Celebrity StarMap · Musician

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s birth chart
Born January 17, 1952 in Nakano, birth time not public.
Capricorn Sun · Virgo Moon · Earth · Cardinal
Sun
♑Capricorn
25° Capricorn 56'
You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon
♍Virgo
19° Virgo 35'
You feel by fixing. When something is wrong you look for the practical cause, and you calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. Let people help you without a to-do list attached.
Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.
Rising
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♑ 25° Capricorn 56' | |
| ☽ | Moon | ♍ 19° Virgo 35' | |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♑ 5° Capricorn 02' | |
| ♀ | Venus | ♐ 17° Sagittarius 12' | |
| ♂ | Mars | ♎ 28° Libra 37' | |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♈ 7° Aries 57' | |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♎ 14° Libra 55' | |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♋ 11° Cancer 22'℞ | |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♎ 21° Libra 41' | |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♌ 20° Leo 54'℞ | |
| ☊ | North Node | ♓ 0° Pisces 55' | |
| ☋ | South Node | ♍ 0° Virgo 55' |
Ryuichi Sakamoto's full reading
Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Capricorn
♑ 25° Capricorn 56'
purpose and vitality
They find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast they, and their vitality is steady rather than showy. The tension is measuring their worth by output alone. It shows up as working through the tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
☽Moon in Virgo
♍ 19° Virgo 35'
needs and habits
Their habits run toward order, and a messy space or an unfinished list unsettles their mood more than most people would guess. Ryuichi is calmed by small, useful tasks. The tension is turning self-care into another chore to get right instead of something they actually enjoy.
☿Mercury in Capricorn
♑ 5° Capricorn 02'
mind and voice
They think methodically and communicate in a measured, practical way that people tend to trust. The tension is being so focused on the useful conclusion that they dismis ideas that have not yet proven their worth. It shows up as getting straight to the point in a conversation that other people expected to be casual.
♀Venus in Sagittarius
♐ 17° Sagittarius 12'
love and values
They love with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and they value a partner who gives they room to roam. The tension is confusing freedom with distance when things get serious. It shows up as planning their next trip together before they have settled into the one Ryuichi is on.
♂Mars in Libra
♎ 28° Libra 37'
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.
♃Jupiter in Aries
♈ 7° Aries 57'
growth and excess
They grow through bold, direct action and taking the first step before they feel fully ready. The overreach is starting more than they can realistically finish. It shows up as a burst of confidence that gets a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is fully in place.
♄Saturn in Libra
♎ 14° Libra 55'
discipline and doubt
They build discipline around relationships, often after early experiences that made fairness and commitment feel harder to trust than they should have been. The doubt shows up as overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. It shows up as becoming, with time, someone people rely on to negotiate and hold agreements fairly.
♅Uranus in Cancer
♋ 11° Cancer 22' ℞
freedom, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures their own parents grew up inside. Personally, it can show up as a pull to build family life differently.
♆Neptune in Libra
♎ 21° Libra 41'
imagination, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
♇Pluto in Leo
♌ 20° Leo 54' ℞
power, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects
How the planets in Ryuichi Sakamoto's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Neptune sextile Pluto
0.8° separating
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.
Venus sextile Saturn
2.3° separating
Their affections and their sense of structure cooperate, giving their relationships a workable, grounded steadiness. Commitment tends to come naturally once they decide it is right, without the drama that faster, less considered relationships sometimes carry.
Moon square Venus
2.4° separating
Their emotional needs and their desire for harmony can conflict, leading they to swallow a real feeling to keep things smooth. Learning that a little honest friction is safe for the relationship resolves this over time.
Sun square Mars
2.7° applying
Their sense of self and their drive to act can clash, producing impatience or a habit of picking fights they did not need to pick. Learning to pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into real, usable determination.
- Mercury square Jupiter2.9°
- Jupiter square Uranus3.4°
- Saturn square Uranus3.6°
- Venus trine Pluto3.7°
- Sun square Neptune4.2°
- Venus sextile Neptune4.5°
- Mercury opposition Uranus6.3°
- Sun trine Moon6.3°
- Saturn conjunction Neptune6.8°
- Mars conjunction Neptune6.9°
- Jupiter opposition Saturn7.0°
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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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