their inner world is apt to hold ideas that run ahead of language, waiting for the right moment to surface.

  9. Neptune in Capricorn

    7° Capricorn 32' ℞ · twelfth house

    imagination, generational

    Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Novak and about fourteen years of births. The imagination of the generation questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by wide disillusionment with institutions. The personal version may be an uneasy relationship with conventional success.

    The twelfth house is Neptune's natural home, and Novak's inner life is likely to be rich with imagination, intuition and a sense of connection to something larger than themselves. Neptune here makes solitude less about being alone and more about tuning in to what is already there.

  10. Pluto in Scorpio

    7° Scorpio 56' ℞ · ninth house

    power, generational

    Pluto is at home in Scorpio, and the generation born with it lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Novak's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.

    With Pluto in the ninth house, Novak's view of the world is apt to be overturned and rebuilt at some point, an old outlook giving way to one that has been personally tested. The placement is linked with questioning a philosophy thoroughly before taking it on.

Aspects in Novak Djokovic’s chart

How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.

  1. Jupiter trine Saturn

    0.2° applying

    Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Novak Djokovic pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.

  2. Mercury sextile Jupiter

    0.8° applying

    Novak's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.

  3. Mercury opposition Saturn

    0.9° applying

    Under Mercury opposite Saturn, a doubt can creep into Novak's thinking about whether it is good enough to share. Speaking the imperfect version out loud matters more than waiting for the polished one.

  4. Venus trine Neptune

    1.0° applying

    Novak is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.

  5. Venus opposition Pluto

    1.4° applying

    A wish for deep intimacy meets a fear of losing oneself, or losing control, inside it: that is the pattern of Venus opposite Pluto. For Novak, choosing vulnerability a little at a time, instead of guarding against it, tends to build the very depth being sought.

  6. Moon square Neptune

    2.0° applying

    Emotional needs can get lost in a fog of other people's moods, or of an idealised version of how things should feel, when the Moon is square Neptune. The work for Novak is checking in with themselves often enough to keep their own feelings in focus.

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 Pluto0.4°
  • Sun sextile Moon4.3°
  • Moon square Mars4.4°
  • Mars opposition Uranus5.5°
  • Mars opposition Neptune6.4°
  • Saturn conjunction Uranus6.6°
  • Jupiter trine Uranus6.7°
  • Mars trine Pluto6.8°
  • Mercury opposition Uranus7.5°

Gemini Sun and Aries Moon, like Novak Djokovic

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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.

Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (Quoted BC/BR). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).

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