Yukio Mishima’s birth chart
Born 14 January 1925, in Tokyo, Japan, at 21:00 (Rodden B).
Capricorn Sun · Virgo Moon · Virgo rising
Yukio Mishima’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
14 January 1925 was a Wednesday: the day Yukio Mishima was born in Tokyo, Japan. Their zodiac sign was Capricorn, with the Moon in Virgo and Virgo rising. Yukio died on 25 November 1970, aged 45. The birth time, 21:00, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of B, which means it was taken from a biography or autobiography.
By element the count is four earth, three fire, three water and no air. Cardinal signs hold five, mutable signs three and fixed signs two. Sun, Mercury and Jupiter all fall in Capricorn. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Moon and Pluto, 0.1° from exact. Two planets were retrograde: Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 13 other people born on 14 January, among them Jason Bateman, Steven Soderbergh and Dave Grohl.
See the sky the night Yukio was born: the stars over Tokyo, Japan at 21:00, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Yukio Mishima’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
23° Capricorn 50'
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Yukio Mishima up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Virgo
12° Virgo 22'
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Yukio 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
Virgo
15° Virgo 59'
Virgo rising gives Yukio a first impression that is precise, observant and modest. People tend to trust the judgement of a Virgo rising and sometimes mistake that reserve for coolness, until they see how much help is on offer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 21:00 on 14 January 1925, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 23° Capricorn 50' | House 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 12° Virgo 22' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 0° Capricorn 09' | House 4 |
| Venus | 29° Sagittarius 27' | House 4 |
| Mars | 16° Aries 02' | House 8 |
| Jupiter | 6° Capricorn 12' | House 4 |
| Saturn | 13° Scorpio 02' | House 3 |
| Uranus | 18° Pisces 33' | House 7 |
| Neptune | 21° Leo 56'℞ | House 12 |
| Pluto | 12° Cancer 15'℞ | House 10 |
| North Node | 13° Leo 45' | House 11 |
| South Node | 13° Aquarius 45' | House 5 |
Yukio Mishima’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Yukio Mishima’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, Yukio Mishima is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
With the Sun in the fifth house, self-expression, romance and creative play are probably where Yukio feels most alive, and holding that side back tends to leave them flat. The placement asks for a stage of some kind, even a small and informal one, or that natural warmth has nowhere to go.
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Yukio's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Yukio's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and Yukio may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Yukio tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. Yukio will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Mercury in the fourth house turns the mind towards home, family and origins, and for Yukio conversations with family may carry more weight than usual. Mercury here is associated with a way of thinking shaped early, in ways a person goes on discovering as an adult.
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Yukio probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
Venus in the fourth house wants a home that feels beautiful and welcoming, and Yukio probably puts steady care into making it that way for themselves and for guests. The placement puts a high value on harmony at home, so discord there is apt to be felt quickly.
For Yukio, Mars in Aries points to acting immediately and decisively, with anger that tends to flare fast, hot and honest before it clears. The downside is acting before a situation has been thought all the way through. The argument or the project tends to start the second the impulse arrives, with little patience for waiting.
Mars in the eighth house suggests close bonds with some heat in them, and Yukio may find the harder conversations about trust, power and vulnerability less daunting than most. With Mars here, a difficult truth is apt to be faced head-on, not stepped around.
Jupiter in Capricorn
6° Capricorn 12' · fourth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Yukio 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.
With Jupiter in the fourth house, Yukio probably likes a home with room in it, for more people, more projects and the warmth visitors feel on coming through the door. A generous, welcoming household may matter more to Yukio than a tidy or impressive one.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Yukio 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.
In Yukio's chart, Saturn sits in the third house, a placement associated with caution in speech: a sense of being unheard or over-careful with words, and a freedom to speak up that comes with deliberate practice. What they say often carries weight, because they choose their words with care.
Uranus in Pisces
18° Pisces 33' · seventh house
freedom, generational
Yukio 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.
Uranus in the seventh house asks for relationships with more freedom and less convention than the average partnership, and Yukio may look for people who respect that independence. A sudden shift in a relationship may rattle Yukio less than most.
Neptune in Leo
21° Leo 56' ℞ · twelfth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Yukio 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.
The twelfth house is Neptune's natural home, and Yukio's inner life is likely to be rich with imagination, intuition and a sense of connection to something larger than themselves. Neptune here makes solitude less about being alone and more about tuning in to what is already there.
Pluto in Cancer
12° Cancer 15' ℞ · tenth house
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Yukio 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.
Influence may matter more to Yukio than surface status, and with Pluto in the tenth house, a working life that stops meaning something may well be reinvented. Pluto here is associated with caring more about public power than public popularity, two things that are easy to confuse.
Aspects in Yukio Mishima’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon sextile Pluto
0.1° separating
Yukio Mishima's feelings can draw on their depth without constant upheaval, which makes for a steady kind of emotional resilience. They probably recover from hard feelings more easily than might be expected, and often faster than the people watching.
Moon sextile Saturn
0.7° applying
Yukio's feelings have a sense of structure to lean on, which gives them a workable, grounded way of managing difficult emotions. Call it quiet resilience rather than avoidance, the kind that holds up over a long stretch of time.
Mercury conjunction Venus
0.7° applying
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Yukio's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Saturn trine Pluto
0.8° separating
Discipline and the capacity for transformation work together under Saturn trine Pluto, so Yukio can rebuild after a setback with a strength that outlasts the difficulty. Such endurance is quiet and formidable, and other people tend to notice it only in hindsight, once the hard period has passed.
Mars square Pluto
3.8° separating
With Mars square Pluto, Yukio's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
Sun sextile Uranus
5.3° separating
There is room for Yukio to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Saturn trine Uranus5.5°
- Mars trine Neptune5.9°
- Jupiter opposition Pluto6.0°
- Mercury conjunction Jupiter6.1°
- Moon trine Jupiter6.2°
- Moon opposition Uranus6.2°
- Uranus trine Pluto6.3°
- Venus conjunction Jupiter6.8°
- Sun square Mars7.8°
Capricorn Sun and Virgo Moon, like Yukio Mishima
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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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (Bio/autobiography). Birth time rated B on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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