Sammy Davis Jr.’s birth chart
Born 8 December 1925, in New York City, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sagittarius Sun · Virgo Moon
Sammy Davis Jr.’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Sammy Davis Jr. was born on Tuesday, 8 December 1925, in New York City, New York. The Sun was in Sagittarius, so Sagittarius was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Virgo. They died on 16 May 1990, aged 64. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the ten planets, four are in water signs, three in fire, two in earth and one in air. By modality the count is four fixed, four mutable and two cardinal. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Saturn and Uranus, about 1.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Mercury, Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was at its last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 8 December, among them Jim Morrison, Nicki Minaj and Kim Basinger.
See the sky the day Sammy Davis Jr. was born: the stars over New York City, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Sammy Davis Jr.’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
about 16° Sagittarius at midday
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Sammy Davis Jr. forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Virgo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Sammy Davis Jr. is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over New York City, New York, at each hour of the day.
Sammy Davis Jr.’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Sammy Davis Jr. yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 8 December 1925, computed for New York City, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Virgo rising |
| 00:50 to 03:20 | Libra rising |
| 03:20 to 05:55 | Scorpio rising |
| 05:55 to 08:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:15 to 10:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 10:10 to 11:35 | Aquarius rising |
| 11:35 to 12:50 | Pisces rising |
| 12:50 to 14:00 | Aries rising |
| 14:00 to 15:25 | Taurus rising |
| 15:25 to 17:20 | Gemini rising |
| 17:20 to 19:45 | Cancer rising |
| 19:45 to 22:15 | Leo rising |
| 22:15 to 24:00 | Virgo rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 8 December 1925, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 16° Sagittarius 06' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo |
| Mercury | 23° Sagittarius 02'℞ |
| Venus | 2° Aquarius 54' |
| Mars | 16° Scorpio 50' |
| Jupiter | 23° Capricorn 41' |
| Saturn | 20° Scorpio 23' |
| Uranus | 21° Pisces 34' |
| Neptune | 24° Leo 45'℞ |
| Pluto | 14° Cancer 12'℞ |
| North Node | 26° Cancer 17' |
| South Node | 26° Capricorn 17' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Sammy Davis Jr.’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Sammy Davis Jr.’s private life.
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Sammy Davis Jr.'s Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Sammy Davis Jr.'s mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Sammy Davis Jr.'s own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Sammy Davis Jr.'s Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Sammy Davis Jr. 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 Sammy Davis Jr.'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.
Jupiter in Capricorn
23° Capricorn 41' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Sammy Davis Jr. would probably rather build slowly and properly than quickly. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. The authority this Jupiter brings is slow and hard-won, the kind people tend to trust more the longer they know someone.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Sammy Davis Jr. letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
Uranus in Pisces
21° Pisces 34' at midday
freedom, generational
Sammy Davis Jr. has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Neptune in Leo
24° Leo 45' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Sammy Davis Jr. alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Pluto in Cancer
14° Cancer 12' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Sammy Davis Jr. to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in Sammy Davis Jr.’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Saturn trine Uranus
about 1.2° at midday
This trine lets Sammy Davis Jr. build lasting structures that still leave room for change, because discipline and independence are allies here. Consistency and originality coexist with ease, and neither of them has to be given up to make room for the other.
Mercury square Uranus
about 1.5° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Sammy Davis Jr. may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Mercury trine Neptune
about 1.7° at midday
Sammy Davis Jr. probably has a natural gift for metaphor, storytelling and intuitive leaps, the work of thinking and imagination in easy partnership. With Mercury trine Neptune, communicating something hard to put into words comes easily, in a way that other people often find memorable.
Jupiter sextile Uranus
about 2.1° at midday
This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so Sammy Davis Jr. can take up a fresh opportunity without much disruption. Think of it as innovation at low cost, the kind that improves something without first tearing it down.
Mars trine Pluto
about 2.6° at midday
Resilience under pressure, and the ability to come back stronger from a setback, are the marks of this trine between drive and the capacity for change. In Sammy Davis Jr.'s chart the aspect points to a quiet, formidable strength, the kind other people notice mainly in how little it seems to cost.
Jupiter sextile Saturn
about 3.3° at midday
A workable, grounded kind of optimism comes from this sextile, in which Sammy Davis Jr.'s sense of possibility and sense of structure assist each other. The plans they make tend to hold together, even under the sort of pressure that scatters looser ones.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Mars conjunction Saturnabout 3.5°
- Saturn square Neptuneabout 4.4°
- Mars trine Uranusabout 4.7°
- Sun square Uranusabout 5.5°
- Saturn trine Plutoabout 6.2°
- Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 6.9°
Sagittarius Sun and Virgo Moon, like Sammy Davis Jr.
Also born on 8 December
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; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their 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. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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