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Buddy Guy’s birth chart

Blues guitaristBorn July 30, 1936, Lettsworth, Louisiana, United States

Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.

  • SunLeoThe Bright One
  • MoonSagittariusor Capricorn
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Leo, the Bright One

    Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him. He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.

    The Sun square Uranus (close at 2.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn, the Free Spirit

    Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it. Feelings come second to duty: he holds himself to a high standard, even in private.

    The Moon square Saturn (close at 2.5°) · For a birth after 10:24 p.m., his Moon was in Capricorn.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.

    Venus trine Jupiter (close at 1.2°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller

    Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.

    Mercury trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.3°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Cancer, the Defender

    Protective to the core. Puts every ounce of strength behind family and the people dearest to him. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.

    Mars trine Saturn (close at 1.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Buddy Guy was born three days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 87% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Thursday, 39 days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Buddy Guy, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2025, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1995 and 1996. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Leo

You and Buddy Guy

Would you be friends? Is there a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.

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The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Buddy Guy’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Buddy Guy’s zodiac sign?

Leo. Buddy Guy was born on July 30, 1936, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.

What is Buddy Guy’s Moon sign?

Sagittarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 10:24 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.

What is Buddy Guy’s rising sign?

The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on July 30, 1936. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Buddy Guy’s Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.

How does your chart compare with Buddy Guy’s?

Set your chart beside Buddy Guy’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Buddy Guy’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Tom Beetz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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