Tom Petty’s birth chart

Tom Petty's full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

1. ☉Sun in Libra

   ♎ 26° Libra 44'

   purpose and vitality

   Their vitality rises in good company, and purpose feels real when Tom is creating balance or beauty with other people. The tension is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. It shows up as how much harder it is to decide things alone than with a second opinion in the room.

2. ☽Moon in Aquarius

   ♒ 27° Aquarius 54'

   needs and habits

   They proces daily feelings by stepping back and thinking them through rather than sitting inside them, and they need a degree of independence built into any close relationship. The tension is intellectualising a feeling instead of simply having it. It shows up as needing time alone to recover even after a good day with people.

3. ☿Mercury in Libra

   ♎ 18° Libra 34'

   mind and voice

   They think by weighing both sides, and they communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. The tension is taking so long to land on an opinion that the moment for it passes. It shows up as genuinely changing their mind mid conversation because the other point had merit.

4. ♀Venus in Libra

   ♎ 20° Libra 34'

   love and values

   They love with an instinct for balance and partnership, and they value harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The tension is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. It shows up as compromising on their own preference before anyone has even asked they to.

5. ♂Mars in Sagittarius

   ♐ 17° Sagittarius 43'

   drive and anger

   They act boldly and want room to move while Tom is doing it, and their anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on their freedom. The tension is speaking bluntly in the heat of the moment and smoothing it over later. It shows up as walking away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.

6. ♃Jupiter in Aquarius

   ♒ 27° Aquarius 36' ℞

   growth and excess

   They grow through community, ideas and causes bigger than their own life. The overreach is so much faith in a theory or a group that they overlook its practical flaws. It shows up as an optimism about the future that makes they a natural organiser of other people's efforts.

7. ♄Saturn in Virgo

   ♍ 26° Virgo 52'

   discipline and doubt

   They build discipline around competence, often driven by a fear that they have not yet done enough to deserve rest. The doubt shows up as feeling like a fraud even when their actual track record says otherwise. It shows up as becoming genuinely, quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.

8. ♅Uranus in Cancer

   ♋ 9° Cancer 28' ℞

   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.

9. ♆Neptune in Libra

   ♎ 17° Libra 27'

   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.

10. ♇Pluto in Leo

    ♌ 19° Leo 37'

    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 Tom Petty's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

1. Mars sextile Neptune

   0.3° separating

   Their drive and their imagination cooperate gently, giving they easy access to inspired action without needing everything to be fully mapped out first. This is soft, workable motivation that keeps a creative or compassionate project moving without forcing it.

2. Moon conjunction Jupiter

   0.3° separating

   Their emotional life is generous and expansive, so their feelings tend to come with a built-in sense of hope. This makes they naturally warm and reassuring to be around, and the growth edge is not promising more comfort than they can actually deliver.

3. Mercury sextile Mars

   0.8° separating

   Their thinking and their drive cooperate, making it easy to speak up quickly and clearly when it matters. This is useful, low-friction directness that tends to serve they well in fast-moving conversations and quick decisions alike.

4. Sun trine Jupiter

   0.9° applying

   Their sense of self and their instinct for growth support each other effortlessly, giving they a warm, expansive confidence. Opportunities tend to find they, and they tend to make the most of them without forcing anything.

• Venus sextile Pluto1.0°
• Mercury sextile Pluto1.0°
• Mercury conjunction Neptune1.1°
• Sun trine Moon1.2°
• Mars trine Pluto1.9°
• Mercury conjunction Venus2.0°
• Neptune sextile Pluto2.2°
• Venus sextile Mars2.8°
• Venus conjunction Neptune3.1°
• Sun conjunction Venus6.2°
• Moon trine Venus7.3°
• Jupiter opposition Pluto8.0°
• Sun conjunction Mercury8.2°
• Moon opposition Pluto8.3°