Woody Guthrie’s birth chart
Born 14 July 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Cancer Sun · Moon in Cancer or Leo
Woody Guthrie’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
14 July 1912 was a Sunday: the day Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. Their zodiac sign was Cancer. The Moon was in Cancer until about 20:15 and in Leo afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Woody died on 3 October 1967, aged 55. No verified birth time is on file for Woody; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is three fire, three air, three water and no earth, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, three and three. Cancer holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Venus and Neptune. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Mars and Pluto, about 0.5° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Jupiter and Uranus. The Moon was new.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 14 July, among them Gerald Ford, Ingmar Bergman and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
See the sky the day Woody was born: the stars over Okemah, Oklahoma, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Woody Guthrie’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Cancer
about 21° Cancer at midday
A Cancer Sun protects. For Woody Guthrie, home, memory and the people they have decided are theirs tend to sit at the centre of things, and they probably read a room before anyone speaks. Care is the strength of this Sun, and their task is to include themselves in it.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 20:15, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 20:15: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Woody that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Born after about 20:15: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Woody up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Okemah, Oklahoma, at each hour of the day.
Woody Guthrie’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Woody 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 14 July 1912, computed for Okemah, Oklahoma.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:15 | Aries rising |
| 00:15 to 01:50 | Taurus rising |
| 01:50 to 03:45 | Gemini rising |
| 03:45 to 06:05 | Cancer rising |
| 06:05 to 08:35 | Leo rising |
| 08:35 to 10:55 | Virgo rising |
| 10:55 to 13:20 | Libra rising |
| 13:20 to 15:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 15:50 to 18:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:10 to 20:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 20:05 to 21:35 | Aquarius rising |
| 21:35 to 22:55 | Pisces rising |
| 22:55 to 24:00 | Aries 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 14 July 1912, 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 | 21° Cancer 52' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 20:15, then Leo |
| Mercury | 16° Leo 25' |
| Venus | 24° Cancer 16' |
| Mars | 28° Leo 32' |
| Jupiter | 6° Sagittarius 05'℞ |
| Saturn | 0° Gemini 45' |
| Uranus | 1° Aquarius 52'℞ |
| Neptune | 23° Cancer 26' |
| Pluto | 29° Gemini 04' |
| North Node | 16° Aries 26' |
| South Node | 16° Libra 26' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Woody Guthrie’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Woody Guthrie’s private life.
With the Sun in Cancer, Woody Guthrie is likely to feel most alive when caring for people and places that matter to them, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. Feeling unneeded is the sore spot for this placement, and it can be taken personally. The whole day may go better after checking in on someone they love.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 20:15, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 20:15: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Woody's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Born after about 20:15: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Woody faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Woody did.
Mercury in Leo gives Woody a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Woody more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.
Venus in Cancer loves by nurturing, and for Woody that suggests valuing emotional safety over almost anything else in a relationship. Old hurts tend to linger here long after the person who caused them has changed. This is a Venus that feeds people, checks on people and quietly keeps score of who has shown up in return.
Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Woody its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
6° Sagittarius 05' at midday ℞
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Woody is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Woody that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Uranus in Aquarius
1° Aquarius 52' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus is at home in Aquarius, and many people born in the years around Woody's birth have it too. The generation is defined by rapid technological and social change within a single lifetime. One person's share of it is an unusually easy relationship with disruption and reinvention.
Neptune in Cancer
23° Cancer 26' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Woody and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
29° Gemini 04' at midday
power, generational
Woody shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Woody Guthrie’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.
Mars sextile Pluto
about 0.5° at midday
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to Woody Guthrie without constant conflict. Woody is likely to handle pressure better than most, and at a lower cost than expected, largely because a fight is rarely needed to prove the point.
Venus conjunction Neptune
about 0.8° at midday
Love, for Woody, is likely to be romantic and idealistic, drawn to a kind of connection that feels almost transcendent. Venus conjunct Neptune brings tenderness and imagination, along with the task of seeing a partner clearly and not only through the ideal built around them.
Saturn trine Uranus
about 1.1° at midday
This trine lets Woody 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.
Sun conjunction Neptune
about 1.6° at midday
A Sun-Neptune conjunction tends to make Woody's sense of self porous and imaginative, drawn towards ideals, art or causes bigger than everyday life. Compassion and creativity come with it, and so does the task of keeping a clear enough sense of who they are underneath the dream.
Mars square Saturn
about 2.2° at midday
Woody's drive can meet resistance, from outside obstacles or from private doubt, and frustration builds when progress feels blocked. Under this square, every stretch of steady work done anyway turns that resistance into competence, the kind that is there when it is needed most.
Sun conjunction Venus
about 2.4° at midday
Who Woody is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
The rest, listed without a reading.
- Jupiter sextile Uranusabout 4.2°
- Jupiter opposition Saturnabout 5.3°
Cancer Suns born within 2 years of Woody Guthrie
Also born on 14 July
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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