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Yaphet Kotto’s birth chart
Born November 15, 1939 in New York City, birth time not public.
Scorpio Sun · Capricorn Moon · Water · Fixed
Sun
♏Scorpio
22° Scorpio 25'
You go deep. Surface answers do not satisfy you, and loyalty, once given, is total. A Scorpio Sun is built for transformation: you end chapters fully so the next one can begin.
Moon
♑Capricorn
16° Capricorn 04'
You feel responsibly. You hold yourself together for other people and can be hard on yourself when you cannot. You are restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person you let see you tired.
Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.
Rising
Yaphet Kotto’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♏ 22° Scorpio 25' | |
| ☽ | Moon | ♑ 16° Capricorn 04' | |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♐ 13° Sagittarius 24' | |
| ♀ | Venus | ♐ 10° Sagittarius 40' | |
| ♂ | Mars | ♒ 27° Aquarius 30' | |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♓ 29° Pisces 01'℞ | |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♈ 25° Aries 56'℞ | |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♉ 19° Taurus 51'℞ | |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♍ 25° Virgo 00' | |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♌ 2° Leo 53'℞ | |
| ☊ | North Node | ♎ 29° Libra 04' | |
| ☋ | South Node | ♈ 29° Aries 04' |
Yaphet Kotto's full reading
Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Scorpio
♏ 22° Scorpio 25'
purpose and vitality
They find purpose in going past the surface of things, and their vitality is fuelled by intensity rather than ease. The tension is needing a crisis or a deep dive to feel truly engaged. It shows up as boredom with small talk and total absorption once a subject actually interests they.
☽Moon in Capricorn
♑ 16° Capricorn 04'
needs and habits
Their comfort comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave they oddly unsettled even on holiday. They keep their harder feelings for when Yaphet is alone. It shows up as tidying, organising or finishing one more task before they allow themselves to rest.
☿Mercury in Sagittarius
♐ 13° Sagittarius 24'
mind and voice
They think in big, connective leaps and communicate with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The tension is generalising past what the details actually support. It shows up as answering a specific question with a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
♀Venus in Sagittarius
♐ 10° Sagittarius 40'
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 Yaphet is on.
♂Mars in Aquarius
♒ 27° Aquarius 30'
drive and anger
They act on principle, and their anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. The tension is detaching from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. It shows up as arguing the issue with real heat while staying strangely calm about the relationship itself.
♃Jupiter in Pisces
♓ 29° Pisces 01' ℞
growth and excess
They grow through compassion, imagination and a willingness to trust things they cannot fully explain. The overreach is an idealism about people or situations that the facts do not quite support. It shows up as a generosity of spirit that others lean on more than they let they know.
♄Saturn in Aries
♈ 25° Aries 56' ℞
discipline and doubt
They build discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse, and the doubt shows up as second-guessing whether they moved too fast or not fast enough. It shows up as a slow-earned confidence in their own initiative that finally arrives once they stop rushing every decision.
♅Uranus in Taurus
♉ 19° Taurus 51' ℞
freedom, generational
Shared by everyone born across this generation, this placement marks people who reinvent ideas of money, land and security, often through technology that unsettles older systems of ownership. Personally, it can show up as a discomfort with financial norms their parents took for granted.
♆Neptune in Virgo
♍ 25° Virgo 00'
imagination, generational
Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people whose collective imagination turns toward healing, service and idealised routines of self-improvement. Personally, it can show up as chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
♇Pluto in Leo
♌ 2° Leo 53' ℞
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 Yaphet Kotto's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Mars sextile Saturn
1.6° separating
Their drive and their discipline cooperate, making sustained effort feel manageable rather than draining. This is quiet, dependable follow-through, the kind that gets a long project actually finished while flashier approaches burn out halfway through.
Sun sextile Neptune
2.6° applying
Their identity and their imagination work together gently, giving they acces to creativity and empathy when they make room for them. This is a soft, easy kind of sensitivity that people notice without they having to announce it.
Sun opposition Uranus
2.6° separating
They feel a pull between staying true to their own path and colliding with people or situations that expect they to conform. Learning to be themselves without needing the collision teaches they a quieter, more durable kind of independence.
Mercury conjunction Venus
2.7° applying
Their thinking and their sense of what they love are closely linked, so they talk about affection and beauty with real ease. This gives they a naturally diplomatic, pleasant way of expressing themselves, especially when the subject is close to their heart.
- Moon trine Uranus3.8°
- Jupiter trine Pluto3.9°
- Jupiter opposition Neptune4.0°
- Sun square Mars5.1°
- Uranus trine Neptune5.2°
- Sun trine Jupiter6.6°
- Saturn square Pluto6.9°
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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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