Carl Sagan’s birth chart
AstrophysicistBorn November 9, 1934, Brooklyn, New York, United StatesDied December 20, 1996
Private and powerful.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonSagittariusThe Free Spirit
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Venus (close at 2.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Sagittarius, the Free Spirit
Feels best with space, laughter and something to look forward to. Gets restless when fenced in.
How he loved
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface. A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Venus sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
Thinks in depth and wants the real story. Says little and notices everything. He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter (close at 2.9°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. Action guided by imagination: he moved on instinct and feeling, and he gave his all to a vision.
Mars conjunction Neptune (close at 1.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his heart and his optimism (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, water signs hold the most planets: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Carl Sagan was born three days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 8% lit, in Sagittarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 42 days before the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Carl Sagan was born, as it was on 66 days of 1934. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Carl Sagan, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1993, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1963 and 1964. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and Carl Sagan
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Scorpio
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Carl Sagan’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Carl Sagan was born on November 9, 1934, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.
What is Carl Sagan’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius, the Free Spirit. Feels best with space, laughter and something to look forward to.
What is Carl Sagan’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 November 9, 1934. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Carl Sagan’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. Loves fiercely, privately and for keeps. Wants complete trust and a bond that goes beneath the surface.
How does your chart compare with Carl Sagan’s?
Set your chart beside Carl Sagan’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 Carl Sagan’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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